BBC RADIO 6 FUNK PROGRAMME

[QUINNY]

In the U.K. dear old Auntie BBC has taken over the mantle of spreading the digital TV and Radio word.
From the end of this month we'll have something like 20 new TV and radio channels accessed by a set top digibox.
I've been like a kid in a sweetshop flicking through what's coming onstream. Yesterday, BBC Radio 6 became active and tonight by accident I came across the Craig Charles Funk show. Craig Charles is much better known as a comic actor in the spoof sci fi show RED DWARF and lately as the presenter of ROBOT WARS.
Anyway, the show is quite good. He's quite a natural broadcaster and his humour comes across in his tongue in cheek delivery. The music is less focused than say the Norman Jay Funk Factory show on Radio 2, but is a good cross section of Funk with the odd Blues track. The show can be replayed via the Radio 6 website. Here's a list from a few shows back.
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You Fallentime Be Myself
Ms Dynamite - Dy-na-mite
Prince - Kiss
Eminem - My Name Is
Labi Siffre - I Got The
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Kool & The Gang - Too Hot
ESG - Step Off
Stereo MC's - Creation
Jamiroquai - Supersonic
Ernie & The Top Notes - Dap Walk
Chic - Good Times
Eryka Badu - On & On
The Meters - Jambalaya
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Elses's Guy
Maceo & The Macs - Soul Power
Jacky Beavers - Mr Bumpman
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way
Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants
Carleen Anderson - Apparently Nothin'
Tony Allen - Every Season
The Bees - Angry Man
Grandmaster Flash - The Groove
The Rimshots - Who's Got The Monster
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Trouble Funk - Drop The Bomb
The Bays - Hip Hop
Princess Superstar - Keith'n'Me
Carleen & The Groovers - Can We Rap
Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke
Barry Adamson - Black Amour

Not a bad playlist. This weeks show is just as good with faves such as E W & F, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Rick James, Pigbag, Reece, Mr. Scruff, Rosco Gordon, Billy Preston. Give it a listen.

[Blaxman]

Quinny,

Seriously now, I loved the list. Despite Eminem (who I hate), I can see a very ecletic selection!!

BBC rules!!! I was always a fan of their programms. Lately, I'm loving them for their radio stations too!!

Peace

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[QUINNY]

Blax: Who'd have thought the BBC would become such a hip dude? BBC 1Xtra the new black music station, is worth checking out too; although they tend to have a staple diet of pretty mindless up to date stuff, there are quite a few gems to be heard.