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Show 1

24 July 2021

This is the first Blaxploitation Lounge show! I’ll be playing heavyweight funk, blues, reggae, dub, Afrobeat, Latino, jazz, a little disco and hip hop perhaps – expect a shot of Studio 54 with international flavour.

African Rhythms – Oneness of Juju
Love from the Sun – Roy Ayers
Mystic Brew – Ronnie Foster
Games – Dorothy Ashby
Summer In the City – Quincy Jones
For What It’s Worth – Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
That’s the Way Love Is – Marvin Gaye
Theme from Cleopatra Jones – Joe Simon featuring1 The Mainstreeters
Your Mama Wants You Back – Betty Davis
Black Rite – Mandingo
Love Thy Neighbour – Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics
Harlem – Bill Withers
Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
Back for More – Marlena Shaw

Show 2

7 August 2021

This edition is dedicated to some of my superheroes across funk, reggae and jazz

You Are My Angel – Horace Andy
Crying Over You – Lee Scratch Perry
Money in my Pocket – Dennis Brown
Skin I’m in – Sly & the Family Stone
Is That Jazz – Gil Scot Heron
Use Me – Esther Phillips
Save Me – Aretha Franklin
Give Peace a Chance – Lonnie Liston Smith
I Know You Know – Esperanza Spalding
What They Do – The Roots

Show 3

21 August 2021

‘Dread Lion is a Humble Lion!’

Join me for Tonite’s Rub-A-Dub Strictly Vinyl Special

Dub to Africa – Prince Fari & The Arabs
Reggae Howledering Contemporaneous Musical Study – Dr Alimantado
There is fire – Black Uhuru
Memories of the Ghetto – Augustus Pablo
I’m the one to blame – John Holt
I love the way you love – Big Youth
I’m not a Queen – Marcia Aitken
Mandela – The Abyssinians
Buckingham Palace – Dillinger
Eye of danger – Michigan & Smiley
Two Bad Duppy – Kojak & Liza
Bobby Bobylon – Freddie McGregor
Muscle Grip – Shabba Ranks
Mission Impossible – Randy’s Allstars

Show 4

4 September 2021

Expect a side of jazz with everything tonight – hip hop, funk, rhythm and blues, and sweet soul music!

Juicy – RH Factor
Certainly- Erykah Badu
Conte de fée – Oxmo Puccino & The Jazz Bastards
All Good – J Dilla
Smithzonian Institute of Rhyme- Blackalicious
Devil’s Pie – D’Angelo
Quasimodo – EDGE
Never – Dee Felice Trio
Think Twice – Donald Byrd
Sunset – Stevie Wonder
Now You’re Gone – Curtis Mayfield
Straussmania – Daniel Salinas

Show 5

18 September 2021

I’m here tonight with my first special guest on the Blaxploitation Lounge, and my very good friend Joe from Mr Kirk’s Nightmare. We’re doing a little back-to-back with 60s vibes, to South London dub, roots, and a killer blaxploitation spy tune.

Cissy Strut – The Meters
Wine in the Wind – Margie Day
Stop – Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper
Beautiful New Born Child – Eric Burdon & War
Pony – Annette Peacock
In Pursuit of Shai Hulud – The Sorcerers
Bam Bam – Sister Nancy
Young Generation – Augustus Pablo, Norris Reid & Bongo Pat
Angelic Symphony Dub – Iration Steppas
Witness the fitness – Roots Manuva

Show 6

02 October 2021

Music has the power to unite, to instil strength, motivate, inspire, uplift and encourage the oppressed and their supporters to never give up , and possesses extraordinary revolutionary powers. Welcome to the Blaxploitation Lounge first Revolutionary Rhythms special.

Strange Fruit – Billie Holliday 3:13
I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free – Nina Simone 3:08
Meadowlands – Nancy Jacobs and Her Sisters 2:24
We got to have peace – Curtis Mayfield 4:47
Stand Up and Be Counted – The Flames 2:55
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott Heron 3:08
Wade in the Water – Big Mama Thornton 2;56
Rise & Shine – Bunny Wailer 5:18
Ghost Town – The Specials 5:52
Sound of Da Police – KRS One 4:15
Superhero – Afrocat 3:45
2000 Black – Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers 4:53
47:40

Show 7

16 October 2021

Blaxploitation Lounge Live gig from Presuming Ed’s in Brighton

Everything I do Gohn be Funky (From Now On) – Lee Dorsey

Funky Fever- Alan Morehouse & His Bond Street

Everything I do Gohn be Funky (From Now On) – Lee Dorsey
Funky Fever- Alan Morehouse & His Bond Street
Hey Mr DJ – Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces
Funky Fanfare (Small Group( – Keith Mansfield
Afro-Harping – Dorothy Ashby
It’s your Voodoo Working – Charles Sheffield
What is wrong with grooving? – Letta Mbulu
You are my Sunshine – Earl Gaines
My Heart Said – Irene Reid
Ernie and the Top Notes – Dap Walk
Las Guajiras – Mongo Santameria
Goza Negra – Celia Cruz
Do you feel it? Tú lo Sientes? – Joe Cuba
Caballo Negro – Nico Gomez and His Afro Percussion Inc
Shaft in Africa – Johnny Pate
Superfly- Curtis Mayfield
Trouble of This World – Rose Stone
Dig My Feeling – Willie Bobo
Mama Soul – Harold Alexander
Rico Suave bossa Nova – J Dilla
The Big Band Theory – Homeboy Sandman
Cold Hearted – Blu, Exile
Sun, Moon, Stars – Mos Def
Rock Steady – Marvels
Respect – Norma Fraser
Do Your Thing – Leroy Sibbles
Supernatural Thing Pt 1 – Ben E. King
Baby Let Me Take You – Detroit Emerald
Dirty Old Man – Irene Reid
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Sly & the Family Stone
Going Down – Freddie King
Harlem Shuffle – Bob and Earl
Purple Haze – Johnny Jones, The King Casuals
There Was a Time – James Brown and the Famous Flames
You’ll Never Change- Betty LaVette
I was Made to Love Him – Chaka Khan
Twine Time – Willie Mitchell
I Jool Omo – Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers
Brixton Blues – Ram John Holder
Stories – Chakachas
Ring my bell – Blood Sisters

Show 8

30 October 2021

On Tonight’s Show I’m Joined By My Favourite New Yorker, Chris – Aka Producer Branner Griswell, On An Epic Journey Into Low-Down, Dirty Blues. Time to get some funk in yo trunk

Find Yourself – The Meters
Going Down- Freddie King
R u 4 Real – Dr John
Poor Moon – Canned Heat
Skin it Back – Little Feat
Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries – Willie Bobo
Leaving Trunk – Taj Mahal
That’s a Pretty Good Love – Big Maybelle
Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack I’m Gonna Make it Alright- Paul Peña
I Walk on. Guilded Splinters- Johnny Jenkins
All Day Sucker – Stevie Wonder

Show 9

13 November 2021

A live- streamed gig with Afrocat spinning the finest in Afrobeat, Blues, Disco, Funk and Reggae

Why Don’t We Do It in the Road – Lowell Fusion
I’m a Good Woman- Barbara Lynn
God Walked Down – The Allergies
Ain’t There Something Money Can’t Buy – Young-Holt Unlimited
The Snake – Al Wilson
The Panther – Manu Dibango
Disco Dancer – Kiki Gyan
I’m in a Dancing Mood – Delroy Wilson
Conquering Ruler – Derrick Morgan
Welcome to the Party – Har-You Percussion Group
Babarantini- Benny More
Cleaned Out – The Tibbs
He Made a Woman Out of Me – Bobby Gentry
Light My Fire – Erma Franklin
Woman of the Ghetto – Phyllis Dillon
Rocksteady- Byron Lee’s Allstars
Don’t Touch Me Tomato – Phyllis Dillon
You’re No Good – Dee Dee Warwick
Soul Freedom – Ray Fernandez
Engine Number 9 – Wilson Pickett
High Heel Sneakers – Jimmy Hughes
Think (About It) – Lyn Collins
My Babe – Mitty Collier
Attica Blues – Archie Shepp
I Can’t Move No Mountains – Margie Joseph
What a Difference a Day Makes- Esther Phillips
World War IV – Antibalas
Mista President – The Souljazz Orchestra
Rebel Soldiering – Johnny Clarke
You Don’t Care – The Techniques
Dreaded Than Dread – Honey Boy Martin
Fever – Junior Byles
Cassius Clay – Dennis Alcapone
Poison Flour – Dr Alimantado
Greetings – Half Pint
Champion Sound – Tenor Saw

Show 10

Cocktail Hour
27 November 2021

It’s Cocktail Hour, here on the Blaxploitation Lounge!

