Wednesday, November 29, 2006

PREVIEW: Show 114, Blast 1386, 1 December 06 1400-1600, repeated 4 December 06 0000-0200

For an audio preview of this week's show, go to www.groovelineonline.com/podcast

Coming up on this week's show:

* Music from Labi Siffre, Roy Ayers, brand new material from The Rebirth, Pieces of a Dream, Van Hunt, Maze and many more!

* A new month, a new Album of the Month...hopefully! Newly released is Frank McComb's new OFFICIAL(!) album "Tribute To The Masters", It's so new, the album is still on its way to me. If it arrives in time for Friday's show, you'll hear two tracks from the new work

* In the House of Grooveline this week, a fantastic new instrumental house track from Seven Hill Soul, entitled "Sonic Love"

* The Grooveline Threeplay this week looks at the works of the underrated and underhyped icon of nu-soul, Maxwell, with three tracks back to back from him

* Plus lots more music, news, gig details and more!

(This week's show will be live on Friday, hopefully minus fire alarms!)

Monday, November 27, 2006

PLAYLIST: Show 113, Blast 1386, 24 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 27 November 06 0000-0200

Hour 1

TRACK: ALEXANDER O'NEAL - LORD
TRACK: MICHAEL JACKSON - DON'T STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH
TRACK: EARTH WIND & FIRE - C'MON CHILDREN
TRACK: BRENDA RUSSELL - YOU KNOW OUR DAY WILL COME
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - GARDEN OF LOVE
TRACK: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - PEOPLE EVERYDAY
TRACK: CANDI STATON - YOU GOT THE LOVE
(Show abandonded for 20 minutes due to fire alert at studio)

Hour 2

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - IT'S ONLY PERFECT
TRACK: CATHY DENNIS - JUST ANOTHER DREAM
TRACK: PJ MORTON - NO ORDINARY LOVE
HOUSE OF GROOVELINE: GREGORY DEL PIERO AND KENNY BOBIEN - DON'T YOU EVER GET?
TRACK: JAMIROQUAI - STARCHILD
THREEPLAY - RAHSAAN PATERSON: BURNIN'
THREEPLAY - RAHSAAN PATERSON: SO HOT
THREEPLAY - RAHSAAN PATERSON: YOU MAKE LIFE SO GOOD
TRACK: BRIGETTE - TAKE ME
TRACK: JANET JACKSON - TAKE CARE
TRACK: INCOGNITO - GYPSY

Saturday, November 25, 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT: Show 113 apologies

Apologies for the confusion and distress (!) caused by the problems experienced during the live broadcast of Grooveline Show 113 on Friday afternoon.

The studio, and university campus, had to be evacuated due to a fire alarm. Therefore, approximately 20 minutes of the show was lost.

This will also affect the rebroadcast of the show on Sunday night, which will go out as broadcast live - including the 20 minutes of non-Grooveline music.

Thankfully, it was a false alarm!

Thursday, November 23, 2006

PREVIEW: Show 113, Blast 1386, 24 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 27 November 06 0000-0200

Coming up on this week's show:

* Music from Brenda Russell, Cathy Dennis, Arrested Development, PJ Morton, Janet Jackson, Mary J Blige and many more!

* We take our final look at the Album of the Month for November 2006 - "Sit Down Think" from Talc. This week, it's a truly vinyl affair as we play you both sides of Talc's 12" single

* In the House Of Grooveline this week, the new collaboration between Gregory Del Piero and Kenny Bobien, the subtle yet soulful "Don't You Ever Get?"

* The Grooveline Threeplay looks at the music of Rahsaan Paterson, with three tracks back to back from his "After Hours" album

* Plus lots more music, chat and info!

(This week's show will be LIVE on the Friday)

PREVIEW: Grooveline Monthly, Show 5, Island 88.6 FM, 7 December 06 2000-2200, repeated 24 December 06 2200-0000

Coming up on this month's show:

* Music from Ramsey Lewis, Candi Staton, Amp Fiddler, Light Of The World, Shalamar, Kenny Thomas and many more!

* Our Album of the Month for December 2006 is the thoroughly entertaining debut album from London-based band Talc, entitled Sit Down Think. You'll hear two tracks from the album, including the first single from the album and a track that sounds uncannily like early 80s Incognito

* In the House of Grooveline this month, a stunning cut made even more so. A new working of the Bobby D'Ambrosio and Kelli Sae cover of "Optimistic". Unmissable!

