Rhys Lewis released ‘Alone’ on April 8th. Rhys Lewis has already caught the attention of the public with his songs of heartbreak. Many of those […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 42: 13/04/2022 – Play List
Fishburn has recently released ‘The Other Side’. Fishburn is a dance artist out of Chicago. He produces contemporary pop, electronic, dance & chill Christian music. […]
Book Launch at the Unitarian Meeting House 29th April at 6:30
Eye Wild Books invites you to the launch of ‘As If Everything Were a Miracle’ A new collection of poems by Suffolk poet, Peter Watkins. […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 41: 06/04/2022 – Play List
The Cathodes have released ‘Dr Fell’. The Cathodes are a synth-rock band based near Manchester. They officially came up with the band name on 21st […]
Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum opening times for 2022
RAF Martlesham Heath, Control Tower Museum. Open Sundays 2 — 4:30 pm for the 2022 season, which is from 3rd April until 27th October. Located […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 40: 30/03/2022 – Play List
Jessy Howe has collaborated with Felix Waldispühl to record ‘Sea of Humanity’. We’ve heard previous tracks by Jessy Howe in collaboration with a other artists. […]
Talk by Ruth Silburn, Local History Recorder for Rushmere St. Andrew
The Ipswich Group, of the Suffolk Family History Society, are pleased to announce their next monthly meeting. On Wednesday 6th April, starting at 7:30pm, Ruth […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 39: 23/03/2022 – Play List
‘London’ by The Vanities is out now. ‘London’ is the first single to be taken from the brand-new album by The Vanities entitled ‘2001’. Originally […]
The Saints Launch New Website Celebrating Community and Heritage
The independent businesses of St Nicholas and St Peter’s Streets, known locally as The Saints, have launched a new website showcasing the retail, food & […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 38: 16/03/2022 – Play List
Telefis released their début album, ‘a hAnon’ on March 3rd. That album includes ‘We Need’. Telefís is a collaboration between composer/mixer/producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee and […]
Ipswich Transport Museum – Opening Times for 2022
The Ipswich Transport Museum, located in The Old Trolleybus Depot on Cobham Road, Ipswich, re-opens on Sunday March 20th for what we hope will be […]
TV Architect George Clarke Will Bring Buildings To Life In Début Tour
Ipswich, Corn Exchange – Friday October 7 Architect and TV presenter George Clarke has laid the foundations for his début live tour. He’s preparing to […]
NEW SHOW ALERT!
Join Jon, Paul & Dave for “Chat & Tunes” 10-11PM every Thursday. Late night discussion & some wild tangents, seasoned with the occasional piece of […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 37: 09/03/2022 – Play List
Heidi Serwer has released her new album ‘Palm Tree on the Drywall’ and this is the title track. Heidi Serwer is a long time performer […]
Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Monthly Meeting, Friday 1st April 2022 at 7:30 p.m
Rick Hobson, presents: “From Southend to Kabul: a flying career in the RAF.” Rick will tell ‘interesting’ aspects of his flying training focusing primarily on his Hercules flying […]
Dance Delight, Saturday 19th March
Stefan Freedman, in partnership with KARIBU, present DANCE DELIGHT. SAT 19th MARCH 7-10pm At Burlington Church Hall, Burlington Road, Ipswich, IP1 2HA Two feel-good bands: […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 36: 02/03/2022 – Play List
‘Magic Dreamers’ by Milliel Featuring Acalântis opens the show. Milliel does have a website, at milliel.com but it’s in Portuguese! He is also on Facebook, […]
UPDATE: Please Note A New Date For Your Diaries
On Monday 7th March we welcome the return of ICR Presenter JANE DAWSON to the ICR 105.7FM airwaves. Jane presents two shows every Monday morning […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 35: 23/02/2022 – Play List
Rachel Davie Lee’s EP ‘Barely Concealed’ is out now. ‘Love is in the Air’ is on that EP. It’s no secret that versatility adds an […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 34: 16/02/2022 – Play List
Bianca released ‘Forever’ on 14th February. This is being released through THPSongs who were formed in the winter of 2010. Their sole purpose is creating […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 33: 09/02/2022 – Play List
On January 28th ‘Strong was released by Herbie Frame. It features May Noriega. With a keen understanding for trendy and popular beats, complementary melodies and […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 32: 02/02/2022 – Play List
Tom A. Smith has released his new single ‘Dragonfly’ on 21st January. On 25th February Tom A. Smith will release his impending EP. ‘Dragonfly’ is […]
