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R&B

Single of the Week: Altered Tapes “Heart of the Groove”

DJ D-Mac  10:00 am on July 23, 2021August 10, 2021
Altered Tapes Heart of the Groove

Altered Tapes and King Most revisit a pair of b-boy classics from 1990. Highlight Deee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart gets a thumping update.

Categories: Blog, music, R&B, Single of the Week, vinyl Tags: Altered Tapes, Deee-Lite, Heat Rock Records, King Most, Single of the Week, vinyl

DJ Neville C. live Halloween Set from Eaton Workshop

DJ D-Mac  12:00 pm on October 31, 2020November 19, 2020

Recorded live from the crypts of Eaton Workshop, DJ Neville C. mixes up choice Halloween-inspired cuts.

Categories: Blog, DJ mixes, funk, garage rock, jazz-funk, R&B, reggae, Rocksteady, soundtrack, spooky Tags: DJ mixes, Halloween

Single of the Week: Tall Black Guy “We Rollin’ For You”

DJ D-Mac  12:00 pm on June 16, 2020October 4, 2020

Our premiere Single of the Week is the ray of soulful summer sunshine “We Rollin’ For You,” by DC-based Tall Black Guy.

Categories: Blog, funk, hip-hop, R&B, Records, soul, vinyl Tags: baby blue vinyl, Coalmine Records, Counterweight Records, DJ Devastate, Single of the Week, Sweden, Tall Black Gut, Terrel Wallace, vinyl, We Rollin' For You

Song of the Day: Deniece Williams “Silly”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

Deniece Williams‘ “Silly” is an evocative and expansive soul ballad that sounded both old and new even when it was first released.

Categories: Blog, music, R&B, Song of the Day, soul Tags: Deniece Williams, music, R&B, song of the day, soul

Song of the Day: George Faith “I’ve Got The Groove”

Neville C.  10:00 am on April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

George Faith‘s read of the O’Jays R&B classic, “I’ve Got The Groove” totally transforms the song into a dubby classic.

Categories: Blog, dub, music, R&B, reggae, roots, Song of the Day, soul Tags: dub, George Faith, Lee Scratch Perry, music, O-Jays, reggae, song of the day, soul

Song of the Day: Huck-A-Bucks “The Bud”

DJ Ty Hussell  10:00 am on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

“The Bud” is an all-time Go-Go classic from the Huck-A-Bucks. This is locally grown music at its most mesmeric.

Categories: Blog, go-go, music, R&B, Song of the Day Tags: go-go, hip-hop, Huck-a-bucks, music, R&B, song of the day

Song of the Day: Usher “Whatever I Want”

DJ Stylus  10:00 am on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020
Song of the Day: Usher "Whatever I Want"

When producer Rich Harrison was killing the game in the early aughts, he made a banger for Usher that slipped through the cracks.

Categories: Blog, music, R&B, Song of the Day Tags: R&B, Rich Harrison, song of the day, Usher

Song of the Day: Zapp Band “More Bounce to the Ounce”

Neville C.  10:00 am on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020

The p-funk influenced Zapp Band‘s “More Bounce to the Ounce” makes clear why the group is one of the most widely sampled acts.

Categories: Blog, funk, hip-hop, music, R&B Tags: Bootsy Collins, funk, hip-hop, music, R&B, Roger Troutman, song of the day, zapp

Song of the Day: Yellow Magic Orchestra “Wild Ambitions”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020

The almost gospel-tinged “Wild Ambitions” is one of the most brilliantly evocative pop songs that Yellow Magic Orchestra ever wrote.

Categories: Blog, electronica, music, R&B, Song of the Day Tags: electronic, Haruomi Hosono, music, pop, ryuichi sakamoto, song of the day, yellow magic orchestra, Yukihiro Takahashi

Listen: Live Set from JoJo & Dave’s Late July Wedding

DJ D-Mac  3:00 pm on April 4, 2020April 11, 2020

Here’s a live DJ D-Mac set from JoJo and Dave’s wonderful late-July wedding at the Hay Adams Hotel.

Categories: Blog, boogie, disco, EDM, funk, hip-hop, indiepop, music, Nu Disco, pop, R&B, soul, weddings

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