Kick off your Saturday with some hypnotic grooves, and some delicious Hammond organ, stripped back funk, jazzy dnb, and a treat for all Enter the Dragon fans!

Make the Road by Walking- Menahan Street Band
No one’s Gonna Love You- Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators
I can’t Wait until I See My Baby – Baby Washington
Why Can’t There Be Love – Dee Edwards
Mercy, mercy, mercy – Marlena Shaw
Baby Hold On – James Hunter Six
They Say I’m Different – Betty Davis
I Feel Funky – Matata
Headset Jazz – Lalo schifrin
Sunny – James Brown & Dee Felice Trio
Brother where are you? – Freddie Cole
Elevate your Minds – Linda Williams
Dark Clouds Rain Soul Dub – Breakestra
Loud Minority – United Future Organization

Show 11

11 December 2021

Live and direct from the Blaxploitation Lounge Live in Brighton, UK

Be Thankful – Donovan Carless
Do I Worry? – Derrick Harriott
Enter the Dragon – Dennis Coffey
Misery – Barrett Strong
You’ll Never Change – Betty LaVette
Getting Nasty – Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm
Catch That Teardrop – The 5 Royales
Caesar’s Pad – Googie Rene
Dig My Feeling – Willie Bobo
Freak Off – Orquestra Harlow
Baby What Do You Want Me to Do – Erma Franklin
One Eye Open – Masked Man & The Agents
Fire – Gino Parks
100th Street & 5th Avenue – Noro Moralés
Las Mulatas de Cha Cha – Cuarteto D’Aida
Fever – La Lupe
007 – Soul Bros
Here Comes the Judge – Shorty Long
Sweet Sweetback’s Baaadaasss Song – Earth, Wind & Fire
Got to Get Your Own – Reuben Wilson

Pt II

There was a Time – Gene Chandler
I’m just a Prisoner – Candi Staton
I can’t stand the rain – Eruption
Tainted Love- Gloria Jones
Sweet Sweet Baby, Dolly Gilmore
Party Time – The Heptones
Fever – Tenor Saw
Big Licking Stick – Hugh Brown
Rebel Soldiering- Johnny Clarke
Jah Jah Me No Born Yah – Cornell Campbell
Joker Smoker – Triston Palma
Whole Lotta Love – The Dynamics

Show 12

25 December 2021

Blaxploitation Christmas Day Present Kwaanza Special

Welcome to Christmas Day on the Blaxploitation Lounge here at the one and only Slack City including Afrocat’s Address to Mama Earth!

I can’t think of a better gift to give or receive than

mo’ funk reggae disco dub and more…

Jah Guide and Protect Us – Tenor Saw
Maye Omama- Ebo Taylor
Listen Love – Jon Lucien
Liquid Love – Roy Ayers
Follow Me – Oneness of Juju
Tell Me What to Do – Johnny ‘Hammond’ Smith
Got This Happy Feeling – Ghetto Brothers
A Funky Space Reincarnation- Marvin Gaye
Dancing Shoes – Brothers Resistance

Show 13

22 January 2022

Psychedelic Funk, Blaxploitation Chic, Latin Boogaloo, Disco Spectacular!

I Gotta Be Me – Odetta
Ordinary Guy – Joe Bataan
Soul Man – Sweet Charles
Strange Funky Games & Things – Jay Dee
Soul Flow – Paul Kelly
Yes it’s You – Sweet Charles
Viva Tirado – El Chicano
Cynthy-Ruth – Black Merda
Take Yo Praise – Camille Yarborough
Listen to Me – Baby Huey
Handle with Care – The Three Degrees
Skin I’m In – Sly and the Family Stone
I Must Be Doing Something Right – Irene Reed
GSTSKDTS – Vera Hamilton
That Didn’t Stop Me – Beverly Crosby
Ghetto Brothers Power – Ghetto Brothers
Hang on in There – The Stovall Sisters
Lupita – Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc
I’ll be a Happy Man – The Latin Blues Band & Luis Aviles
Jaley Jaley – Frente Cumbiero
Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? – Funkadelic to 5:40
I Got the Blues – Labi Siffre
Space Talk – Asha Puthli
Take Me to the Bridge – Vera
Love Hangover – Diana Ross

Show 14

3 February 2022

An hour of my finest ethereal jazz-funk tracks, straight from the smouldering 70’s, to you, with love

We Have Love – Amnesty
Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away – Gene Williams
Hummin in the Sun – Roy Ayres
My Little Girl – Bobbi Humphrey
Can’t We Smile – Johnny Hammond Smith
Cafe Regio – Mack Browne
Games – Dorothy Ashby
Wind Parade – Donald Byrd
Grandma’s Hands – Gil Scott Heron
Give Me Your Love – Curtis Mayfield
Do You Realize? – Aquarian Dream
Queen of the Minstrels – Mr Day

Show 15

19 February 2022

It’s a killer show tonight, live and direct, here to make the people dance and lift the vibration!

I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More – Kellee Patterson
The Rub – Gwen McCrae, George McCrae
Keep it Up- Milton Wright
Give Me the Sunshine – Leo’s Sunshipp
You Got the Stuff – Bill Withers
Evil Vibrations – The Mighty Ryeders
Baby What You Want Me to Do? – Erma Franklin
Born in Chicago – The Paul Butterfield Band
Do It Fluid – The Blackbyrds
Going to See My Baby – Fatback Band
The Magnificent Dance – The Clash
Me and The Gang – Bohannon
Rocksteady- The Marvels
Do It Baby – Susan Cadogan
Queen of the Minstrels – The Eternals
Mr Money Man
Dancehall Stylee – Sugar Minott
Green Bay Killing – Madoo & Kojak
Dances Are Changes – Barrington Levy
Dub Cartel – Stalag 17
Tenor Saw – Fever
Herbsman Smuggling – Yellowman
Automatic – Lone Ranger
One Blood – Junior Reid
Dead & Gone Mix – Red Spider
Love is the Answer – Garnett Silk

Show 16

4 Mar 2022

Ready for Your Musical Massage, Darling?

Live On Air for an Hour of Theatrical, Epic & Unusual Selections including Spirituals, Egyptian Funk, 1969 Italian Soundtrack, Afro Poetry Jazz Funk and a Fantasy Trip to the Desert!

