So here we are, the world on lockdown, what does one do? Music is always the answer. Here’s a playlist to get you through the lockdown/quarantine/self-isolation, whichever one you find yourself in. 1. David Peaston We’re all in this together – That’s right, doesn’t matter where you are on the planet, we’re all in this […]
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We recently suffered a cyber attack which knocked the station sideways, affecting the website, shows, as well as our IOS and Android apps. We battled hard to things back to normal and are happy to announce that we’re almost there. Might be a few minor glitches still but please bear with us. Thanks for your patience […]
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Let’s get this out of the way, cultural appropriation is wrong. Why? Because it robs the members of the ‘robbed’ culture of their much deserved credit. Black music suffers the most from this phenomenon with many feeling aggrieved by what appears to be a system that loves black culture a lot more than it loves […]
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Happy Mother’s Day!!! Here’s a list of the Top 10 Mother’s Day songs. If she’s still with you, play them to her, if she’s no longer with you, play them for her…….. Hamilton Bohannon – Singing A Song for My Mother The Spinners – Sadie Boyz II Men – A Song for Mama […]
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This is a nod to the producers, y’know the guys who’re really behind all those hits that the artists get all the credit for. In many cases they don’t just produce but write the songs too. Some prefer to stay in the shadows whilst others like to hog the stage with the artist, some stamp their style […]
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So here we are again, another celebrity death in this curious year that seems littered with much too many thus far. This one came as a shock though, particularly as The Purple One had been looking in good health as well as performing in recent weeks. In fact, if anything, he appeared to be doing a Benjamin Button […]
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I caught a re-run of the ITV documentary “The Nation’s Favourite Motown Song” the other night. I felt a couple of songs were missing from their list and thought hmmm, who exactly are the people in this “nation”? So I did a bit of digging and discovered the results were based on votes from ‘a […]
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At a very early age, my first chosen musical instrument was the guitar. As I grew older, my love switched to the bass guitar. I learned my trade by mimicking the likes of Aaron Mills (Cameo), Mark Adams (Slave), Bernard Edwards (Chic), Bootsy Collins and Nathan East. However, without doubt my number one influence was […]
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Talk about blurring the lines. The Pharrell Williams/Robin Thicke/Marvin Gaye decision seems to have set a precedent for a messy new world order. I remember first hearing about the case and thinking ‘haha, nice try’, expecting it would just disappear but here we are, many months later and Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have got […]
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Wow, where did summer 2014 go? Seems like only yesterday I was hacking down the jungle in my back garden and raking the rust off the barbecue grills in readiness for the good times ahead. For us here in the UK, summer literally ends as you walk away from the Notting Hill carnival but carnival […]
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