And the winner is…
Last week, on “It’s a Modlife Crisis” Trevor asked listeners to name the only number one by Madness. Most people said it was ‘Must Be […]
Suffolk Walking Festival 2022 (14th -29th May)
The 14th Suffolk Walking Festival launches on 14 May 2022 with over 70 guided walks over two weeks over some wild countryside, outstanding landscapes, rolling […]
Record Revival New Show Time
From 3rd February, The Record Revival will be broadcast between 6pm and 8pm on Thursday evenings. More Posts for Show: The Record Revival
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 31: 26/01/2022 – Play List
At the end of last year Fundamental Truth released ‘Warning’. Fundamental Truth is the concept and creation of singer and songwriter Richard Wayler. The project […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 30: 19/01/2022 – Play List
OOF released Métaphysique on 10th November. It features Mike Ladd. Métaphysique is a spiritual track glorified by cult MC, Mike Ladd. It declaims an introspective […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 29: 12/01/2022 – Play List
‘Callin I Tribe’ is from Marcus Gad and Tamal’s new album ‘Brave New World’ which was released on November 5th. Marcus Gad, the fast-rising reggae […]
Omid Djalili visits ICR
80s Jools was back on ICR FM on Friday 7th January 2022 8-10PM for a one-off “80’s Experience” with special studio guest, award-winning actor & […]
Omid Djalili visits ICR
DJ Jools is back on ICR FM this Friday night 8-10PM for a one-off “80’s Experience” with special studio guest, award-winning actor & comedian, Omid […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 28: 05/01/2022 – Play List
Tim McGreary released ‘Around and Around’ back in the Autumn. Tim has a website, at timmcgeary.com, and is on Facebook, SoundCloud, Twitter and YouTube. […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 27: 29/12/2021 – Play List
The Autumn Killers have released their version of ‘Mad World’. Last year The Autumn Killers decided to do something a little different. Instead of the […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 26: 22/12/2021 – Play List
JeffMajors’ version of ‘Everything Must Change’, featuring Raphael Tate, is out now. American gospel jazz musician and harpist JeffMajors has paid homage to the late […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 25: 15/12/2021 – Play List
Dean Friedman has released a second single, ‘I wish You Joy’ from his new album. Back in week 10, we heard ‘American Lullaby’, the title […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 24: 08/12/2021 – Play List
On 3rd December The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show released their new album ‘Going Nowhere Fast’ from which ‘Life’s Quite Bland’ is taken. This is […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 23: 01/12/2021 – Play List
Out now is ‘Running Out (Give It Up)’ by We Three Kings. We Three Kings are a no-nonsense three-piece rock ’n’ roll band from Manchester. […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 22: 24/11/2021 – Play List
Calyco have recently released ‘Dance With U’. Calyco are a fresh new 5-piece pop/RnB girl group based in the UK. With 5 lead singers and […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 21: 17/11/2021 – Play List
Earlier in November, Lonehead released their new single ‘Jump Back’. Lonehead are from Glasgow and have a Facebook page. Ryan Sheridan’s new single, ‘Parachute’ […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 20: 10/11/2021 – Play List
‘Goodbye’ by Fueled by Grace is out now. Fueled by Grace are from Switzerland. They have a website, at fueledbygrace.ch, but the band’s bio is […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 19: 03/11/2021 – Play List
‘Any Monet’ by Le Sonic, and featuring Robert Lee, was released on 15th October. Every so often, the music world shines its light on a […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 18: 27/10/2021 – Play List
Nave & The Ghost Collectors released ‘One of a Kind’ on October 8th. We heard a previous track by Nave & The Ghost Collectors, ‘Hit […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 17: 20/10/2021 – Play List
‘For Centuries’ is one of seven reggae tracks on the album ’Maasai Moran Riddim’. Maasai Moran Riddim is the production of Truce Label, a production […]
Local Radio Day 2021
Yesterday was Local Radio Day across the UK, and here in Suffolk, ICR sat proud in the heart of Ipswich as the diverse not-for-profit community […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 16: 13/10/2021 – Play List
‘Piper Perri’ is from Watch Clark’s EP ’Assimilation’ which is out now. Seattle electronic musician Watch Clark presents the final release of a trilogy of […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 15: 06/10/2021 – Play List
