Writer, curator and Arts Editor of Dazed & Confused, Francesca Gavin, takes us on a thematic musical odyssey into the unknown with a dash of live a capella thrown in for your listening pleasure.
This month, Francesca brings together her personal selection of Very Happy Music, from The Turtles to Kool & The Gang. Amongst this aural prozac is a dose of Gallic joy sung live.
London Fields Radio’s soul news provider, the Soul Report is brought to you by Will Coldwell AKA DJ Royale and Matt Wheeler AKA Vinyl Matt.
The show brings you a rundown of the latest news loosely connected with some of the finest cuts of wax from the funk soul and hip hop scenes.
Showcasing everything from brass bands to 60’s funk, hip hop to nu-soul, all in conjunction with national and local happenings, Soul Report guarantees to give you news you can tap your feet to.
This weeks show features a funky narration to record breaking news in Shoreditch, more reasons to hate rich businessmen as told by Honeywhite and the Night Man and Pete Rock and CL Smooth tell kids to Check it out (as in mouth cancer…)
The two Toms, Tom Macleod and Tom Guy, whirl up a storm thanks to their love of good funk, soul and hip hop music, plus there’s irreverent discussion on the stranger goings on in the world.
In this show the boys play musical top trumps by unleashing the biggest tunes out of their respective musical arsenals. It’s up to the listener to decide who emerged victorious. There is also gig news, Tom Guy’s pro News of The World standpoint (oo-err) and more.
Links:
www.myspace.com/sixtoes1
Sound Macleod is a new show presented by Tom Macleod and Tom Guy. It focuses on their love of good music in particular funk, soul and hip hop. In amongst the playing of some of the best music out there, they discuss the stranger goings on in the world.
For their first episode on London Fields Radio the two Tom’s play music by The Beastie Boys and Erykah Badu, amongst others. They also discuss the merits of Jason Statham’s filmography, Burger King Wannabes and present the first instalment of their feature on sampled tracks.
Links:
Soundationz (Unsigned Artist): www.myspace.com/soundationz
The Swell Brothers, Bruno and Andy, are related by music rather than biology, and have been DJing together since they started their funk and soul night Swell down local Hackney boozer The Dolphin back in 2004. Funk and soul isn’t their only bag though and they’ll be dropping in once a month or so to explore a different musical genre and to talk quite a lot of rubbish.
Tune in this time to hear some top quality funk.