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As our Music Is Black season comes to a close, Craig takes care of the Trunk of Funk, with a selection celebrating Black artists who’ve helped shape the music we play on this show.

As our Music Is Black season comes to a close, Craig takes care of the Trunk of Funk, with a selection celebrating Black artists who’ve helped shape the music we play on this show.

Our Funk & Soul Family Tree reaches the late 80s and 90s, as a new generation of Black British artists took funk and soul in new directions. From Omar and Lynden David Hall to D’Influence, Young Disciples and Incognito, as Rare Groove and Acid Jazz helped shape the sound of British soul.

For our 1976 Funk & Soul Gold Album, we head to Miami for Gwen McCrae’s Something So Right. Produced by Steve Alaimo and Clarence Reid, it’s a fine example of that warm, laid-back Miami soul sound of the 70s.

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Music Played

  • Gentleman’s Dub Club, Mungo’s Hi Fi & Solo Banton

    Good Good

    • Easy Star Records.

  • Joe Bataan and The Fulanos

    Gypsy Woman

    • Vampi Soul.

  • Derrick Morgan

    Me Naw Give Up

    • Pyramid.

  • Maceo Parker

    Homeboy

    • Dial MacEo.
    • Esc Records.
    • 1.

  • Klymax

    Get Up And Jam

    • Talstar Records.

  • Michael James Kirkland

    The Prophet

    • Dynamite Cuts.

  • Patty & the Emblems

    I'm Going To Love You A Long, Long Time

    • Kent Dance.

  • Intruders

    Be Thankful For What You Got

    • TSOP.

  • The Blue Notes

    The Truth Has Come To Light

    • Glades.

  • Johnny Pate

    Starting Too Fast

    • Dusty Groove America.

  • Erma Franklin

    Son Of A Preacher Man

    • Union Square.

  • Jesse Davis

    Gonna Hang On In There Girl

    • KENT.

  • Victor Davies

    Be The One

    • Compost Records.

  • Gwen McCrae

    Damn Right It's Good

    • Cat.

  • Jeff Darko

    Gimme Some (feat. European Canon)

    • PGR.

  • The Beat Cracker

    Learned To Dance Longer

    • Echo Edits.

  • Faith, Hope & Charity

    To Each His Own (That's My Philosophy)

    • RCA Victor.

  • B.B. King

    Mean Ole Frisco

    • Ace.

  • Omar

    There's Nothing Like This

    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Lynden David Hall

    Sexy Cinderella

    • Sexy Cinderella.
    • PMI Digital.
    • 5.

  • D’Influence

    Good Lover

    • Norman Jay MBE Presents Good Times: Skank & Boogie.
    • Sunday Best.
    • 4.

  • Young Disciples

    Apparently Nothin'

    • Talking Loud.

  • Incognito

    Always There (12" Mix) (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

    • (CD Single).
    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Raul de Souza

    Daisy Mae

    • Capitol.

  • Orgone

    Say Goodbye (feat. Fanny Franklin)

    • Colemine Records.

  • Thee Sinseers Joey Quiñones

    There She Goes

    • Colemine Records.

  • Honey Cone

    While You're Out Looking For Sugar

    • Backbeats.

  • Linda Jones & Whatnauts

    I'm So Glad I Found You

    • Kent.

  • Bonnie Blanchard

    A Real Good Lovin' Man

    • Tramp.

  • Dan The Drum & Chris Bangs

    My Tune (Original Vocal Mix) (feat. Jasmine Rose)

    • Ramrock Records.

  • Gwen McCrae

    I Got Nothing To Lose But The Blues

    • Cat.

  • The Artistics

    Hard To Carry On

    • Brunswick Records.

  • The Third Degree

    Mercy

    • Tri-Sound.

  • Cymande

    Brothers On The Slide

    • Promised Heights.
    • Janus Records.
    • 3.

  • Imagination

    Body Talk

    • R & B Records.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • Volume IV: The Classic Singles '89-93'.

  • The Equals

    Funky Like A Train

    • Club.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • NOW That's What I Call 70s Pop (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Janet Kay

    Silly Games

    • Columbia.

  • Breakbeat Junkie

    J5 Jama

    • Self Released.

  • S-Tone Inc. & Toco

    Dona Diva

    • Schema Records.

  • Exit 9

    Jive Man

    • BRC.

  • Gwen McCrae

    Let Nature Take It's Course

    • Cat.

  • The Jammers

    Be Mine Tonight

    • Salsoul Records.

  • Kyoto Jazz Massive

    Get It Together (Samba Fusion Mix)

    • BBE Records.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 18:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music