As you know from my previous blogs or DJ sets and clubnight fliers, I’m a huge Cal Tjader fan. Loved the Latin jazz vibes player’s music since I bought my first LP by him back in 1982 (“A Fuego Vivo” on Concord Picante). Last Sunday, I was having a Cal TjaderREAD MORE…
ATA Records is the 100% analogue jazz/soul/funk/afrobeat label based in Leeds in the north of England, an offshoot of the purely analogue recording studio of the same name, ATA Studios (ATA by the way stands for All Things Analogue). The label is the brainchild of two major players in the Leeds musicREAD MORE…
German soul brothers The Mighty Mocambos have been putting out good funk/soul music and knocking audiences out live for a decade and a half now. A host of releases on quality labels such as Truth & Soul, Légère Recordings, Kay Dee, Tramp, Favorite and their own Mocambo Records have lifted themREAD MORE…
Manteca is back! The monthly chilled-out Sunday Latin music session for dancers, drinkers and thinkers in the city of Leeds in the north of England. Once again, myself and DJ Phillip Charles will be throwing down some great Latin music across the full spectrum at the groovy 212 Cafe & Bar inREAD MORE…
After digging through my 30 plus Cal Tjader albums the other night for the previous blog about him, I got into it so much I started playing tracks I hadn’t heard for years! So I thought I would pick out another 5 favourites from his vast back catalogue of songs, thisREAD MORE…
I’m launching a new Latin music lovers night in Leeds in September 2014 called MANTECA and the flier features one of my favourite Latin musicians of all time….vibes player Cal Tjader. I started picking some music out by him for the session and realised I had 30 Cal Tjader LPs inREAD MORE…
Calling all bboys, funk heads, afrobeat lovers and Latin soul brothers and sisters! The long awaited debut album from California afro-latin funk crew Jungle Fire is almost here. “Tropicoso” is released worldwide on September 30th on Nacional Records and will be available in all formats – vinyl, CD and download. I’veREAD MORE…
I have this new monthly vinyl Latin music night starting in Leeds (UK) in September 2014 and I’ve been digging out a few LPs to play for it and in the process, it brought back a lot of memories of my early Latin music vinyl buying and collecting days. ByREAD MORE…
I just found the first record I ever bought a few weeks ago in amongst a pile of old 45s. Saturday Night At The Movies by The Drifters on Atlantic Records. I bought it in 1972 as a re-issue of a previous hit in 1964. For some reason, it was inREAD MORE…