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Kathleen Emery
Tell Her – Fred Williams & the Jewel Band
How Can You Say It – Gloria Ann Taylor
I Hear the Love Chimes – Syl Johnson
Right on For the Darkness – Willie Wright
Don’t it Drive You Crazy – The Pointer Sisters
Mary’s Theme – Stelvio Cipriani
Desert Fairy Princess – Horace Tapscott, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
Egypt Strut – Salah Ragab Cairo Jazz Band
Sunny – Yambu
Celestial Blues – Gary Bartz Ntu Troop
Sweet Songs – Sarah Webster Fabio

Show 17

19 March 2021

Tonight’s show is live from Presuming Ed’s, Brighton, where I’ll be spinning a little back to back alongside Slack City’s fabulous Different Strokes Different Folks We’ll be streaming live on Slack City, if you’re not in town. It’s always such a great party, with the best tunes in town to shake yo ass to. I have a feeling tonight’s gonna be a good one! 💗

Part I Selection includes Hot Chocolate, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Marta Ren and the Groovelvets, Junior Murvin, Trojan, Prince Jazzbo, Nora Dean, Ginger Johnson and his African Messengers, and PLENTY mo’! 😻

Part II of my live set at Presuming Ed’s Brighton and streaming live on Slack City, with Roots, Reggae, Rocksteady, Ragga and Steppas

Part I

O’ Baby (I Believe I’m Losing You) – Billy Hawks
Break it Up – Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & The Trinity
Good for the Gander – Hot Chocolate (3:30ish of 5:47@)
Release Me – Marta Ren & The Groovelets
I Was Made to Love Him – Chaka Khan
Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Sly & the Family Stone
Love & Happiness – Mr President
Lupita – Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc
*That Didn’t Stop Me – Beverley Crosby 3:35
Mojo Hannah – Esther Phillips
Black Cat – Brian Auger, The Trinity
Sweet Sweet Baby – Dolly Gilmore
Let’s Talk About the Kids – Marta Ren & The Groovelets
Black Rite – Mandingo
Mannish Boy – Jimi Hendrix

Part II

I Jool Omo – Ginger Johnson and his African Messengers
Im Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More – Lloyd Charmers
*Party Time – The Heptones 2:38
Cool Out Son – Junior Murvin
Whisper to Me -Cecile Campbell
Fever – Junior Byles
Auntie Lu Lu – Nitty Gritty
Crabwalking – Prince Jazzbo
Leggo Mi Hand – Josey Wales
Mammy Hot – Big Youth
Run Down the World – Nitty Gritty
Lazy Body – Echo Minott
Gimme Some of Your Something – Nitty Gritty
Pumpkin Belly – Tenor Saw
Dangerous – Conroy Smith

Show 18

31 March 2022

Tonight on the Blaxploitation Lounge I’ll be playing a track from this delicious Afrobeat album by Monomono that is today’s show cover, along with sonic delights from Mos Def, Baby Huey, Como Mamas, Stanton Davis Ghetto Mysticism, Luca Sapio, Dark Shadows Band, Don Bryant, Dudley Perkins, and Declaime

Tire Loma de Nigbehin – Monomono
Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti – The Daktaris
One Dragon, Two Dragon – Baby Huey
Nobody Knows – Luca Sapio, The Dark Shadows
A Nickel and a Nail – Don Bryant
Woman Got Soul – Hannah Williams and The Affirmations
Out of the Wilderness – The Como Mamas
Book of Slim – Gene Harris & The Three Sounds
I Want’a Do Something Freaky To You – Leon Haywood
All Good Instrumental – J.Dilla
Flowers – Dudley Perkins & Declaime
UMI Says – Mos Def
High Jazz – Stanton Davis Ghetto Mysticism

Show 19

28 April 2022

I’d like to invite you to jump into this beautiful melting pot tonight. We’re gonna have some free jazz, some sweet soul, disco, and classic blaxploitation

Little Sunflower – Dorothy Ashby
If We Had Peace Today – Harlem River Drive
Right on For the Darkness – Willie Wright
Mister Magic – Kellee Patterson
Ain’t Got the Love of One Girl on My Mind – The Ambassadors
Wilford’s Gone – The Blackbyrds
It’s Good Enough for Daddy – Clarence Reid
Too Late – Black Sugar
Soul and Sunshine – Harvey and The Phenomenals
Gangster Boogie – Chicago Gangsters
Lost in the Crowd – Billy Byrd
Miss Hot Stuff – Clarence Reid
Noude Ma Gnin Tche De Me – Orchestre Poly- Rhythmo de Cotonou
Space – Gait MacDermot
Viva Tirado – El Chicano
Nightbird – The Fabulous Three
Black Rhythm Happening – Eddie Gale

Show 20

26 May 2022

You’re tuned into the blaxploitation lounge on slack city welcome For tonight’s trip, where I’ll be taking us through some 70’s casino jazz, psychedelics, funk breakbeat, and closing the show with the pure steel pan joy that is my new favourite tune!

Rack em Up – Quincy Jones
The Dealer – Chico Hamilton
Incidental Backcloth – Keith Mansfield
Maiden Voyage – Kellee Patterson
Let’s Straighten it Out – O.V. Wright
Packed Up and Took My Mind – Little Milton
There’s a Break in the Road – Betty Harris
Gone! The Promises of Yesterday – The Mad Lads
Drunk Man – Eddie Harris
Ape is High – Mandrill
You’re Losing Me – Ann Sexton
Dee Felice – There was a Time
Ashamed – Black Merda!
Feelin Alright – Trinidad Oil Company

Show 21

18 Jun 2022

Cristo Redentor- Donald Byrd
Dom Um Romao – The Angels
jazz Rule
Never Can Say Goodbye – Dennis Coffey
Joe Thomas Thank You
Tropical – African Music Machine
Who is He and What is He to You Creative Source
Natural Soul Brother Danny White
Nervous Like Me – The Dap Kings
There was a Time Dee Felice Trio
Power Struggle – James Polk & The Brothers
Knucklehead – The Sound Stylistics
Christo Redentor – Ferrante & Teicher

Show 22

16 Jun 2022

You Cant Even Walk in the Park – Johnny Pate
The Jungle – Black Heat
Mystery of Black pt 1 – Shades of Black
Chocolate – Mickey and The Soul Generation
You Can’t Hide Love – Creative Source
ripple be my friend
hot chocolate so damn funky
All The People – Cramp Your Style
Give it Up or Turn it Loose – Lynn Collins
Hot Pants Breakdown – Soul Tornadoes
Voices Inside (Everything is Everything) – Donny Hathaway
Honda – Giuliano Surging
Right On – Clarence Wheeler, The Enforcers
Kissing My Love- Cold Blood
Hang Out and Hustle- Sweet Charles
Pussycat – Black Sugar
Asante Kwa Wazazi Marehemu George Mukabi
I Love the Way You Love – Betty Wright
Main Theme from ‘The Carpetbaggers’ Jimmy Smith
Second Cut – The Trensetters
Acid Rock – The Funkees
Let Them Talk – Geraldo Pino
Bananaticoco – Max B
Dancing Shoes – Brother Resistance
I Can’t Stand it I Can’t Take No More – Brenda George
Harrambee – Jambo
90% of Me Is You – Gwen McCrae

Show 23

17 Jul 2022

What it Means to Be a Revolutionary (1972 Black Journal Interview) – Angela Davis
Soul Searchin – Horace Silver
Save the People – Bruce Ruffin
Message from a Black Man – The Heptones
Concrete Reservation – Syl Johnson
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Malcolm X – Philip Cochran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble
Free Angela – Bayete
Things Ain’t Right – Esther Marrow
Damn Right I am Somebody- Fred Wesley and the JB’s
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World) – The Undisputed Truth
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World) – The Temptations

