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About Bob

Bob Brolly was born in Derry, Northern Ireland where he spent the first 15 years of his life. The family then uprooted and moved to Coventry, England where he lives to this day.

As a very young boy, growing up in Ireland, Bob spent many years singing in the choir at the Waterside Chapel, so singing was something that Bob had done from a very early age. Bob’s voice was trained by the Priests and he then became a soloist for many years.

He studied engineering and served his apprenticeship in the car industry. After 6 years of studying engineering, a series of different jobs then followed from shoe shop manager to beer taster for Bass Breweries – not bad for someone who has never drunk alcohol!

By this time, Bob’s family had moved into the pub trade and this is where Bob’s musical career was more or less launched. Bob formed a band in which he was drummer and singer. After many different band ‘line-ups’, Bob found his forte fronting the band and singing, which he is doing to this very day. His band, Calvary, toured the world as far away as Australia and America and all over Europe.

Bob’s younger brother, Paul, who travelled the world with Bob as his sound engineer/driver, tragically broke his neck in a horrific car crash and was paralysed from the neck down. Paul and his beautiful fiancée, Anne-Marie live with Bob at his home in Coventry and it is here you will find Paul unless he is away on holiday.
As Bob often says of Paul, ‘Have wheelchair, will travel!’

In the last few years, Bob has had a complete change of musical direction in that because of his love of country music and his native Ireland, he now combines his favourite Irish tunes with songs from country artists, old and new – his favourite singers being Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill. Bob is very much in demand, having performed in some of the top venues like Wembley Arena, London, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham and the world famous Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

Bob is also a very popular broadcaster presenting his own award winning Irish show every Sunday (4-7pm) and his afternoon music and chat show Monday-Friday
(12-2pm) on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire, 94.8, 103.7, 104 FM

He has won many major awards including the Irish World Radio Presenter of the Year, the Irish Post Media Person of the Year. Bob was granted an Apostolic Blessing from Pope John in the Vatican for his fundraising efforts for many charities. Again in recognition of his charity work Bob was Mayo Person of the Year in 2006

For services to Broadcasting with the BBC and the wonderful work he does for charities, having raised over £1.8m, Bob was invited to Buckingham Palace and awarded the MBE.

Although Bob loves being a Radio Broadcaster with the BBC, he has often said that the thrill of walking on stage, singing a few old songs and making people happy still gives him the greatest satisfaction.