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Funk on the BBC - listen on-line Hi everyone!
I've just discovered a great funk show on the BBC's digital station BBC 6 Music. You can listen on-line to the last show - the quality is really good, and it's a very good show. You can also listen to some interviews on-line, eg Spike Lee, Fred Wesley, and Sam out of Sam and Dave! They also helpfully tell you the tracklisting, eg: Saturday 30 August / Friday 05 September ARTIST - TRACK The Commodores – Brick House Beastie Boys – Body Movin’ The JBs – Gimme Some More Stylophonic – Way Of Life SAMPLE CITY A Tribe Called Quest – Bonita Applebum The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets The Gap Band – Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)? Erykah Badu – Danger Rare Earth – I Just Want To Celebrate BBC SESSION Brassy – Hit ‘Em Hard Gil Scott-Heron – Johannesburg SOULED ON FUNK Chad Jackson – Hear The Drummer Get Wicked The Jones Girls - Will You Be There? Basement Jaxx – Red Alert Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson – Mother-In-Law Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound – Canta Una Simple (Sing A Simple Song) STUDIO GUEST The James Taylor Quartet – Big Foot The James Taylor Quartet – Jesus Christ Superstar Rick James – Give It To Me Baby Trouble Funk – Pump Me Up The Brothers Seven – Funky Smunk Run DMC – It’s Tricky Jean Knight – Mr Big Stuff HAMMOND TIME Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity – Indian Rope Man Dr Rubberfunk vs De La Soul – All Gude Parliament – Bop Gun Indeep – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Lightnin’ Rod – Sport Richard X feat. Kelis – Finest Dreams FACTS OF FUNK featuring the Fatback Band The Fatback Band – Wicky Wacky The Fatback Band – King Tim III (Personality Jock) Groove Armada – But I Feel Good Maceo and the Macks – Cross The Tracks THREE OF A KIND featuring Tommy Boy Records Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock Naughty By Nature – Hip-Hop Hooray Queen Latifah feat. Monie Love – Ladies First The Flames – Stand Up And Be Counted McKay – Take Me Over The O’Jays – For The Love Of Money How good is that?! It's presented by Craig "Red Dwarf" Charles, and he knows his funk. Listen again to the funk! Enjoy! | |
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I've been listening to this show by Craig Charles (of original UK series 'Red Dwarf' fame) for more than a couple of years now. Definitely the most interesting funk show on the web. He does tend to replay some of his favourite tunes week-by-week but the show is long enough to have great variety everytime.
By the way, he doesn't play Prince too much - I've only heard him play Let's Go Crazy (?!) - quite sad considering the level of funk he plays from other artists. Worth checkin' out for a weekly dose of the Funk... He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. - Albert Einstein | |
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I'm actually a little annoyed I've only just found it!!
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