Show 24

16 Jul 2022

Don’t Let Me Down – Marcia Griffiths
I Don’t Want to See You Cry – John Holt
Chapter Three – Joe Gibbs
007 A Fantasy Bond Theme – Barry Adamson
Night Stalker Andre Charlier, Daniel Diaz
Strollin Blues – The Universal International Orchestra
60 Minute Man – Rufus Thomas
The Pussy’s in the Well – Mary Lou Williams
Greeze – Charles Kynard
125th St and 7th Avenue – Oliver Nelson
Captain Bicardi – Duke Pearson
No Problem – Jerome Richardson
Magnum Force Theme – Lalo Schifrin
Yegellé Tezeta – Mulatu Astatke
De Eso Nada Monada – Ray Fernandez
Zimba Ku – Black Heat
Alegntaye – Tiahoun Gessesse
I Don’t Know What it is but it Sure is Funky – Ripple
Baby Don’t Cry – The Third Guitar
Life is a Dance – Chaka Khan
Heaven and Hell is on Earth – 20th Century Steel Band
Grey’s Groove – Greyboy Allstars
Roy Ayer’s Party on the 69th Floor – MK Groove Orchestra
UMI Says
For The People – Pete Rock
4 Blacks – Black Milk, Nat Turner
A Tribute to Troy – Liquid Crystal Project, J Rawls
Auditorium – Mos Def
Yoyo Waltz – Cinematic Orchestra

Show 25

20 Aug 2022

God Made Me Funky – The Headhunters
Fire – Jimi Hendrix
Got to Have Your Love- Roy Roberts
Its Your Voodoo Working – Charles Sheffield
Tramp – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Memphis Soul Stew – King Curtis
Potato Mash – Ike & Tina Turner
Do the Funky Chicken – Rufus Thomas
Got to Get Your Own – Reuben Wilson
Get a Move On – Quantic Soul Orchestra
Fudge Funk – Organized Konfusion
Afro Cookie – Renegades of Jazz
In the Middle (Parts 1 & 2) – James Brown
Get It on Pt 2 – Gloria Jones
The Worm – Jimmy McGriff
Hand clapping Song – The Meters
As Long As I Have You – Garnet Mimms
Twenty Five Miles – Edwin Star
The Watts Breakaway – The Johnny Otis Show
Here Comes the Judge – Shorty Long
Patch It Up – Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers
Bring Down The Birds – Herbie Hancock
You’re Starting Too Fast – Johnny Pate
Black Water Gold – African Music Machine
Second Cut – The Trensetters
Gettin Down – Eugene Blacknell, The New Breed
Feeling Happy – Cyril Diaz Et Son Orchestre
Ramon’s Desire – Francisco Aguabella
Bobo! Do That Thing – Willie Bobo
Summertime Blues – Lebron Brothers
Mueve La Cadera – La Playa Sextet
Sing a Simple Song – Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound
Boogie on – Rob
Family Tree – Family Tree, Sharon Brown
Sweet Love- Samuel Jonathan Johnson

Show 26

25 Aug 2022

Too Much Blues – Ram John Holder
I’m on a Roll – The Future Shape of Sound & Captain Future
Agile, Mobile and Hostile – Andre Williams
Spoonful – Howling Wolf
Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters
Tease Your Man – Koko Taylor
Someone’s Acting Like a Child – John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
I’m Tired – Where Am I – Savoy Brown
I Feel So Good I Wanna Boogie by Magic Sam, Mack Thompson, Mighty Joe Young, Stockholm Slim and Odie Payne III
Instant Groove – King Curtis
Grits Ain’t Groceries (All Around the World – Little Milton
Rough Rider – The Hygrades
Home Town – WITCH
I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – Eddie Hazel

Show 27

17 Sept 2022

Afrocat is On Air for another edition at @aajamusic Sat 17 Sep 3-5pm uk time, Channel 2!

Tune in live or in the archives for super rare beauties across Rhythm & Blues, Afro-Funk, Vintage Soul and Blaxploitation.

Keep Coming Back – Menahan Street Band
Thinking Black – Ike & The Kings of Rhythm
Going Down for the Last Time –
Ronnie Keaton & The Oceanliners
Trespassing- Skull Snaps 50th Anniversary
The Dance Got Old – Fred Williams, The Jewel Band
More Mess on my Thing – The Poets of Rhythm
We’re Doin’ It (The Thang) Pt.1 – Eddie Bo, The Soul Finders
Get Up Off Your Butt – Darondo
Chilli Mac – Preston Love
Morning Broadway – Keith Mansfield & The KPM Orchestra
Funky Thing Pt 1 – Larry Ellis, Blackhammer
Bahama Soul Stew – Funky Nassau
He Say She Say – Chet Ivey
Love You Wholeheartedly – Jackie DeShannon
Cookies – Brother Soul
Legs – Darondo
We Got More Soul – Dyke & The Blazers
Funkadelic Sound – Little Beaver
Football – Mickey and The Soul Generation
Day of Rest – Marvin Holmes and The Uptights
Gimme Some Lovin’ – Matata
Jump Back – Eugene Blacknell & The Savonics
Mad Mouth Woman- Wayne Carter & The Organ Twisters
Brand New Girl – Billy Garner
Soul Brothers Testify Part 1 – Chester Randle’s Soul Senders
Odyssey Revised -The Fabulous Three
Crawlin’ The Crawl – The Untouchables
Since I Fell For You – Jimmy Preacher Ellis
The Way You Do – Jimmy Nolen
I Likes to Do It – People’s Choice
Aynotchesh Yererfu – The Budos Band
Positive Force – Nostalgia 77
Jujus/Alchemy of the Blues – Sarah Webster Fabio
Wind it Up – Clarence Carter
Have Some Boogaloo – Timmy Thomas
Funky Virginia – Sir Guy & the Rocking Cavaliers

Show 28

15 Oct 2022

On my Aaja radio show today 3-5pm, we’re gonna start a little easy with some jazz-funk, moving up to 70’s soundtracks, a little gospel-bluesy vibe, some super rare releases…and end up with some of my original disco finds, and of course my latest obsessions! Enjoy! 💗@aajamusic @afrocatmusic #dewolfemusic #jacktrombey #blackbyrds #bobbihumphrey #chocolatemilk #azymuth #weldonirvine #jamesbrown #annpeebles #jeanpierremirouze #nohelanicypriano #renaldodomino #gilscottheron #jonlucien #curtismayfield #leonthomas #24caratblack #corneliusbrothersandsisterrose #eastofunderground #theblackonwhiteaffair #edwinstarr #vickianderson #theundisputedtruth #gladysknight #eddiekendricks #therisingsun #brothersgonnaworkitout #williehutch #littleroyal #chicagogangsters 🐈‍⬛

Underlay No 3 – Jack Trombey
Wilford’s Gone – The Blackbyrds
Chicago, Damn – Bobbi Humphrey
Time Machine – Chocolate Milk
The Sisters – Weldon Irvine
Theme from King Heroin – James Brown
Come to Mama – Ann Peebles
Daylight – Ramp
Lihue – Nohelani Cypriano
I’ll Get You Back – Renaldo Domino
No Exit – Gil Scott Heron

Just in Time to See the Sun – Leon Thomas
Would You Believe in Me – Jon Lucien
Make me Believe in You – Curtis Mayfield On
Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth – 24 Carat Black
Rien Ne Va Plus – Funk Factory, Michael Urbanisk
Treat Her Like a Lady – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Chains – Black and Blues
Ulla et Georgie – Jean-Pierre Mirouze
Close Shave – Keith Mansfield
Smiling Faces – East of Underground
Brothers Gonna Work it Out – Willie Hutch
Easing In – Edwin Starr
Your Self-Conscious Mind – Chicago Gangsters
Let’s Go Down to Lucy’s – Leon Thomas
Mother Popcorn Pt 1 – James Brown
Answer to Mother Popcorn – Vicki Anderson
Soul Train – Little Royal
Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother – The Black on White Affair, Calvin Law, Robbie Hill, Curtis Simeo, Manuel Stanton
One Night Affair – The Rising Sun
Boogie Down – Eddie Kendricks
Law of the Land – The Undisputed Truth
I’ve Got to Use My Imagination Gladys Knight & The Pips

