Groovadelica

As Groovadelica's head honcho Jason Eli reaches 50 years young, he's joined by his fellow 50 year old Soul boy Paul Tilley and Bradley McNamara to look back at 50 beautiful tunes, with each tune being their stand out song of each year from 1970 to 2020. The guys talk about what was happening with music, fashion and life in each of those years. This episode is over four hours long, so strap yourself in for a fun musical journey through time. TRACK LIST & YEARS 1970 Psychedelic Shack Temptations 1971 What’s going on Marvin Gaye 1972 Get on the good foot James Brown 1973 Jungle Boogie Kool and the Gang 1974 Be thankful for what you got William De Vaughan 1975 The Hustle Van McCoy 1976 As Steve Wonder 1977 Riga Mortis Cameo 1978 Love Don’t Live Here Anymore Rose Royce 1979 Off the Wall Michael Jackson 1980 Guilty Barbara Streisand 1981 Southern Freez Freez 1982 The Message Grandmaster Flash 1983 Come with me Tania Maria 1984 Poo Poo La La Roy Ayres 1985 Saturday Love Cherelle 1986 Dreamer BB&Q 1987 Bob George Prince 1988 Teardrops Womack and Womack 1989 Back To Life Soul II Soul 1990 Fight the Power Public Enemy 1991 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack 1992 The reminisce over you Pete Rock and C L Smooth 1993 Slave to the vibe Aftershock 1994 Sabotage Beastie Boys 1995 Horizons L T J Bookham 1996 Ascension / No Ones Gonna Love Maxwell 1997 Sweet Tears / Runaway Nuyorican Soul 1998 Evel Keneval Deadly Avenger 1999 I Try Macey Gray 2000 Crazy Love MJ Cole 2001 Eye on the gold chain Ugly Duckling 2002 Hold it down 4 Hero Bugs in the Attic Remix 2003 We know something you don’t know DJ Format 2004 Happy Max Sedgley 2005 Feel Good Inc Gorillaz 2006 Rehab Amy Winehouse 2007 Paintings and journeys Quatincs 2008 Tighten Up - Black Keys 2009 Erykah Badou Honey 2010 Mad Slinky ft Omar Special 2011 Heart Aches and Pain Charles Bradley 2012 First Serve We Made It 2013 That’s Right Jason Eli 2014 Magic Disco Machine Jorun PMC 2015 Waves Mr Probz 2016 Anderson .Paak Am I Wrong (Malibu) 2017 Steve Nichol Dangerous Romance 2018 Like Sugar Chaka Khan 2019 Heaven The Vision 2020 Two Steps Behind - Soul Prophet & Jason Eli featuring Jem   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can we say about Prince, apart from “Wow”. If you don’t know a lot about this musical legend, then this Masterclass is for you. It’s a one hour long special on Prince's music and career in his year's at Warner Brother’s Records.  With commentary on Prince’s career from Darren Simpson and a track from each and every one of the 18 albums released within this period from 1978 to 1996. This podcast episode also includes an unreleased Prince demo that never made it to the Tim Burton version of the Batman franchise. Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez

Formed in 1987 in Long Island, New York City, a Rap music trio known as De La Soul created a new and unique approach to the genre. During the late 1980's, Hip-Hop's subject matter consisted mainly of bragging or stories of urban decay, but the trio of Posdnuos, Maceo & Trugoy brought a sly sense of humour and psychedelic imagery to the then exploding rap music scene. They went on to loose their hippy image but continued to make great music. In this Masterclass episode, presenter Darren Shredder dives into and talks about their back catalogue. Photo : Rolling Stone Magazine Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez

Seen as an all-time classic album in Hip-Hop and beyond. Created by Hip-Hop's most successful music producer, we take a look at the tracks from Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and delve into what made this album so successful in spreading west coast Rap music. Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez  

In the first of our short, sweet & special "Masterclass series" we take a look into the career and music of Jazz legend John Coltrane.  Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez www.groovadelica.com  

