3/5/08 - Compadres / Latin special |
Today's guest in the studio was Raul from the Latin band Compadres, a multinational group playing a mix of many different styles including jazz, funk and rock. He played a few tunes from the band and ...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sun, 04 May 2008 04:21:00 PST |
26/4/08 - the return |
Today was the first show back after Easter uni holidays, so a good opportunity to review some of the acts I got to see while back at home in London. These included Antibalas, The Budos Band, Tony Alle...
Posted by Off The Hook on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:34:00 PST |
15/3/08 - Sheelanagig / folk special |
Definitely one of the most interesting shows so far! My guests in the studio were Dorian and Aaron from Sheelanagig, Bristol’s finest purveyors of "celtic gypsy broken folk freak-out" music. We ...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:10:00 PST |
8/3/08 - funkstravaganza |
Today was all about the funk! Some classic tunes old and new, from James Brown and Maceo Parker to The Bamboos, Breakestra and Freestyle Records.Playlist:First HalfLefties Soul Connection - Fais do-do...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:05:00 PST |
1/3/08 - some more new sounds |
After last week's ska special it was time for a restoration of the normal procedures with jazz, blues, folk, funk and Latin on the agenda. Sean McMahon was also in the studio to select a few tunes and...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:46:00 PST |
23/2/08 - Ska Special |
As you can see from the title, today's show was not the usual mixed bag of musical commodities but a deeper investigation into the realms of ska. If that wasn't enough for you, there was also a record...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:44:00 PST |
16/2/08 - Dan & Roland in the studio |
Today was the second appearence of Dan Newton from Bristol's Ruckus Collective, and he was joined by the bass player Roland Swan. Playlist-wise, there was quite a nice selection of jazz, reggae, a bit...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:10:00 PST |
9/2/08 - Spokinn Movement / hip-hop vibes |
As you will see from the title, today we had a playlist featuring mostly hip-hop and rap music... still managed a bit of jazz, d&b and reggae though. Dan Newton, drummer for Ruckus Collective, was...
Posted by Off The Hook on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:00:00 PST |
2/2/08 - Mankala / Africa Special |
The theme for today was African music, as I was joined in the studio by Omer Makessa from Bristol's most exciting Afrobeat/fusion band Mankala. As well as playing a few tracks from their debut album '...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:56:00 PST |
26/1/08 - Stories |
Today was quite a good show - sorry about the slightly late start. There was a theme of storytelling, started by a great track from the new Medeski, Martin & Wood album called 'The Squalb' in which a ...
Posted by Off The Hook on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:39:00 PST |
