Truck & Driver UK – July 2019

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Truck & Driver July 2019

ENTERTAINMENT

TUNE IN RADIO

It may have come to your

notice that, for some weird

reason, the AM radio signal is

hopeless in many modern

vehicles, including trucks. Also,

large swathes of the country

can’t get a DAB signal. What’s

that all about? If you like your

sports and talk radio, for

example Radio 5 Live 909/693

or Talk Sport 1089/1053, you

can find it’s difficult or even

impossible to listen to.

This is where Tune In

Radio’s app comes in. It gives

you access to hundreds of

radio stations, which can be

streamed online in lovely clear

audio. So if you’re on the

nightshift, and want to listen in

to a crucial mid-week football

game, here’s a solution.

The app also provides easy

access to a plethora of

podcasts, recommending them

by category, so it’s easy to

discover new and interesting

listening material.

It’s worth keeping an eye on

your data though, as

streaming audio for hours at a

time can put a serious dent in

your monthly allowance.

Dougie Rankine

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WARMING TO LUKE

Who knew that BBC journalist Frank

Gardner writes tense, action-packed

espionage thrillers? Shot 11 times, left for

dead by terrorists in Saudi Arabia in 2004

and now partially paralysed, the Beeb’s

security correspondent knows his subject

• and in this, his first novel, it shows.
  Crisis introduces us to ex-SBS
  commando and freshly appointed MI6
  operative Luke Carlton, who becomes
  entangled in an ingenious plot by a
  revengeful Columbian drug trafficker to
  wreak havoc and destruction on the
  British state that has been picking away
  at the coke baron’s profits.
  Don’t be put off by the 550 pages; at the end of this intelligent,
  high-voltage page-turner you’ll be left wanting more. Chris Turner
  Crisis by Frank Gardner, published by Bantam Books. Go to
  truckanddriver.co.uk/crisis

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SHADES OF

GR AY

I’ve been a David Gray fan since

1998 when he launched White

Ladder, his first album to receive

critical acclaim; it was, in fact, his

fourth album release. The English

singer/songwriter’s background is

in folk-rock but White Ladder is

often described as ‘folktronic’,

making liberal use of computer-

generated sound.

More uplifting than some – in

particular, 2002’s White Ladder

follow-up, New Day at Midnight,

dedicated to his father, who died

in 2001 – Gold in a Brass Age

further underlines Gray’s lyrical

genius. A fine musician, criminally

underrated. Chris Turner

Gold in a Brass Age by David

Gray, IHT Records: truckand

driver.co.uk/gold-in-a-brass-age

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’80s R E V I VA L

Two albums that just need to be

bought together – like one and

you’ll like the other. Which is

weird really, given that State of

Salazar is a group of young

Swedes and Toby Hitchcock hails

from Indiana, USA and shot to

fame as the vocalist with Pride of

Lions. State of Salazar are five

former Swedish music students

who openly confess an adoration

for all things AOR and melodic rock. With no twists, individual

takes or reinvention beyond a slightly fuller sound, both albums

sound as if they could have been

recorded in the ’80s. Like

Survivor/Toto/Journey/Foreigner?

Then you’ll love both of these...

Shaun Connors

Reckoning by Toby Hitchcock;

Superhero by State of Salazar,

both released by Frontiers.

Go to truckanddriver.co.uk/

reckoning and truckanddriver.

co.uk/superhero

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