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In one week we lost both Johnny Otis & Etta James, in remembrance….
Etta James was born on January 25th 1938, Jamesetta Hawkins died January 20, 2012, James was one of the most sustainable divas on the R&B scene with more than half a century as a performer and a long list of hits to her [...]

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I decided just to showcase one artist this week because of his impact on a music, and the springboard of a cultural & political revolution the one and only father of AfroBeat….
Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1938, was a singer-composer, trumpet, sax and keyboard player, bandleader, and politician. Kuti was one [...]

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Darondo
A mystery to most, Darondo records are high on the wants-lists of many collectors. He is spoken about in hushed-tones by other Bay Area musicians. Back in the day he was seen cruising around town in a white Rolls Royce (with a “Darondo” license plate). [...]

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Willy Moon
In pop music, image most definitely matters. Not in the sense that each of our stars have to be the beautiful epitome of glamour, instead today we’re more in need of unconventional looking, striking figures. Lurching over a solitary camera lens, Willy Moon announces [...]

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Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn
The first single on Wax Poetics Records, “It’s Me” featuring guest singer-songwriter Rebecca Jordan. Classic production techniques and authentic instrumentation recall the glory days of ’70s soul, while the vocal workout and swagger allow the music to sit firmly with modern [...]

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The SBTRKT story starts from the sound system of an east London club called Plastic People, which is both underground in location and in the music it specializes in. It was here that SBTRKT met a gentleman named Tic and was schooled by the sounds [...]

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Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made [...]

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This last few weeks I have been really getting into my new discovery Hollie Cook, she sounds like a real reggae diva from the Trojan area but a new fresh approach she embodies the feel and style of our show!
Hollie Cook was born and bred in West London in a household dominated by music. She [...]

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This week marks the release of Grace Jones’s 2008 release “Hurricane”, re worked dub wise on Wall of Sound records
I think many people were wondering why in “A View To A Kill” James Bond was  kissing a man. Grace Jones played the androgynous villainess May Day whom according to the writers was ‘the product of [...]

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This week I decided in dig inside of the crates and play some classics and rarities as well as highlight some new releases, but in general I would say this week’s show has more of a funky soul vibe, I guess I was just ‘feelin it!
Our first track “Boogie” is the creation of Bruno “Patchworks” [...]