Funk, Funk
| episodes | |
|---|---|
| 20th March 2010 On The Iron Highway listen | |
| 13th March 2010 Funky listen | |
| 6th March 2010 Psychedelic, Baby! listen | |
| 20th February 2010 The Blues Had A Baby... listen | |
| 13th February 2010 We Got Latin Soul listen | |
| 6th February 2010 Abso-flute-ly Fabulous listen | |
| older Journeys episodes | |
Journeys // 1300-1500 21.09.08
funk, funk - sunday 21st sep 2008 - 1-3 pm
Hey folks,
Journeys is back, back, back!
Only I got so wrapped up in putting the show together that I have completely forgotten to let you all know it is happening.
The first show of Season 2 of Journeys is; 'Funk, Funk'.
It's a wee meander along the groovy pathways of 1970s American funk.
Artists likely to make an appearance include: Cameo (yes, Cameo!), Parliament, Funkadelic, CJ & Co., Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign, Ohio Players, Maxayne, Dennis Cofffey and more.
Weird But Wonderful
I've never been one to avoid crowbarring Reggae into a show, so the Weird But Wonderful contenders for this week are:
1. Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sz1hXawwx
'Reggae-funk' carried off by Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert's earthy, soulful vocals.
2. Shark Wilson & The Basement Heaters - Make It Reggae
http://www.last.fm/music/Shark%2BWilson%2B%2526%2BThe%2BBasement%2BHeaters/_/Make+It+Reggae
A reggae version of the James Brown classic (Make It Funky). It is reggae and it is funky. (Click to link to audio)
To vote, get in touch during the show: studio@subcity.org or text 'subcity' then your message to 07766 40 41 42. The winner plays the show out.
Spotlight On...
As the show has been extended to 2 hours, I'm including an extra wee feature this year, which will look at a particular artist (or label, or song, or whatever I feel like) that I consider particularly important to the theme of that week's show. This week, as it's funk, I'm going to look at the best funk backing-band in the world... ever! It's the J.B.'s! Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Jabo Starks, William 'Bootsy' Collins and Bobby Byrd are amongst the many members of this stellar line up, which backed James Brown and had a number of releases of their own. I'll be playing a few J.B.'s headline tracks (although the Godfather can definitely be heard on at least a couple of them), which showcase their musical dexterity and just downright 'funky-ness'!
For all this goodness just tune in to http://www.subcity.org, 1-3 PM Sunday 21st September 2008!
Stu.
Posted at 12:56, 19th September 2008