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2026 Obit: Radio One Broadcaster Andy Kershaw
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Subject: Andy Kershaw R.I.P. From: Johnny J Date: 17 Apr 26 - 08:21 AM Just heard that broadcaster and roots music enthusiast Andy Kershaw has passed away after suffering from cancer. In the early days, Andy did much to promote world, roots, and folk music in general on his Radio One shows. However, in recent years, he was "cancelled" to an extent due to his handling of the breakdown in his relationship. His sister Liz is also involved in broadcasting but, sadly, has adopted a slightly extreme right wing stance in recent years. |
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Subject: RE: Andy Kershaw R.I.P. From: r.padgett Date: 17 Apr 26 - 08:52 AM Yes just heard on tv ~ sad news and condolences to his family, friends and followers Ray |
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Subject: RE: Andy Kershaw R.I.P. From: Johnny J Date: 17 Apr 26 - 09:07 AM Oh yes, condolences from me too. As I say he did much to promote good music over the years. |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Andy Kershaw From: MoorleyMan Date: 17 Apr 26 - 11:09 AM Gad, 'nother good man done gone. IMHO he shared with fellow-DJ John Peel the middle name of Integrity, and was an influential and enthusiastic promoter of worthwhile and new musics of all kinds. Such a shame he got "disappeared" from the schedules in latter years. Condolences to his family and friends. |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Andy Kershaw From: GUEST,Joe G Date: 17 Apr 26 - 11:10 AM Such sad news - Andy probably had more influence on my music enthusiasms than any other single person RIP |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Andy Kershaw From: Jack Campin Date: 17 Apr 26 - 11:14 AM What he was doing in his final years: Queen Victoria's Consort I'd have liked to hear them while he was still alive. |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Andy Kershaw From: Bainbo Date: 17 Apr 26 - 12:05 PM Jack, I imagine he still is. It's a completely different Andy Kershaw |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Andy Kershaw From: Jack Campin Date: 17 Apr 26 - 01:00 PM Oh bugger. Thanks. I had no idea. |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Andy Kershaw From: Felipa Date: 20 Apr 26 - 06:20 PM https://www.independent.ie/world-news/britain/former-bbc-dj-and-live-aid-presenter-andy-kershaw-dies-aged-66/a1530254530.html Irish Independent Newsdesk Press Association Fri 17 Apr 2026 "Former BBC DJ and Live Aid presenter Andy Kershaw has died aged 66, his family has told the BBC. "It was announced in January that the broadcaster had been diagnosed with cancer. He died on Thursday evening at 7.30pm. "The BBC wrote online on Friday; 'Kershaw was a familiar voice on Radio 1 for 15 years from 1985, known for his eclectic taste and for helping champion world music. “ 'He went on to report for Radio 4, both on music and global conflicts including the 1994 Rwanda Genocide.'” |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Radio One Broadcaster Andy Kershaw From: GUEST,Joe G Date: 20 Apr 26 - 07:42 PM He also had a long running programme on BBC Radio 3 and presented programmes from the 'Axis Of Evil'! |
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Subject: RE: 2026 Obit: Radio One Broadcaster Andy Kershaw From: FreddyHeadey Date: 21 Apr 26 - 06:01 PM Some of his output still on BBC radio Andy Kershaw in Haiti - 2000 World Routes episode 1 Andy visits Haiti during the turbulence of the presidential elections. He dances to the sound of trobadou, encounters a musician whose audiences include the secret police and meets a voodoo priest... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005xm30 episode 2 Andy meets leading musicians from the Papa Doc era, hears the sounds of Haitian rap, and visits the Port-au-Prince main cemetery. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005xm33 Andy Kershaw in Iraq - 2002 World Routes episode 1 Andy meets Qassim al-Sultan, one of Iraq's leading pop stars whose songs praise Saddam as a national hero. He also explores the Iraq's little-known gypsy community. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005xj14 episode 2 Andy hears Sufi trance music in Baghdad's most famous mosque, visits Baghdad's Voice of Youth FM station, and meets one of Iraq's top performers, Ilham Al-Madfai, who now lives in Jordan. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005xj1g Andy Kershaw BBC Radio 3 ~2003-2007 Algeria - Rai music in Oran and the Kasbah of Algiers. Algeria - Rachid Taha and the Kabilian mountains. Marseille - Mahgreb Rap, Algerian Rai, Pacific Creole, Congolese Rumba Turkmenistan - Christmas in Ashgabat Mauritania - The Festival of Nomad Music Corsica and Sardinia Iran - Axis of Evil North Korea, part 1 North Korea, part 2 Ethiopia - Comic Relief 2003 Mali - Mopti, Timbuktu and Bamako; Les Escrocs and Toumani Diabate Mali - Festival in the Desert; Ali Farka Toure, Tinariwen and Robert Plant www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnwy/episodes/player Desert Island Discs - 2007 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007757m article What makes a journalist? The case of Andy Kershaw John Mair - 2011 www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive,,, Music Planet - 2011 Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of,,, Cities Rivers Grasslands Mountains Jungles The Arctic Deserts Oceans www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sggq0/episodes/player Highway 61: Fifty Years On - 2015 Andy Kershaw travels to the USA to explore the lasting impact of Bob Dylan’s 1965 LP, Highway 61 Revisited. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06gtk2l Folk Connections: Cecil Sharp's Appalachian Trail - 2016 Kershaw follows Cecil Sharp's Appalachian Trail through Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee, hearing some of the songs he collected in specially-recorded sessions with contemporary singers. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yp4cv Andy's Kitchen and On the Road Sunday Feature - Radio 3 During the 1980s and 90s, DJ Andy Kershaw travelled around Africa and the Americas searching out great music and taping it on his Walkman Pro,,, in Africa - 2020 Andy delves into his boxes of cassettes and brings us music from his journeys in Africa - including his encounters with the then-unknown Ali Farka Toure, and the vibrant music scene of the newly-independent Zimbabwe - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mrgj the Americas - 2020 Sunday Feature a session with the Jolly Boys in Jamaica, his encounter with street singer Ted Hawkins in Los Angeles, and his interview with Trinidadian calypso legend The Roaring Lion. Plus Kitchen Sessions with Cuban singer Celina Gonzales and SE Rogie from Sierra Leone www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mxt5 More Kershaw Tapes - 2021 Sunday Feature Ayub Ogada ; the Antioch Gospel group ; Cuarteto Iglesias ; Ballake Sissoko ; the Edale Bluegrass Festival ; Mark Knopfler & The Duolian String Pickers ; Lazy Lester ; DL Menard ; Eddie LeJeune ; Ken Smith www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vqjl Even more Kershaw Tapes - 2021 Sunday Feature Ali Farka Touré ; Mamou Cajun Band ; Phil Cunningham ; Gary Petersen ; Cuarteto Iglesias ; Celina Gonzales ; Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore ; Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians ; Steve Tilston. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vwq0 |
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