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Richard “The Hobbit” Bamford’s Just Elemental Music Radio Show: Episode 15 – Vinyl Special
By Richard Bamford | 01 May 2012
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On this weeks' show, our Hobbit delves into his record collection for a vinyl only special as a nod of respect to Record Store day. Expect funk and soul originals, blended with classic hiphop. A real gem.
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She scored hit after hit over a seven year period from the late 1980s, before a retreat into being an Everyday Josephine. But now in 2012 , spotlight beckons once more for a certain Karyn White. The original ‘Superwoman of soul’ and later the ‘Sweetheart Of Soul’, is back.
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The unstoppable and determined rap artist, singer, songwriter, one half of hip-hop collective Stylez Unite, one of the hardest working men in music and one of Bristol’s finest is back. Bristol’s latest potential superstar figure openly talks about his growing global presence, his latest ‘mixtape’, his hopes and plans for…
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They say time flies when you’re having fun, and it’s been an incredibly fast flying four years since Estelle released her album ‘Shine’. Since then, she’s been living between New York and Los Angeles, modelled for Naomi Campbell in her ‘Fashion for Relief’ charity runway show, collaborated with the likes…
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The series that cuts through the BS facade to address what's REALLY going on in the music business moves on to talking to some of the more awakened artists on the scene. Kicking off, who better than M1, frontman of Dead Prez, a group that's never had a problem saying…
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We've not heard much of late from MOBO-award nominated singer Nate James but he's now back with a slightly different sound to that of which we are used to. Collaborating with Manchester-based DJ double act Heavyfeet, who are currently building a name for themselves across the world, the single 'Back…
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Whitney Houston died on 11th February in Los Angeles at the age of 48. The singer passed away at the Beverly Hilton hotel in advance of a pre-Grammy Awards event hosted by Arista Records founder Clive Davis, the man who signed her in the early 1980s.
Houston was born in Newark,…
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On to the second instalment that cuts through the glossy veneer of the music industry to see what's really going on behind the scenes. In this one, Mark Devlin engages in some real talk with Nesha, who many will remember as an R&B singer with hits such as 'What's It…
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The momentum of George Soule's most recent release ‘Let Me Be A Man’ keeps on building. This is a man of many talents - singer/ songwriter/ musician/ producer/ broadcaster, etc - and a writer of songs performed by artists as diverse as blind blues/ soul hero Clarence Carter, Scottish legend…
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They used to be called The Family but now they're known as fDeluxe - and after a 26-year hiatus the cult group originally put together by Prince in 1985 are back with a brand new album, 'Gaslight.' The band are due to play at London's Jazz Café on Thursday January…
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