On 17th September, EmT released their new album ‘Electrical Medicine’ from which ‘Intro’ is the first track. EmT are Ema Walter and Tony Blue. They […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 14: 29/09/2021 – Play List
On 9th September, The Super Moons released their début album ‘Real Life Heroes’ from which ‘The Man Who Saved the World’ is taken. After releasing […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 13: 22/09/2021 – Play List
Earlier in the Summer, The Ormidales released “Crawlin’ on my Hands and Knees”. From Vancouver Canada, The Ormidales have released a new power pop single […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 12: 15/09/2021 – Play List
Charity Stow released ‘Perfect Thought’ on 10th September. Charity Stow is an upcoming singer-songwriter based in Nottingham. She comes from a musical family and has […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 11: 08/09/2021 – Play List
Charlie Baker released ‘Better With Me’ on July 1st. At midnight, on Thursday 1st July, in Essex, Charlie Baker released his brand new début single […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 10: 01/09/2021 – Play List
Back in week 2 of the New Music Emporium, I played J67’s single, ‘Heaven’. They have now released their third single – ‘Strangers’. Both originating […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 9: 25/08/2021 – Play List
Yiğit Çıtak has recently released ‘Feels Right’. Yiğit Çıtak (silent “G” as “YEET” /jiːt/) is a multi-instrumentalist rock musician, singer-songwriter and producer from London. He […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 8: 18/08/2021 – Play List
Ellen Foley released her new album, ‘Fighting Words’, on 6th August, which includes the first single, ‘I’m Just So Happy to be Here’. While her […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 7: 11/08/2021 – Play List
Due to a technical problem about fifteen minutes at the start of the show were not broadcast. Instead a back-up music track, with no announcements,was […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 6: 04/08/2021 – Play List
Sinester recently released ‘Breathe Again’. Sinestar are a four piece, predominantly electronic band from Bristol, United Kingdom. who formed in January 2011. They have released […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 5: 28/07/2021 – Play List
The tracks played on week 5 of Izzy’s New Music Emporium, and contact details for the artists, are as follows: Larry Mindel released ‘Whisper the […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 4: 21/07/2021 – Play List
Tracks played on week 4 of Izzy’s New Music Emporium, and contact details for the artists, are: The Light Show released ‘Round and Round’ on […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 3: 14/07/2021 – Play List
The tracks played on Week 3 of Izzy’s New Emporium, and links to the artists, are as follows: 1) Little Finger released ‘Big Finish’ on […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 2: 07/07/2021 – Play List
Tracks played on Week 2 of Izzy’s New Emporium, and links to the artists, are as follows: 1) Get back to Love by Hardy Becker […]
Izzy’s New Music Emporium – Week 1: 30/06/2021 – Play List
The tracks played on week 1 of Izzy’s New Music Emporium, and contact details for the artists, are as follows: 1) Enough About Me by […]
Why has ICR been off air a lot recently?
ICR has been disappearing from FM and Online in random intervals over the last few weeks. Announcements about this have been made online, but in […]
CRA 2020 Nominations for Yanis & Stephen!
Two presenters from Ipswich Community Radio have been shortlisted in the annual national Community Radio Awards 2020. 13 year old Yanis & Stephen Spencer have […]
The Coronavirus Update Is Back
And here we are again. This morning I stood in the queue at the baker’s, said ‘hello’ to Stuart in front of me, made friends […]
Local Radio Day with Felixstowe Radio
On 12th October 2020, it was Local Radio Day across the UK, and here in Suffolk, we got together with our friends at Felixstowe Radio […]
Felixstowe Radio left off air after theft
During the early hours of Saturday 29th August 2020, our friends at Felixstowe Radio were broken into and torn off the air by a thief […]
COVID-19 – ICR Statement
We are aware of the latest news with regards to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. ICR are conscious of it’s impact to the local community as well […]
Mayor to Headline International Women’s Day Line Up on Sunday March 8th
Sunday, March 8th, sees the return of the women’s take-over of ICR, in celebration of International Women’s Day. The exciting line-up of women presenters will […]
ICR XMAS – Listen Again
Darren Baalham on Christmas Day (12:00-15:00): Afternoon Ste with Stevie H on Christmas Day (16:00-18:00):