* The Grooveline Threeplay this month looks at the band that springboarded the careers of Jocelyn Brown and some guy called Luther Vandross. We feature three tracks back-to-back from Change

* Lots of music, talk and info

Monday, November 20, 2006

PLAYLIST: Show 112, Blast 1386, 17 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 20 November 06 0000-0200

Hour 1

TRACK: NATHAN HAINES - RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE
TRACK: ROY AYERS - WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE
TRACK: JAMIROQUAI - VIRTUAL INSANITY (REMIX)
TRACK: VINCENT MONTANA AND DOUBLE EXPOSURE - YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING (INSTRUMENTAL)
GROOVELINE REPORTER CLAIRE SHANNAN ON JAMIROQUAI'S MEANFIDDLER GIG
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - THE 1970s
TRACK: GEORGE DUKE AND ERIC BENET - SUPERWOMAN
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - MODERN SLEEPOVER
TRACK: MAZE - RIGHT ON TIME

Hour 2

TRACK: LIGHT OF THE WORLD - TIME
TRACK: SKYY - HERE'S TO YOU
HOUSE OF GROOVELINE: BOBBY D'AMBROSIO feat KELLI SAE - OPTIMISTIC
TRACK: QUINCY JONES - ONE MAN WOMAN
THREEPLAY - PLEASURE: MUSIC IS MY LIFE
THREEPLAY - PLEASURE: I'M MAD
THREEPLAY - PLEASURE: LOVE OF MY LIFE
TRACK: ALLON SAMS - FEELIN' IT
TRACK: BLACKSTREET - U BLOW MY MIND
TRACK: EARTH WIND & FIRE - STAR
TRACK: JOHN HANDY - HARDWORK
TRACK: PAULINHO DA COSTA - LOVE TIL THE END OF TIME

Friday, November 17, 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT: Compeition winner

Congratulations to David Lewis in Letchworth, who won an exclusive Talc t-shirt, donated by the band. And consolations to all other entrants.

Keep listening to Grooveline for more chances to win in the future!

PREVIEW: Show 112, Blast 1386, 17 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 20 November 06 0000-0200

Coming up in this week's packed show:

* Music from Roy Ayers, Maze, Jamiroquai, Blackstreet, Paulinho da Costa, Skyy and many more!

* We take a third look at the Album Of The Month this month - "Sit Down Think", by Talc

* Plus, we have a competition to win an exclusive Talc t-shirt

* I'll be chatting live to Grooveline reporter Claire Shannan about the exclusive Jamiroquai gig at Meanfiddler in London on Thursday night

* An absolutely incredible House of Grooveline track this week. Once again it's "Optimistic" by Bobby D'Ambrosio featuring Kelli Sae, but just when you thought it couldn't get any better, it bloody well did!

* After featuring "Ghettos Of The Mind" from the band last week, I decided to award the Grooveline Threeplay to the band Pleasure this week, so three tracks back to back from them

And maybe even more than this! Tune in to find out.

(The first hour of the show is live this Friday)

Monday, November 13, 2006

PLAYLIST: Show 111, Blast 1386, 10 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 13 November 06 0000-0200

Hour 1

TRACK: NUYORICAN SOUL - THE NERVOUS TRACK
TRACK: THE BAMBOOS - TRANSCEND ME
TRACK: BRAND NEW HEAVIES - YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE
TRACK: CANDI STATON - YOU GOT THE LOVE (ORIGINAL VERSION)
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - NITEKLUB
TRACK: PLEASURE - GHETTOS OF THE MIND
TRACK: EIGHTIES LADIES - I KNEW THAT LOVE
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - ALL AT SEA
TRACK: LISA STANSFIELD - LIVE TOGETHER
TRACK: SALSOUL ORCHESTRA - SECONDS

Hour 2

TRACK: EARTH WIND & FIRE - VICTIM OF THE MODERN HEART
TRACK: INCOGNITO - GOOD LOVE (REMIX)
HOUSE OF GROOVELINE: LIL DEVIOUS - TONIGHT
TRACK: SISTER SLEDGE - PRETTY BABY
THREEPLAY - JAMIROQUAI: SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE
THREEPLAY - JAMIROQUAI: HIGH TIMES
THREEPLAY - JAMIROQUAI: JOURNEY TO ARNHEMLAND
TRACK: SOULMINE - JUST DOIN'
TRACK: PATTI LA BELLE - IF ONLY YOU KNEW
TRACK: ATAR & THE FUNKADROME - THE ULTIMATE TRUTH
TRACK: MO PLEASURE - DANCIN' WITH YOU

Friday, November 10, 2006

PREVIEW: Show 111, Blast 1386, 10 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 13 November 06 0000-0200

On this week's show, the finest soul, funk, jazz, R&B and soulful house, including:

* Music from Candi Staton, Pleasure, Lisa Stansfield, Earth Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge, Patti La Belle and many more!

* A second look at the stunning debut long-player from Talc, with a track about a dodgy London club ("I'd rather stay at home and watch a documentary on seals") and a track which, to me, sounds a bit like early-80s mellow Incognito or Light Of The World

* One month before it's official release, we have an exclusive soulful house promo from Lil' Devious, entitled "Tonight", in the House of Grooveline

* With the band waving an emphatic goodbye to Sony Records, and the release of their first greatest hits CD and DVD, I thought it was right to feature Jamiroquai in this week's Grooveline Threeplay

* Lots more great music, and music news

(The first hour of this week's show is live, on Friday)

Sunday, November 05, 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT: All systems go!