Show 29

15 Oct 2022

Live on air tomorrow 6-7pm @slackcityradio I’ll be hosting @blaxploitation_lounge for a space age samba disco soul power feast for your senses! Look forward to you joining me then…or catching me in the archives, all the links above👆🏽#ohioplayers #gilscottheron #davidruffin #annpeebles #themightyhannibal #masterplaninc #rotaryconnection #undisputedtruth #rokk #archiebellandthedrells #themainingredient #eugenemcdaniels #littlebeaver #thesylvers #michaelhenderson #studio54 #disco #soul #funk #psychedelic #greenpower #radio #selector #afrocat #liveonair 💖 💖

Let the Good Times Roll – Little Beaver
Euphrates – The Main Ingredient
Legend in His Own Mind – Gil Scott Heron
I Pity the Fool – Ann Peebles
Fool’s Paradise – The Sylvers
My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me) – Dennis Ruffins
Patience – Rokk
Try It (You’ll Like It) – Master Plan Inc.
Summer Breeze – The Main Ingredient
Green Power – Archie Bell & The Drells
Not So Sad and Lonely – Ohio Players
Spaced Out – The Undisputed Truth
The Truth Shall Make You Free – The Mighty Hannibal
Respect – Rotary Connection
Lovin’ Man – Eugene McDaniels
Let Love Enter – Michael Henderson

Show 30

02 Nov 2022

Back on Threads Radio today 15:30-17:00! 💗This month’s show features some psychedelic funk, vintage afrobeat, a soundtrack from Paris 1969, some roots reggae, and East African jazz funk. Including #rotaryconnection #babyhuey #juniorbyles #dennisbrown #thefabulousthree #timmythomas #mickeyandthesoulgeneration #ebotaylor #psychedelicaliens #percyfaithandhisorchestra #theemotions #jankonilovic #drybread #jeanclaudevarnier #chosenfew #idrisackamoorandthepyramids #charlessheffield #matata #polyversalsouls #soulsugar #courtneyjohn #eugenemcdaniels #clarencecarter #davehamilton #poetsofrhythm #psychedelicfunk #roots #reggae #Soundtracks #threadsradio

Black Magic Woman Dennis Brown
Fade Away – Junior Byles
All I Know – Soul Sugar Courtney John
White Sands Pt 1. – The Fabulous Three
People Makes the World Go Round- Chosen Few
Rhapsody in Berlin – Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Sad Nile – The Polyversal Souls feat. Hailu Mergia
Joint Session – Mickey & The Soul Generation
Cherrystones – Eugene McDaniels
Marriage is a State of Vibes – Dave Hamilton?
Words to My Song – Dry Bread Liquid Mood – Timmy Thomas
I Like It – The Emotions
I’m Qualified- Clarence Carter
I Got Fever – Charles Sheffield
Love is the Only Way – Matata
Victory Instrumental – Ebo Taylor
Augusta, GA – The Poets of Rhythm
Black Magic Woman – Percy Faith & His Orchestra
La Horse – Jean-Claude Vannier
Running – Baby Huey
Extraordinary Woman – The Psychedelic Aliens
Sunshine of Your Love – Rotary Connection
Drug Song – Janko Nilovic
Black Magic Woman – Fleetwood Mac

Show 31

18 Nov 2022

On my Aaja radio show #6 Sat 19 Nov 3-5pm, I have the first released disco track on earth, some jazz-funk to blow your mind, West African 70’s drum funk, a little retro soul, and plenty more…Enjoy! 💗@aajamusic @afrocatmusic image by @maya_do_well @iainneary #amnestyband #poetsofrhythm #davehamilton #babatundeolatunji #puccioroelens #reubenwilson #dizzygillespie #jimmymcgriff #bobbiegentry #miltonwright #bobbyrush #eddiekendricks #annsexton #leroyhutson #ohioplayers #louisemccord #slystone #cyrilneville #slimharpo #artneville #rodgercollins #billylarkinandthedelegates #salahragabandthecairojazzband #dieterreith #blackheat #rasputinsstash #gloriajones #thebrothersjohnson #manudibango

Gypsy Woman – Curtis Mayfield
Right On for the Darkness – Willie Wright
A Day in the Life – Chocolate Snow
The Edge – David McCallum
I’m Gonna Leave You – Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Light My Fire – Johnny Harris
Calling You – Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band
I’m Gonna Leave You – Nina Simone
You Know Baby – Mary Lou Williams Group and Leon Thomas
We Got to Make a Change – Mickey and The Soul Generation
I Got So Much Trouble on My Mind – Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul
Falling in Debt – DeRobert & The Half Truths
There He Is Again – The Hues Corporation
Afro Beat Blues feat Ojah – Hugh Masekala
Kossa Kossa – The Souljazz Orchestra
Ojo – Tunji Oyelana
Street Lady – Donald Byrd
Sweetback’s Theme – Mario Van Peebles
Come and Get It – Ralph Robles
Gypsy Woman – Joe Bataan

Show 32

30 Nov 2022

Edition #3 of @blaxploitation_lounge on @threadsradio join me @afrocatmusic this Weds Nov 30 15:30-17:00 uk time! Tune in live or in the archives for 90 minutes of #hilife #afrobeat #blaxploitationsoundtrack #boogaloomusic #latino #jazz Killer tracks from #ninasimone #curtismayfield #williewright #hughmasekela #chocolatesnow #davidmccallum #blackjoelewisandthehoneybears #johnnyharris #salahragab #marylouwilliams #leonthomas #sirjoequartermanandfreesoul #derobertandthehalftruths #huescorporation #tunjioyelana #blacula #sweetsweetbacksbaadassssssong #ralphrobles #joebataan #souljazzorchestra #donaldbyrd #mickeyandthesoulgeneration #withlove 💖

Let the Good Times Roll – Little Beaver
Euphrates – The Main Ingredient
Legend in His Own Mind – Gil Scott Heron
I Pity the Fool – Ann Peebles
Fool’s Paradise – The Sylvers
My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me) – Dennis Ruffins
Patience – Rokk
Try It (You’ll Like It) – Master Plan Inc.
Summer Breeze – The Main Ingredient
Green Power – Archie Bell & The Drells
Not So Sad and Lonely – Ohio Players
Spaced Out – The Undisputed Truth
The Truth Shall Make You Free – The Mighty Hannibal
Respect – Rotary Connection
Lovin’ Man – Eugene McDaniels
Let Love Enter – Michael Henderson

Show 33

15 Dec 2022

Live on air today @blaxploitation_lounge with my guest selector & friend, el spectacular, @djmrlewis at the controls with yours truly @afrocatmusic live from the @slackcityradio station 6-7pm 💖

It’s shaping up to be a delectable highlife special, with tunes from Mama Africa & across the diaspora

#highlife #afrobeat #africanfunk #afrojazz #dbatistatos #pasteurlappe #vibronics #soomt #lordecho #lisatomlins #cedricimbrooks #sounddimension #rogerwebb #bonentendeur #pierrebachelet #marvingaye
#brightondj #selector #digitalradio #radio #dj #recordcollection #liveonair #pioneerdj #totallyradio #blackbrighton #cratedigging 😻

Flying Objects – Roger Webb
Chichala – Gitkin
Where Are We Going? Alternate Mix – Marvin Gaye
Congress Alley – Congress Alley
I Love Music – Lord Echo, Lisa Tomlins
A Momentary Lapse – D Batistatos
Love – Junior Delahaye
Don’t Follow Babylon – Vibronics, Soom T
Neveen – Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band
Push Na Ya – Karl Hector & The Malcouns
Mun-Dun-GU – Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks, The Sound Dimension
Trinidad – Special Disco Mix – John Gibbs, U.S. Steel Orchestra
Na Real Sekele Fo’Ya – Pasteur Lappe

Show 34

17 Dec 2022

On air today 3-5pm is my jazz-inspired hip hop, and hip hop inspired jazz radio special – otherwise known as my 2 hour response to anyone who says they love hip hop but not jazz!