R.I.P Mat Bayfield
Today at ICR we were saddened to hear of the passing of Mat Bayfield. We all feel so desperately sad for Kelly, and the family. […]
ICR Helps the BBC to Find Suffolk’s New Voices
ICR’s presenter, Elene Marsden was invited my Station Manager Nick Kabay to be one of the 4 BBC Radio judges looking for new talent across […]
Congratulations Mr & Mrs Kabay
All the Directors, Presenters, DJ’s, volunteers, and many friends of ICR 105.7FM would like to wish Station Manager, Nick Kabay and his lovely Fiancée Dawn, […]
Suffolk Pride 2019 – Listen Again
Listen Again – ICR’s Suffolk Pride Coverage 2019 in full Listen Again – Suffolk Pride 2019 Interviews with ICR FM
Suffolk Pride Live on ICR 22nd June
From 12pm, ICR FM will be LIVE at the Cult Café with the Suffolk Pride 2019 coverage. Great Live conversation The parade will start at […]
RIP Gary Gary Hooker
Earlier today we learned the very sad news of the death of Gary Hooker who passed away on Monday morning. Gary was instrumental in the […]
A Day of Music by Women in International Women’s Day Takeover at ICR
Songs written and performed by women will be played on Ipswich Community Radio throughout International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March. The station will be run […]
Women to Take Over Ipswich Community Radio for International Women’s Day
Ipswich Community Radio will be run entirely by women on International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March. The programme roster from breakfast through to midnight will […]
Ipswich Outdoor Group
Izzy and Diana will be joined on the Friday Breakfast show by three members of the Ipswich Outdoor Group. Tune in at 8am, on 9th […]
Radio Mi-Amigo now streaming live on ICR Flip
We are pleased to announce that our friends from Radio Mi-Amigo can be heard streaming live 7AM-11PM every day via our ICR Flip service. Radio […]
Welcome to “Open Voice” on ICR
Meet Max Thomas & Dawn Challenger, the hosts of “Open Voice”, ICR’s Black History Month programme, celebrating October’s calendar of events. Each week Max & […]
A Voyage Around Graham
Please join us tomorrow(Saturday 30th June) @ The Steamboat Tavern for this event celebrating the life & legacy of the original “Mr ICR”. As you’ll […]
Hedgehog Awareness Week
As this is Hedgehog Awareness Week, zoology graduate, Ali North, who is the Hedgehog Officer for Suffolk Wildlife Trust, will be coming into the studio […]
ICR on TV: Ipswich Town Football Club – Marcus Evans interview by ITFC
ICR’s Graham Blackburn along with other Ipswich Town fans were interviewed to give their views by ITV News Anglia: As part of a very scientific […]
Phil Jackson
The first Friday Breakfast Show of 2018 will feature an interview with local singer, songwriter and piano tutor Phil Jackson. Check out Phil Jackson Music […]
Target of 1,500 Bras Reached!
Back on the 6th October, Joyce Boorman from Soroptimist International Ipswich & District came into the ICR studio, to tell us about how they are […]
ICR XMAS Launches 20th November!
It’s almost that time of year again! Christmas is everywhere now and the demand for Christmas-based radio stations is increasing, as is the demand for […]
Guests on the Friday Breakfast Show this week
This Friday (3rd November) we will be talking to Mike Medhurst from the Society of Friends about a one-man, one-act play that will be performed […]
Share Your Sound
This week, on the Friday Breakfast Show, Nic Wray from the British Tinnitus Association came into the ICR studio, to tell us all about their […]
Helping women and girls who have survived sex trafficking
Soroptimist International Ipswich & District are working with the Purple Teardrop Campaign to collect unwanted gently used or new BRAS, between 10.00am to 4.00pm, on […]
Sailmakers Student Weekender Presents…
“Sailmakers Acoustic Stage” To celebrate a new academic year and welcome students to Ipswich we have chosen to take a different approach to the usual […]
Bijou bat homes wanted
Do you think you could design a bijou bat home suitable for a historic or listed building? Jonathan Rhind Architects has launched a competition to […]
GeoSuffolk
This week, Bob Markham popped into the Friday Breakfast Show, to talk about the GeoSuffolk and the geology of Suffolk. Did you know the River […]
Orwell Bridge “Might Close”
Wednesday 13th September 2017, we are expecting high winds of up to 60mph and lorries are being told to avoid the Orwell Bridge overnight due […]
The Geology of Suffolk
On Friday 15th September, the Friday Breakfast team will be joined by Bob Markham, the chairman of GeoSuffolk. We will be speaking to Bob just […]
British Mensa & Beach Cleans
John Stevenage, the Chief Executive of British Mensa came into the ICR studio on Friday, to talk about Mensa, it’s history, what it does and […]