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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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Hi-lighting some of the artists that we played on today’s show:
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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Hi-lighting some of the artists that we played on today’s show:
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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Hi-lighting some of the artists that we played on today’s show:
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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I continue my love affair with Graffiti6 by opening the show with another track from their current EP and their much anticipated full length “Colours”. “Stare Into The Sun” was the lead track on their original self released EP in July 2010. The track was used by the Sun newspaper for their Tv ads of [...]

Today I took an audio journey around the world - soaking up the local soundtracks from the some of the world’s greatest cities. And yes, all while sitting in the comfort of my own home, sipping my coffee and eating my sarny.
CitySounds.fm let’s you explore the latest music from some of the world’s most [...]

This looks really interesting! Yeah, we know there’s plenty of music aggregators  around the net, but this one seems to make the most of all the right angles and avenues of online exploration, drawing all of your virtual inputs into one nice platform. We’ll only really know when we’ve had a good play around, but [...]

There’s not really any other way to say it… Lee Jarvis is KILLING IT at the moment! The young man from the UK moved out to Chicago last year, and ever since he’s been taking the music world by storm! Whether it’s a case of him tearing up the decks at a DJ gig or [...]