Some lofi treats in store – some instrumentals and raps, and some of the original songs and artists who inspired them…Enjoy!

[pic from back in the day @madamejojossoho ]

@aajamusic @afrocatmusic

#thelastpoets #blu #jazzliberatorz #madlib #menahanstreetband #visioneers #olburgerbeats #jdilla #maplesyrupmusic #oxmopuccino #thejazzbastards #antilily #phoniks #elmichelsaffair #blackalicious #blackmilkandnatturner #doncherry #easymobee #horacesilver #theroots #karriemriggins #philipcohranandtheartisticheritageensemble #hypnoticbrassensemble #mosdef #gilscottheron #galtmacdermot #ronniefoster #royayers #sampledbeats #jazzyhiphop 💜

Jazzoetry – The Last Poets
Amnesia – Blu
Loop Prisoner – Jazz Liberatorz
Cue 4 – Madlib
Lights Out – Menahan Street Band
Replay – Visioneers & Voice
So They Say – Ol’ Burger Beats
All Good – J Dilla
Pajaro – Maple Syrup
Conte de Fée – Oxmo Puccino & The Jazzbastards
Blue in Green – Anti Lilly & Phoniks
Hey – Maple Syrup
Clin D’oeil – Jazz Liberatorz
Ego Tripping – Blackalicious
Just a Thing – Black Milk, Nat Turner
What They Do – The Roots
C.R.E.A.M. – El Michels Affair
It Ain’t You – Words Worth
B Movie – Gil Scott Heron
Malcolm X – Phillip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble
Let Go, Let Flow – Gray Matter
The Sophisticated Hippie – Horace Silver, Easy Mo Bee
Starfighter – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Esperanza – Karriem Riggins
Space – Galt MacDermot
Mystic Brew – Ronnie Foster
Mystic Bounce – Madlib Synchronise Vibration – Roy Ayers, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
Benoego – Don Cherry
UMI Says – Mos Def

Show 35

30 Nov 2022

Edition #4 of @blaxploitation_lounge on @threadsradio join me @afrocatmusic for my last radio show of a most stunning 2022.

This Wed Dec 28 15:30-17:00 uk time, tune in live or find it in the archives on Threads’ Mixcloud channel or on www.afrocatmusic.com for 90 minutes of the finest #blues #soul #afrobeat #highlife #spiritualjazz
Killer tracks from #robertaflack #lorezalexandria #machito #maryjanehooper #annpeebles #theesacredsouls #electricwirehustle #scratch22 #leonspencer #sharonjones #mightyimperials #shuggieotis #warband #parliament #dukepearson #doncherry #sunra #carlosgarnett #funkymovements #mercurydanceband #thesorcerersband #mrfloodsparty

Thanks to @iain_neary_photos and @maya_do_well of @last_minuteproductions for the beautiful image djing at sunset in front of the iconic Royal Pavilion, Brighton
@brighton_museums

#digitalradio #selector 😽

Compared to What – Roberta Flack
Baltimore Oriole – Lorez Alexandria
Conversation – Machito
I’ve Got Reasons – Mary Jane Hooper
I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home Tonight – Ann Peebles
Will I See You Again? – Thee Sacred Souls
Again (Scratch 22 Remix) – Electric Wire Hustle, Scratch 22
Give Me Your Love – Leon Spencer
How Do I Get a Good Man Down? – Sharon Jones
Duck Hunt – The Mighty Imperials
Ice Cold Daydream – Shuggie Otis
WAR – Me and Baby Brother
Let’s Play House – Parliament
The Phantom – Duke Pearson
Brown Rice – Don Cherry
Door to The Cosmos – Sun Ra
Mother of the Future – Carlos Garnet
Trouble Maker – Funky Movements Band
Envy No Good – Mercury Dance Band
Cave of Brahma – The Sorcerers
Compared to What – Mr Flood’s Party

Show 36

12 Jan 2023

Happy 2023 Blessings! 💖🎉

I have some gigs cooking, so there may be some additional gigs and shows to come this month…

but for now, you can catch me @slackcityradio @aajamusic @threadsradio @blaxploitation_lounge and @thegreateasternbrighton @afrocatmusic

Looking forward to sharing mo’ music mo’ love mo’ fun!!

#blaxploitation #psychedelic #funk #roots #dub #jazz #blues #gospel #disco #studio54 #afrobeat #latino #boogaloostyle #elbarrio #worldmusic #blackmusic #selector #dj #radio #gig #blackbrighton #brightonnightlife #catsuit #onelove #happynewyear #2023 #january 😻

Morning Sun – SAULT
Trouble You A Trouble Me – Ini Kamoze
Approach with Caution (Stalag Riddim Remix) – Quakers, Sampa The Great
Here I Am (Come and Take Me) – Marcia Griffiths
City of Stone – Pat Lundy
Heaven Bound – Sharon Jones, E.L. Fields Gospel Wonders
You Know That You Lied – The Whole Darn Family
Mary Jane – Bobby Rush
Handle It – The Sylvers
Walk Tall – Esther Marrow
Groove Making – George Perkins
Balumba – Anilza Leoni
Think (Pensamiento) Spanglish Fly
Soul Punch – Piet Van Meren
Donald Austin – Rainy Day Fun +2:11
I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes – The Deidre Wilson Tabac
Time for Peace – The Little Shadows

Show 37

21 Jan 2023

Join me for edition 8 of Afrocat on @aajamusic

On air on the Aquarius new moon, Sat 21 Jan 3-5pm is a jam-packed show full of #gospel #deltablues and some firsts too – one widely considered to be the first #disco track, a Jamaican version of the first #hiphop recording, and first female hip-hop release, plus some epic #funk a dash of #dub and #afrofunk from around the continent!

Enjoy live or shortly after in the archives on my site, all links up above 😻

#angeladavis #eddieharris #darondo #rappersdelight #themessage #jimmysmith #harlemriver #sexymama #djformat #jeanknight #annpeebles #femaleartist #christyessien #themightymocambos #africanmusicmachine #earnestjackson #slystone #blackbloodandthechocolatepickles

#blackfemaledj #radio #newmoon #ageofaquarius #onelove 💕

Angela – Black Blood and The Chocolate Pickles
It’s Alright Now – Eddie Harris
Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love – Ann Peebles
Do Me – Jean Knight
I Feel Like Dynamite – King Floyd
Funky Broadway – Jimmy Smith
Slinky Boots – Speedometer
Take Me Back – Golden Hands
Harlem River Drive Theme – DJ Format Remix – Harlem River Drive, DJ Format
Take Life Easy – Christy Essien-Igbokwe
God Will Dry My Weeping Eyes – Horace Family
Sexy Mama – Darondo
Mr Brown – African Music Machine
Jungle Music – Kelenkye Band
Cairo – Dub Specialist
Tonight – Keith & Tex
Rapper’s Delight – Xanadu Sweet Lady
Rhymin & Rappin – Paulette Winley, Tanya Winley
The Next Message – The Mighty Mocambos
I Get High on You – Sly Stone
Africana – The Propositions
Afro Funk – Super Elcados
Africa – Steele Beauttah
Hogwash – Earnest Jackson
Heavy, Heavy, Heavy – Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats
It Just Begun – The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Hicky Burr – Caeser Frazier
Monkey Hips n Rice – The Nineteenth Whole

Show 38

25 Jan 2023

Back on @threadsradio this Wed 25 Jan @blaxploitation_lounge with moi @afrocatmusic and a show full of #loveandhappiness with some super #rarefunk #lostgems and plenty of #cratedigging around the #diaspora with selections from #ghana #zaire plus a tune from the #soundtrack to a cult #60s film and some #blaxploitation magic!

