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Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang is the ultimate summer song -which is probably why Jazzy Jeff sampled it for Summertime (which featured a certain Will Smith)… It’s summer. It’s hot. I’m going on holiday next week. It must be Summertime. And that time of year always brings to mind the excellent hip-hop tune [...]

Alice Russell, of the very funky Quantic Soul Orchestra, covers The B52s “classic” Love Shack…. ITV is starting to promote the 2nd series of the so-bad-it’s-good celebrity reality show Love Island, and the version of Love Shack being used for the trailers is bizarrely good. Bizarre that is until I found out that it’s by [...]

Primal Scream’s new song Country Girl, is little more than a cover version of 80s mandolin-fest Young At Heart by The Bluebells… Seriously. Listen to Young At Heart by The Bluebells. And now listen to Country Girl by Primal Scream. See what I mean? Very rock & roll eh? And the video for Country Girl [...]

For those of you who made it to Old Street on Saturday, my funk, soul & hip-hop set-list from Shuffle is below. Hopefully I’ll be back there soon…. Donny Hathaway – What’s Goin’ On? (cover of Marvin Gaye classic, sampled by Grand Puba) Shirley Bassey – Light My Fire (cover of Doors rock classic and [...]

Sample as that will be going live this weekend, as I play soul, funk & hip-hop at Shuffle at the Legion…. I’ll be playing soul, funk & hip-hop at the excellent club night Shuffle this Saturday (June 3rd, 2006) at The Legion in London. It’s on Old Street and should kick off about 8.30 pm. [...]