The Courage of Change
Better living through listening and smoking. Featuring artists like: Soul II Soul, Candlebox, Tame Impala, Gorillaz, The Cinematic Orchestra, Roots Manuva, Fleetwood Mac, T. Rex
Evening Groove
Unwind and groove as the day transitions into night, Featuring artists like: Dr. Dog, Wild Cherry, Stevie Wonder, Gregory Isaacs, The Rolling Stones, Naia, Funkadelic, Billy Preston
Stories of the Human Condition
Stories of the human condition, featuring tales of humor, history, the quirky and the heart wrenching. Featuring artists like: Gang of Youths, Josh Ritter, Paul Simon, Keller Williams, ZZ Top, KALEO, Foals, Keane
Soundclash – Otis & The Hoof
Crank the Bass to the max, its time for a Reggae Soundclash with the Hoof & Otis, featuring artists like: Max Romeo, Big Youth, Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy, Dennis Brown, Soul Sugar, The Heptones
The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) – Fun Boy Three
“Nothing’s changed!” singer Terry Hall told Uncut magazine in 2019 when he re-recorded Fun Boy Three’s hit record The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) for The Specials’ comeback album. “When we wrote it, we had Reagan and Thatcher and we thought things couldn’t get worse. Now we’ve got Trump and May!”…
Broken World – The Interrupters
Lively LA ska punks The Interrupters are calling for greater unity at a time of great division. And their song even contains a few specifics about how we might get there. Unfortunately, it’s going to require a bit of sacrifice, so, you know, just scroll on by if that’s going to be too hard…
Doesn’t Make It Alright – The Specials
It seems unlikely that a ska revolution started at 51 Albany Road, Coventry – go ahead and take a look on Google Street View and tell me I’m wrong – but from these inauspicious surroundings, songwriting mastermind Jerry Dammers and his friends introduced the world to the music of the Caribbean filtered through the prism of the West Midlands.
