Feat. Joy Division, The Durutti Column, The Zion travellers, Sweet Inspirations, Big Star and more

The first half of this show takes in some celebrated and obscure pop singles from late 70’s and early 80’s English bands like Joy Division, Felt, The Wake and The Durutti Column – some of which feature the production genius of Martin Hannett. The second half hour is mainly filled with hits from the songwriting…

A relaxed hour of music feat. Etta James, Louis Cottrell, Erroll Garner, Jordan Harmonizers, Chopin

A nice relaxed hour Soul, Jazz and Classical music feat. Etta James, Louis Cottrell, Erroll Garner, Jordan Harmonizers, Chopin, Alan Schiller and Henryk Gorecki. Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_Casey_

Feat, JDilla, Ghostface, The Cosmic Rays, Johnny Hodges, Mingus, Ethiopiques and The Band

A selection of wonderful jazz and a great version of Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ by Africa Express

A wonderful hour of jazz feat. Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Randy Weston, Bill Evans, Art Pepper and something pretty amazing from Africa Express to end the show.

Feat. Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, The Show Men, Coleman Hawkins and Tom Harrell

A quality hour of music feat. that classic New Orleans sound for the first half with pieces written and produced by the great Allen Toussaint, expect to hear Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, The Show men and another great New Orleans writer/producer – one Eddie Bo. Some lovely jazz in the second half from the likes…

An hour of pure ear candy, jazz-centric in main feat. Coltrane, John Handy, Duke, Satchmo, Max Roach

An hour of pure ear candy. It will be jazz-centric in main with pieces from John Coltrane, George Lewis, Clifford Brown, John Handy, Louis Armstrong and Bill Evans among others… Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_Casey_

Deep Soul/Southern Soul and Jazz feat. Jackie Wilson, Joe Tex, Delores Johnson, Joe Perkins, Al Haig

An hour of mainly deep soul and southern soul feat. Jackie Wilson, Joe Tex, Delores Johnson, Joe Perkins, The Dynamics, Jackie Opel and more with some Jazz from Al Haig, Donald Byrd and Buster Smith sandwiched in the middle. There’s a great performance from Van Morrison to finish.

A relaxing blend of styles in the 1st hour giving way to a portrait of the legendary Orrin Keepnews.

I had two hours for this show and used them wisely – the first hour is a relaxing blend of styles with tracks from artists like Papa M, Aphex Twin, Kronos Quartet, Mercury Rev, Ornette Coleman and Rainer Ptacek among others. The second hour is a portrait of sorts of Label Boss/Producer/Musician Orrin Keepnews and…