In the mid 1970's, piano playing prodigy Herbie Hancock practically invented Jazz fusion with his album "Headhunters". In this episode our presenter Darren Simpson explores this seminal album. "Headhunters" is a unique mix of Funk, Jazz & Rock with African & Latin rhythms and appealed to not just Jazz music fans. The album features on Rolling Stone’s ’40 Greatest Stoner Albums’ Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez www.groovadelica.com

Formed in 1992, British  group Jamiroquai have created a fantastic body of music while remaining close to their musical roots of Jazz, Funk, Latin, Disco & Soul. Presenter Darren Simpson takes a look and listen at their history and some of their less well known songs. Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez www.groovadelica.com

Dom Servini is a DJ, music lover and co-manager of the fantastic Wah Wah 45s record label & club night. Based in London, Wah Wah 45s has been putting out an eclectic & high quality selection of music and artists that range from Jazz, Soul & African music to blue eyed soul, Funk & Disco. In this episode, Jason Eli talks to Dom about how he turned his love affair with music into a full time adventure and also looks back on 20 years of the label with the releases that are special to Dom. Featuring music from Bonobo, Talc, Dele Sosimi and much more. Enjoy!

We look back on some classic 1990's rave music that helped shape the following era of Dance music.  Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez www.groovadelica.com

Presenter Darren Simpson takes a look at Peter Tosh’s memorable music and career. Peter was one of the core members of the band The Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. His lyrics were often political as well as spiritual. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion. www.groovadelica.com Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez

Legendary singer-songwriter and producer Prince Buster released music that influenced and shaped the course of Reggae & Ska and created a legacy of work that influenced thousands of artists that came after him. In this podcast episode, Darren Simpson talks about and delves into Prince Buster’s deep back catalogue of gems. Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez  

An audio documentary on the iconic DJ Shadow, featuring an interview with the man himself.  Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez

A very special podcast episode that covers the phenomenal journey that House music took from it's mid 1980's Chicago origins to the whole planet within a decade. Containing 43 classic cuts in the early history of house music.  Presented by Jason Eli and Aaron Ross, this show Includes audio interview snippets from seminal artists, producers and DJ’s including, Derrick May, Masters At Work, Jesse Saunders, Marshal Jefferson and more. Focusing on the presence of the genre in New York, Chicago and London and featuring music from Joey Beltram, Masters At Work, Frankie Knuckles, Blaze, Mr. Fingers and many more. recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez

Hailing from Essex, The Prodigy have re-written the rules on what Dance music can be and who it can reach. They have had an amazing musical adventure. In this episode, we take a listen to thei best tracks while charting their eventful career as a band.  Presented, recorded and edited by Darren Simpson A.K.A .Boston Rodriguez

Paul Tilley & Jason Eli have an interview with British Soul legend's Loose Ends founder member Steve Nichol. He talks about the early adventures of the band, his beginnings as a musician and his new music.   www.groovadelica.com

A fun, interesting chat with Chris Gibbs and Brad McNamara - these guys are serious music heads, crate diggers, DJ’s & also presenters of the fantastic YouTube show & podcast known as -  Hot Buttered Soul Music Archaeology (or HBSMA) Their show features musical gems discovered on their travels, interviews with artists and producers like Lalo Shiffrin, The Cookie Crew, Mr. Thing, John Shroeder and many more. So enjoy this interview about digging for music, loving vinyl, clubbing in the 1990’s, getting older and spreading the gospel of great soulful music with the boys from Hot Buttered Soul Music Archaeology. Presented by Jason Eli with special thanks to Paul Tilley.

British / Nigerian rapper & music producer Ty dropped by to talk about his upbringing, Hip-Hop, record collecting, colonialism's influence on the music industry and much more. Ty has been releasing fun, beautiful, articulate and thought provoking music since the early 2000’s, had a Mercury Music Prize nomination for his album “Upwards”, worked with De La Soul, master drummer Tony Allen and continues to create great music. So listen in for what was a great interview. Ladies & gents, we give you….. Ty www.groovadelica.com

Paul Tilley & Jason Eli present this episode all about the music and history legendary UK Soul/R&B Band Loose Ends. The guys look at how Loose Ends began, reminisce about the 80's, listen to Loose Ends' hits, unearth a couple of gems and check out what the band members are doing after the group disbanded. Research by Paul Tilley. www.groovadelica.com

