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Acid Jazz documentary from 1990

Rune Johnsrud — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:07:05 +0000

Soul Sendikasi – “The Soul of the Herbaliser” interview

Rune Johnsrud — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:06:14 +0000

This 1 hour long interview with the British funk & hip-hop band The Herbaliser originates from a program called Soul Sendikasi; Turkey’s #1 radio show for Soul, Funk, R&B and Gospel. In it, the two founding members Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba, talk about and play samples from some of their musical influences mixed with a few Herbaliser tracks.

Download: Soul Sendikasi – Herbaliser (68MB mp3).

Rickey Vincent – “The History Of Funk” radio show

Rune Johnsrud — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:49:31 +0000

Author of the excellent book “Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One“, Rickey Vincent, has hosted his own radio show dedicated to the funk for a number of years, and you can catch the latest ones through the KPFA.org online archive. You can read more about it and have a look at some of the amazing guests that have visited him in the studio over the years on the show’s homepage.

Gilles Peterson – Incognito 30th anniversary interview

Rune Johnsrud — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:01:01 +0000

Renown DJ and radio show host Gilles Peterson interviews Incognito founder and frontman Bluey about the 30th anniversary mixed with some of their songs and a selection of tracks from artists that have inspired him and the band:

Download link: Incognito 30th anniversary interview (58MB mp3).

Pat Metheny – Album commentary tracks

Rune Johnsrud — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:59:26 +0000

Jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has recorded and released what might be called a directors commentary for many of his albums, and it’s interesting stuff to listen to even if you are not a big fan of the genre or his music, because he describes the creative process behind many of the tracks and what inspired their creation and so on. You can find the commentaries on his podcast page (some of them require iTunes), or you can download them all directly from this newsfeed.

Archive On 4 – “Beat Mining With The Vinyl Hoover”

Rune Johnsrud — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:01:51 +0000

Excellent BBC Radio 4 documentary presented by Toby Amies on crate digging and beat mining, the influence old vinyl has had on hip-hop, the resurgence of funk and soul/northern soul, sampling etc., featuring interviews with Coldcut, Keb Darge, Steinski, Mr. Scruff, Idris Muhammed and more:

Download link: Archive On 4 – “Beat Mining With The Vinyl Hoover” (54MB mp3).