Ep06: Tom Robinson on how individual audience members can change the world
Summary: <p>View the show notes at http://penfriend.rocks/tom</p><p>-</p><p>Born in Cambridge in 1950, <a href="http://tomrobinson.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Robinson</a> first became known in the late 1970s as a musician and LGBT activist with the Tom Robinson Band (TRB) who were early supporters of Rock Against Racism and Amnesty International. In 1977 their Top 5 debut release “2-4-6-8 Motorway” became one of the landmark singles of the UK punk era.</p><p>-</p><p>Other hits included “Glad To Be Gay”, “Up Against The Wall” and the band’s debut album “Power In The Darkness” which went gold in the UK and Japan. As a solo artist Tom had further solo hits in 1983 with “War Baby” and “Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio”, and co-wrote songs with Peter Gabriel, Elton John and Dan Hartman.</p><p>-</p><p>As a radio broadcaster, over the last 30 years Tom has hosted programmes on all eight of the BBC‘s national radio stations and won two Gold Sony Academy Radio Awards. He currently hosts three shows a week on BBC Radio 6 Music, was a member of the Ivor Novello Awards committee for ten years and in 2016 was awarded a fellowship of LIPA in recognition of his support for new music artists through BBC Introducing. His music blog at <a href="http://freshonthenet.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fresh On The Net</a> currently offers an open door to new tunes and free insider advice for independent and emerging musicians.</p><p>-</p><p>This podcast is supported by Arts Council England and The National Lottery and powered by my Correspondent’s Club <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks</a></p><p>-</p><p>Thank you for listening!</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