In this episode Karl Benton & Jason Eli talk, laugh, remember, listen to and analyse at the development of UK Soulful music from the years 2000 to 2017. UK Soul has become a little less distinctive due to music in general becoming more of a melting pot since the explostion of the availability of music online and also the ease of international collaboration brought about by the internet. Nevertheless there still remains a distinct UK flavour on many of these tunes. Artists on this include Omar, Reel People, Blacktonez, Mahalia and more. Tracklist "One Hundred and Rising" Incognito "Pleasure Ride" Blacktonez "Forgive Me (D-Influence Radio Mix)" Lynden David Hall "These Words (Dwele Remix)" Natasha Bedingfield  "The Sun (Dwele's Motor City Remix)" New Sector Movements "She's Gone Away" Sean Escoffrey & Sir Piers "In The Sun (Club Mix) (Feat. Angela Johnson)" Reel People "Get Off" Don E. "I Want It to Be" Omar "It Will Be (feat. Tony Momrelle)" Reel People "Spread That" Sillohette Brown "Drawing Board" Terri Walker "Beautiful Contradiction" Beverly Knight & Musiq Soulchild "In My Bed (CJ Mix)" Amy Winehouse "Only Trying To Tell You" Puma Blue www.groovadelica.com "No Pressure" Mahalia "Don't Wanna Be Found (feat. Taye Williams & Pearce)" Jason Eli PHOTO of Beverly Knight 

Continuing with our dive into the development of UK Soulful music, we pick the some of the best and most memorable artists and tracks that come out of the UK through the 1990's. We include songs from The Young Disciples, Brand New Heavies, Omar, Dodge City Productions, Soul II Soul and many more. We also talk about influential DJ's and record labels that were instrumental in the unique musical vibes that came out of the UK back in those days. Very interesting and soulful listening! Enjoy. TRACKLIST “Get Yourself together” Young Disciples “Fairplay” Soul II Soul “I Should've Known Better” Mica Paris “All I Have (In Dub)" Young Disciples “As Long As We're Around (LP mix)” Dodge City Productions feat. Ghida de Palma “Life Goes Around” Courtney Pine featuring Juliet Roberts “Apparently Nothing” Young Disciples “Living In The Light” Caron Wheeler “Friendly Pressure” Jhelisa Anderson “Revival (Rebirth Edit)” Martine Girault “Prince Of Peace” Galliano “What Goes Around” Loose Ends “Too Young To Die (Ramsey Hercules Remix)” Jamiroquai “Dream Come True (feat. N'Dea Davenport)” The Brand New Heavies “Break The Equation” The Powdered Rhino Horns “Heaven” The Chimes “Ghetto Heaven” The Family Stand “Good Lover” D-Influence “There’s Nothing Like This” Omar “Unfinished Sympathy” Massive Attack “Keep On Moving” Soul II Soul

This time round we are focusing on UK soul music from the mid 1970's to the late 1980's  featuring the likes of Average White Band, Incognito, Level 42, Total Contrast and many more. Presented by Jason Eli & Karl Benton Tracklist Got the Love - Average White Band (1974) London Town - Light of the World (1979) Love Meeting Love - Level 42 (1980)  Incognito - Incognito (1981) Down On the Street - Shakatak (1984) I Don’t Care - First Light (1983) You’re Lying - Linx (1980) Southern Freeez - Freeze (1981) In the Sand - i-Level (1985) You Can’t Hide Your Love - David Joseph (Larry Levan remix 1983) Takes a Little Time - Total Contrast (1985) Hangin’ on a String - Loose Ends (1984) PHOTO of Soulful Emma Louise (UK singer/writer)