Following on from my previous message about this Sunday night's repeat of Grooveline, it sounds like Blast 1386 is on-air without any problems following today's expected maintainence on the power supply. So I expect that Grooveline will go out as normal at 0000 UK time/gmt tonight.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

PLAYLIST: Show 110, Blast 1386, 3 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 6 November 06 0000-0200

Hour 1

TRACK: JAMIROQUAI - RUNAWAY (REMIX)
TRACK: RAMSEY LEWIS - WHISPER ZONE
TRACK: SWING OUT SISTER - FOOLED BY A SMILE
TRACK: OMAR - SOMETHING REAL
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - BOBBY FAME
TRACK: AMP FIDDLER - FAITH
TRACK: INCOGNITO - L'ARC EN CIEL DE MILES
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TALC - DAD'S TIRED
TRACK: KENNY THOMAS - WHEN I THINK OF YOU
TRACK: ANGELA JOHNSON - RESCUE ME
TRACK: MAZE - WE ARE ONE

Hour 2

TRACK: JEFF KASHIWA - 3-DAY WEEKEND
TRACK: DOUBLE EXPOSURE - EVERYMAN
HOUSE OF GROOVELINE: WOODY BIAINICHI AND ANDREA CARISSIMI - WAITING FOR YOUR LOVE
TRACK: MASTERS AT WORK feat JOCELYN BROWN - CAN'T STOP THE RHYTHM
THREEPLAY - CHANGE: GIRL'S AFFAIR
THREEPLAY - CHANGE: ANGEL IN MY POCKET
THREEPLAY - CHANGE: THE GLOW OF LOVE
TRACK: EARTH WIND & FIRE - AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE
TRACK: STEVIE WONDER - GOLDEN LADY
TRACK: JOHNNY HAMMOND - TELL ME WHAT TO DO

PLAYLIST: Saturday Grooveline, Blast 1386, 4 November 06 1300-1500

Hour 1

TRACK: PARA:DISO feat NIKI KING - RIGHT IS RIGHT
TRACK: JAMIROQUAI - MAIN VEIN (REMIX)
TRACK: AVANI - THE WAITING'S OVER
TRACK: CAMPSOUL - FALLEN
TRACK: DYNASTY - I DON'T WANNA BE A FREAK (BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF)
TRACK: AZYMUTH - RIGHT ON
TRACK: EARTH WIND & FIRE - WELCOME
TRACK: ROY AYERS - OH WHAT A LONELY FEELING
TRACK: BRAND NEW HEAVIES - YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
TRACK: JILL SCOTT - GOLDEN
TRACK: KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE - NACER DO SOL

Hour 2

TRACK: NORMA JEAN - SATURDAY
TRACK: INCOGNITO - MARRAKECH
TRACK: DENIECE WILLIAMS - SEASON
TRACK: EARTH WIND & FIRE - PURE GOLD
TRACK: WILL DOWNING - RHYTHM OF YOU AND ME
REQUEST: JAMIROQUAI - SPACE COWBOY (REMIX) (FOR MILES LEWIS, LETCHWORTH, UK)
TRACK: MASTERBUILDERS - BLEND
TRACK: MICHAEL WATFORD - SO INTO YOU
TRACK: EDU LUKE - PRAZER EM CONHECER
TRACK: SHALAMAR - NIGHT TO REMEMBER
TRACK: VINCENT MONTANA AND DOUBLE EXPOSURE - YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING

Friday, November 03, 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT: Saturday Grooveline this weekend!

Just a reminder that there will be a one-off edition of Saturday Grooveline this weekend on Blast 1386, 4 November 2006 from 1pm to 3pm UK time. I'll be sitting in for Dave Borrow, who returns with Soul Identity next week.

The show will be live, so your calls and messages are welcome, as always!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Grooveline this Sunday night

I've been told that the Reading campus of Thames Valley University will suffer a power cut on Sunday. Although it is said that this might not affect Blast 1386, I'm anticipating that the playout computers will be reset. Therefore, the Sunday night repeat of Grooveline may not be broadcasting. Please accept my apologies for this, which is outwith the control of myself or Blast 1386.

PREVIEW: Show 110, Blast 1386, 3 November 06 1400-1600, repeated 6 November 06 0000-0200

On this week's show:

* Music from Swing Out Sister, Amp Fiddler, Angela Johnson, Double Exposure, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Hammond and many many more

* A brand new album of the month for November 2006, the hugely entertaining debut from London-based Talc, with two tracks from this refreshing band

* Another exclusive piece of soulful house in this week's House Of Grooveline, this time 4 months before it's official release! It's brand new from Woody Biainichi and Andrea Carissimi, called "Waiting For Your Love"

* The featured band in the Grooveline Threeplay this week is Change, with tracks featuring the vocals of Jocelyn Brown and Luther Vandross

* Lots more great music, and music news

(The first hour of this week's show is live, on Friday)

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