Hot Pipes!

Please note that all times are Eastern Standard Time (-5 hours GMT)

And temperature is in Degree's Celsius at Toronto Island airport

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On Tuesday at 19:00 to 20:00

And Friday at 10:00 to 11:00

Presented by

Steve Ashley

I am originally from the London area, but for much of my life I lived in Los Angeles; since 2004, I've resided in the Costa de Almeria area of Spain, along with my mezzo-soprano wife Pauline and our very individual cats.

My background is hugely varied: from professional ballroom dance competitor and teacher, to computer programmer, real estate sales, and graphics and photography, which was my full-time career until recent retirement.

I produced and hosted the weekly Gee Dad! It's A Wurlitzer! shows on KPCC-FM Pasadena, California (now an all-news station) for three years (1992-95), taking over from the original host, Hal Sanguinetti, when he left to live in Arizona.

More recently, I produced and hosted Those Dancing Years and Hot Pipes!, for almost three years (2006-09) for Valle Radio in Albox, Almeria. I also produced and hosted a weekly big band and vocals show, Rhythm Is My Business, running on Sunshine-FM in Spain's Costa Blanca for some 30 weeks.

My interest in vintage music of many styles originated back in my teens in the 1960s, listening to the variety shows of Jack Jackson, Sam Costa and others on the BBC Light Programme. Since then, my tastes have widened even further and my music shows reflect a huge cross-section of musical styles.

One of my passions is, and has been for over 45 years, the theatre pipe organ, otherwise known as the cinema organ. Although I don't play a note, I like to think that I have a good ear for quality and interesting music and understand some of the concepts of phrasing and rhythmic interpretation - both very useful presenting a show such as Hot Pipes. I now have over 40,000 tracks of theatre organ, plus another 11,000 of electronics, in my ever-increasing library from which to programme my shows, thanks to my own large collection of albums and very generous contributions of recordings from artists and enthusiasts around the world.

You may subscribe to the latest Hot Pipes here https://www.hotpipes.eu/about-hot-pipes/

?Steve Ashley - Producer and Host of Hot Pipes! weekly shows of theatre organ entertainment from around the globe.

Show website www.hotpipes.eu and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/hotpipes/

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