This past weekend, master calligrapher Seb Lester painted a mural in East London featuring the words of the Ewan MacColl song ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ on which Roberta Flack’s famous version was based. The video is soundtracked by Maylight’s ‘Beat of the Heart’, produced by me.[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music from Omar, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, The Soul Motivators, Esperanto and much more. Listen here.
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It was recently my pleasure to interview Ernie Isley, drummer, bass and guitar player and songwriter for legendary funk / soul group and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners The Isley Brothers. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series, we speak with Ernie Isley, drummer, guitar[…]
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This week sees the release of ‘The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)‘ box set, an expansive 23 CD collection offering the most comprehensive collection of the group’s material available to date. The collection features newly remastered versions of 21 of the group’s albums, to which[…]
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There’s a brand new mix up on Mixcloud. Details below: “This is the third and final installment of the ‘Funky Drummers’ mix series and the most uptempo of the three. As with previous editions, it’s a solid 20 minutes of nothing but raw drum breaks from Funk, Soul, Rock &[…]
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I’m very pleased to be playing at Brighton’s Fortune of War, situated on Brighton beach front this Saturday. Full details on the flyer above. Facebook event page here.
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music and recent re-issues from Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, Lesiman, Strange Faith and Piero Umiliani. Listen here.
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My remix of Renegade Brass Band’s ‘This Shall Not Stand’ appears on the band’s remix album ‘Beats, Rhymes & Brass Remixed’, released today. The album also features remixes from Tall Black Guy, Colman Brothers and Paper Tiger among many others. This track also appears on my recent compilation of remixes[…]
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This Saturday we go all eras again at Book Club, Leonard Street, East London for History of Hip Hop. This month I’m on duty for the later years of 2000- 2010. More info here.
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. One of the best updates we’ve had in some time with new music from Bilal’s excellent Adrian Younge produced BBE long player ‘In Another Life’, So Much Soul favourites The Cactus Channel on Hope Street Recordings, wordly vibes from Hailu[…]
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