It’s gonna be a wild ride! 😻

Tune in live 3:30-5pm gmt or thru the links to my site archive in the bio & on #mixcloud

#earnestjackson #firstchoice #davehamilton #chicagogangsters #marvinholmesandtheuptights #ogyatanaashowband #guts #leronthomas #laloschifrin #bullitt #enriqueolivarezlosvampiros #enjoy ✨

Genres

Love and Happiness – Earnest Jackson
Joy and Affection (Mood) – Earnest Jackson
Is There Any Love? – Trevor Dandy
Highland Sound – Dave Hamilton Why Can’t People be Colors too? – The Whatnauts
Searching for Soul Part 1 – Jake Wade & The Soul Searchers
My Ship – Chicago Gangsters
Do Whatever Turns You On Pt 2 – The Propositions
Let’s Do it Today (Procrastination) – The Us
Look What You Done to Me Pt 1 & 2 – Sheila Skipworth
Day of Rest – Marvin Holmes & The Uptights
Raggedy Bag – Reggie Sadler Revue
Hotel Daniels – Lalo Schifrin
Future II – The Personations, Organisations
Al’s Place – Enrique Olivarez Y Los Vampiros
Psychedelic Woman – Honey & The Bees Band
Disco Africa – Ogyatanaa Show Band
Yuda – Dackin Dackino
Man Funk – Guts
Love and Happiness – First Choice

Show 39

9 Feb 2023

Join me tonight on @slackcityradio with @blaxploitation_lounge live on air, and, for the first time…in front of a live studio audience, down @theactorsbrighton

It’s gonna be the 3rd in my specials – Revolutionary Rhythms – which features music of protest, songs that serve as sources of strength, inspiration, unity, upliftment and motivation, and stories of action that need amplifying.

This sister is Louisa Jenkins, smoking a cigarette as the police try to question her at a protest in 1957.⁣

A novelist, essayist, journalist, university lecturer,
and social activist, she was hired by Universal Studios in the 1950’s to became the first black story analyst in Hollywood’s history.

Member of the Harlem Writers Guild and the Watts Writers’ Workshop (a group created in response to the Watts Uprisings of 1965), her articles and novels received favorable reviews from authors including the iconic James Baldwin

(The Black Past website)

Enjoy some #blues #soul #rhythmandblues #highlife #afrobeat #funk #jazz #gospel

#raw #revolution #getupstandup #action #nojusticenopeace #equality #peace #onelove 🖤

Thurs 9th Feb, 6-7pm gmt

(Links in bio for live/in the archives!👆🏽)

Show 40

18 Feb 2023

Welcome aboard Afrocat Airways, it’s a pleasure to have you fly with me

On my @aajamusic show this Sat 18 Feb…

We have a regal show in store, featuring #shakazulu #queenofsoul #arethafranklin the #queenofjazz #ninasimone and the Sudanese #kingofjazz #sharhabilahmed as well as some other treasures I’m excited to share with you – nothin but the best on the blaxploitation lounge!

Jump on my magic carpet and let me take you to
#neworleans #westafrica #california #memphis #sudan #nile #congo #houston #milwaukee #lagos #benin #spanishharlem #uganda #cotedivoire

Enjoy the ride…into my mind! ✈️☀️😻

Show 50

20 May 2023

I’m 1 Year Old!! 🎉🎉on @aajamusic this Sat 20th May 3-4 an hour of the finest funk marks my one year hosting on the lovely Aaja Radio

What a pleasure it is to bring you all of my selections to such a great station ❤️

#deepfunk #jazz #gospel #soul #oneyearold #anniversary #fatbackband #marvawhitney #undisputedtruth #dykeandtheblazers #cymande #maryjanehooper #naomisheltonandthegospelqueens #kcandthesunshineband #hollygolightly #orgone #fannyfranklin #dj #stayblessed 🥂

Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ to Ya – Junior Mance
Genevieve – Cymande
Party Time – Roy Porter Sound Machine
Iron Leg – Mickey & The Soul Generation
Am I Asking Too Much? – Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
Move a Little Closer – Mary Love
You’ve Got What I Want – Mary Jane Hooper
Nothing You Can Say – Holly Golightly
I Get Lifted (2004 Remaster) – KC & The Sunshine Band
Momma Momma – Betty Barney
Funky Walk Part 1 East – Dyke & The Blazers
Njia Nija Walk – Fatback Band
Things Got to Get Better (Get Together) – Marva Whitney
Don’t Boom Boom – Lillian Hale
Talali Talala – Verckys & L’Orchestre Vévé
Help Yourself – The Undisputed Truth
Funky Nassau – Orgone, Fanny Franklin

Show 49

19 Apr 2023

Back on @threadsradio with @blaxploitation_lounge and @afrocatmusic replay of show no 2 on air Wed 15:30-17:00!

This show features a soundtrack from Paris 1969, some roots reggae, and East African jazz funk.

#rotaryconnection #babyhuey #juniorbyles #dennisbrown #thefabulousthree #timmythomas #mickeyandthesoulgeneration #ebotaylor #psychedelicaliens #percyfaithandhisorchestra #theemotions #jankonilovic #drybread #jeanclaudevarnier #chosenfew #idrisackamoorandthepyramids #charlessheffield #matata #polyversalsouls #soulsugar #courtneyjohn #eugenemcdaniels #clarencecarter #davehamilton #poetsofrhythm #psychedelicfunk #roots #reggae #Soundtracks #threadsradio

Enjoyyy! ❤️

Show 48

15 Apr 2023

Sultry smoking psychedelic-flavoured blues awaits you on my show @afrocatmusic over on @aajamusic this Sat 15th Apr 3-5pm, alongside crazy disco from Turkiye and Nigeria, 60’s Italian soundtracks, afro jazz, and a dash of retro soul for good measure!

#buddyguy #charlesbradley #menahanstreetband #fink #jjgreyandmofro #chocolatemilk #karreimriggins #pieroumiliani #blaxsound #sugarpiedesanto #kokoroko #newmastersounds #thesoulinvestigators #goldenrules #nesekarabocek #kingsgoforth

#arabesque #retrosoul #smokin #italianvintage #afrojazz #psychedelicblues #zamrock #highlife #eclectic #studio54 #ukmusic #digitalradio #showtime #sunset ☀️

Footsteps – JJ Grey & Mofro
Baby, Please Don’t Leave Me – Buddy Guy
Stay Away – Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band
Boneyard Edit – Fink
Funky Thithee – Snuggie Otis
All of Your Love – Magic Sam, Earnest Johnson, Mighty Joe Young, Odie Payne, Jr, Stockholm
Now I’ve Got a Woman Original Federal Recordings – Freddie King
100 Days, 100 Nights – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
70’s Blues Record Plant Rough Mix – Betty Davis
Hair – Graham Central Station
Fire – Ohio Players
Chocolate Pleasure – Chocolate Milk
Troubled People – The Heads of the Family
Lazy Bones – WITCH
Straighten it Out with Your Man – Sugar Pie DeSanto
Lady Magnolia – Piero Umiliani
Esperanza – Karreim Righins
Psychic Powers – Jonko Nilovic, The Soul Surfers
Plata O Plomo – The Blaxsound, Golden Rules
Çayelinden Öteye/Yali Yali – Nese Karaböcek
Get it Down – Livy Ekemezie
Night in Zerelda – Manu Dibango
Baba Ayoola – Kokoroko
Onfa Nkosi Hwee – Pat Thomas, Kwaahibi
Sweet, Sweet Mbombo – Orchestra Baba National
Upper Class – The Poets of Rhythm
Givin’ Up Food for Funk – The J.B.’s
Mo’ Hash – The Soul Investigators
Zambezi – The New Mastersounds
Sunday Morning People – Honey Cone
One Day – Kings Go Forth

Genre Tags:
Psychedelic
Afro-Jazz
Zamrock
Turkish Disco
Retro Soul

Show 47

07 Apr 2023

It’s my 30th edition of @blaxploitation_lounge where it all started on @slackcityradio 💖

It’s gonna be a very good Friday, as this special show will be broadcast live from upstairs @theactorsbrighton with a live audience, so come down if you’re around 5:30-7pm and soak up the vibes with me!

