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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 [...]

For todays show I decided to dedicate a good amount of time to late seventies early eight, soul / disco. I dug pretty dip and came up with some gems, if I don’t mind saying so myself!
So let’s skip the first part of the show and get straight to that era, although I should mention [...]

Q-Burns Abstract Message is one of few producers that ‘thrive on blurring the boundary between eclectic experimenter and populist ass-shaker’. The globe-trotting DJ has spent two decades developing a sound that is very electronic yet oozes soul and funk.
Eight Tracks Recordings is an underground music label rising from the steamy jungles of Florida, who have [...]

Well here’s a lovely little New Year’s pressie from our friends over at Stompy. They’ve just released a FREE compilation album highlighting the many styles of house and dance music that you can find across their great digital download site.
There are some cracking tracks in the compilation - many previously unreleased, from the likes of [...]