#roots #afrobeats #highlife #funk

#mulatuastatke #heliocentrics #princefatty #holliecook #uroy #djmerco #mwindamannekin #guiltybeatz #falz #joeyb #themysterylights #lesbaxter #koolandthegang #algreen #eddiebo #marciagriffiths

#digitalradio #radioshow #onair #liveanddirect #cratedigging #hostesswiththemostess #goodfriday #easter #bankholiday #weekend☀️

Show 46

24 Mar 2023

On @blaxploitation_lounge over on @slackcityradio Friday 6-7pm, a live set performed @firstpressrecordfair earlier this month @theprincealbertbrighton

I can’t remember exactly what I played so it’ll be a surprise to me when I listen back too..but it’s guaranteed to be a funky surprise!

Thanks to my partner el fabulouso @oztadams for the image… and the amazing tunes of course!

#highlife #funk #afrobeat #jazz #bluenote #analogafrica #strictlyvinyl #recordcollection #cratedigging #recordfair #enjoy 🎶

Show 45

22 Mar 2023

Bringing the sunshine in on today’s @blaxploitation_lounge show over on @threadsradio 3:30-5

Tracks from #bermuda #somalia #guadeloupe #ethiopia #spanishharlem #italy #jamaica

Featuring #jimihendrix #bodiddley #parliament #rotaryconnection #minnieriperton #mongosantamaria #jackiemittoo

#sunshineofyourlove #letthesunshine #springequinox #spring

Sunshine of Your Love – Mongo Santamaria
Assez Fait Cancan – Guy Conquette
Yabaal – Dur-Dur Band
Addis Ababa – Zafari
Burning Spear – The Soulful Strings
El Bang Bang – Jackie Mittoo
Mission Impossible – Randy’s All Stars
Sweet Beat – I Marc 4
Omaca – Sestetto Dino Plana & Oscar Valdambrini
Speak My Mind – J. B. Hutto
You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
And That’s Saying a Lot – Christine Perfect
Stomp and Buck Dance – The Crusaders
In My Body’s House – Gene Chandler
Blockhead – The Monks
A Part of Being with You – Professionals
Sunshine of Your Love – Rotary Connection
Georges Garvarentz – Haschisch Party
Salt – Hung up
Spacing Out – The Invaders
Bad Trip – Bo Diddley
Come in out of the Rain – Parliament
Sunshine of Your Love – Jimi Hendrix

Show 44

18 Mar 2023

On @aajamusic today! 3-5pm tune in for edition 10 of my super show!

#lofi #instrumentals #gospel #caribbeandisco #jazz #latino #arabicfunk #funkrock

Featuring artists including #manudibango #nicogomezandhisafropercussioninc #gingerjohnsonandhisafricanmessengers #spankywilson #quanticsoulorchestra #truthoughts #janisjoplin #blackmerda #horacesilver #comomama #redastaire #freddiecruger #wildcookie #sugarman3 #maxgraef #billbrewster #generalcrook #electricpeanutbuttercompany #heliocentrics #swithold #deefelicetrio ☀️

Jealous Moon – The Sugarman 3
Hanky’s Panky – Shirley Scott
Nightingale – Dee Felice Trio
Sweet Tater Pie – Dave Pike
Playmate – Rolf Kühn
Slowburner – Swithold
The Gas Bottle – The Heliocentrics
Superswiss – Max Graef
Swamp Fever – John Cameron
Chitterlings con Carne – Pucho & Latin Soul Brothers
Who Knows – Marion Black
Move Upstairs – The Como Mamas & The Glorifiers Band
Acid, Pot or Pills – Horace Silver

E. L. F. A. R. E. – Antonio Castro

I’ve Been Searching – Lonzine Wright
Afro Golden Line – Amir Bresler
People Let Me Know – Linnie Walker & Black Merda!
Funky Message – The Heroes
The Rain – The Electric Peanut Butter Company, Shawn Lee, Adrian Quesada
Serious Drug (Instrumental) – Wildcookie, Freddie Cruger, Red Astaire
Lima Blues – Bronx River Parkway
Coconut – Manu Dibango
Groovetime – Monguito Santamaria
Yroco – Jimmy Sabater
Talking Drum – Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa! – Nico Gomez and His Afro Percussion Inc
What Time it is Part II + I, (Bill Brewster Edit) – General Crook, Bill Brewster
Don’t Joke with a Hungry Man, Pt 1 – Spanky Wilson, The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Move Over (Alternate Version) – Janis Joplin
Magic Fever – Magic Circle Express
Sexy Boogie – Laurel Aitken
Disco Connection – Lord Rhaburn
Laylat Al Jadba – Fadoul

Show 43

10 Mar 2023

Join me live on air tonight on @slackcityradio with @blaxploitation_lounge at my new Friday slot from 5:30-7
Plus we’ll be with a live studio audience, so if you’re in the area come on down @theactorsbrighton and start your weekend with us!

So many great tunes to share with you tonight so let’s get it 😻we’re going #downtownlagos #70sbrasil #gambia #louisiana & #accra

#afropsychedelic #deepfunk #highlife

Show 42

05 Mar 2023

This Sunday! Catch @dj_kobayashi // @hivemindrecords // @oztadams // @afrocatmusic live at @theprincealbertbrighton and on the airways with @slackcityradio – WHAT A LINE UP!

Hit the link in @firstpressrecordfair bio for the low down on these fabulous all vinyl DJs

#firstpress #SlackCity #theprincealbert #brighton #djkobayashi #hivemind #ozadams #afrocatmusic #dj #vinyl #vinyldj #live #djset

Show 41

22 Feb 2023

Low-down, dirty Mississippi Blues sits alongside 70’s Soundtracks, Afro-Psychedelia and Tropical Funk, for 90 mins of blissful sonic delights @blaxploitation_lounge

Today, on air @threadsradio 3:30-5pm

Thanks to @parks3983 for the fab shots taken at the Threads 4th Anniversary / @wards_corner event down @thepostbartottenham

#ermafranklin #themysterylights #youngholtunlimited #juniorkimbrough #lesmccann #laloschifrin #beastieboys #johnnypate #shaftinafrica #blackpower #peace #drlonniesmith #hughmasekela #zamrock #bacaorhythmandsteelband #bookertjones #bettyharris #mosdef #yasiinbey #johnleehooker #feelssogood #themidnighthour

Light My Fire – Young Holt Unlimited
Sad Little Girl – Les McCann
A Song for Cathy – Lalo Schifrin
Taxman – Junior Parker
She Shot Me Down – John Lee Hooker
Feels So Bad – Junior Kimbrough
Feels So Good – Junior Kimbrough
Trouble with My Lover – Betty Harris
Mr Cool – Rasputin’s Stash
Move Your Hand (Live at Club Harlem, Atlantic City, NJ) – Dr Lonnie Smith
The Boys Doin’ It – Hugh Masekala
Everything is Everything – Booker T Jones
El Jardia – Johnny Pate
Eugene’s Lament – The Beastie Boys
Possibilities- The Midnight Hour, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Linear Labs, Eryn Allen
Sun, Moon, Stars – Mos Def
Bacao Suave – Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
Bahama Soul Stew – Funky Nassau
Burning Spear – S.O.U.L
Come Down – The Beginning of the End
I Who Have Nothing (Am Somebody) – Ray Frazier & The Shades of Madness
I’m Your Pimp – Skull Snaps 50th Anniversary
Kidnapping – Karl-Heinz Shafer
What They Doin? – The Equatics
Black Power – Peace
Too Many Girls – The Mystery Lights
Light My Fire – Erma Franklin