In this episode we focus on the inimitable Earth, Wind and Fire, featuring a special show produced exclusively for Groovadelica by our main man Darren Simpson a.k.a. Boston Rodriguez. Darren gets stuck into exploring the roots of these musical legends and what makes them one of the greatest groups of all time. A band very close to our hearts, they have been responsible for producing some of the most heavyweight, game-changing music in pop music history…. and so it is with great joy that we dip into the EWF discography to share some our favourite classic and lesser-known tracks, cover versions by notable artists and re-edits - plus some moving and entertaining tributes from industry entertainers. We hope you enjoy our latest instalment, and please like, subscribe and let us know what you think! Presented by Darren Simpson, Jason Eli & Karl Benton Track List: Steve Harvey BET Awards: Introducing Earth, Wind and Fire as the recipients of 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award EWF Special Broadcast produced by Darren Simpson aka Boston Rodriguez, featuring: Africano/Power (Gratitude album, 1975) Brazilian Rhyme (All ’n All, 1977) In the Stone (I Am, 1979) Singasong (Gratitude, 1975) Caribou Chaser (That’s the Way of the World, 1999 re-issue, bonus track) Jupiter (All ’n All, 1977) Can’t Hide Love (D’Angelo live at London Jazz Cafe, 1996 - original version from Gratitude, 1975) Devotion (Ledisi from Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind and Fire, 2007 - original version from Open Our Eyes, 1974) Serpentine Fire (All n’ All, 1977) Sun Goddess (with Ramsey Lewis, from his album Sun Goddess, 1974 - 45” edit) Liberation [produced by Victor Duplaix] (Illumination, 2005) Shining Star (Chaka Khan from Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind and Fire, 2007 - original from That’s the Way of the World, 1975) Evil (Head to the Sky, 1973) Love Music (Best of Earth, Wind and Fire: Vol 1, 1978) Love's Holiday (All 'n All, 1977) Kalimba Story (Open Our Eyes, 1974) David Foster tribute to Maurice White (from David Foster's Hit Man Returns Concert, Las Vegas 2010) Fantasy [Jean Claude Gavri re-edit 2011] (All ’n All, 1977) Can’t Hide Love [Masters at Work MAW mix, 2002] (Gratitude, 1975)

Join us for podcast #4 as we visit the world of disco past and present, plus our first guest - the one and only DJ Frank Booker. Frank brings three tasty deep cuts from his deep music collection. This episode is researched & presented by Karl Benton & Jason Eli Tracklist: “Live In Me (feat. Chaka Kahn)” Rufus “Music Mind” Soularis “Taste Of Bitter Love (Pablo & Shoey re-edit)” Gladys Knight & The Pips ”New Kind of Medicine (Original Extended Vocal Mix)” Ultra Naté “Magic Number (Todd Terje Edit)” Herbie Hancock “Everyman” Double Exposure “'Scuse Me, While I Fall In Love” Donna Washington “A Lover's Holiday” Change “Everybody Dance” Chic  “Para Quem” Tiago “Dance To Freedom” Sherman Hunter “Fenix (Ron Trent remix)” Azymuth  “Runnin' (Volt Age Edit)” Earth Wind & Fire “People Everday (Mark Grant remix)” Braxton Holmes feat. John Redman “Ooh La La (Linkwood edit)” N. Moore PHOTO by : Meryl Meisler

This episode is researched & presented by Karl Benton & Jason Eli TRACKLIST “Long Distance” Sam Gellaitry “Poetry" ( Vocals - Erykah Badu & Q-Tip) The RH Factor “The Hills" (Sivey Remix) All The People “Persian Temptress” Exmag “DLNTY" (feat. Sharlene Hector) Jason Eli “Got You Dancing" (Original Club 12'' Mix) Karisma Ft. Jocelyn Brown “People Make The World Go Round" (Basement Soul re-edit) Angela Bofill “Come Go With Me" (Joey Negro Found A Place Mix) E-Pockets “Dimini" (Matty's musical remix) Mory Kante “Shuffering And Shmiling” Fela Kuti “Odoo” Fela Kuti “Ngibuzindlela” Mahlathini “Cascade” Tatham,Mensah,Lord & Ranks “Take The Box" (Seiji’s Buggin’ remix) Amy Winehouse “Get Started" (feat. Omar & Sheila E) Mark de Clive Lowe

Presenters Karl Benton and Jason Eli take you on a soulful and amusing stroll through Jazz, Soul, Broken Beat, Latin, Boogie and more. TRACKLIST “Black Renaissance (feat. Mr Mensah, Lisa Lore & Ernest Kabeer Dawkins)” New Sector Movements “Blessings (ANKA remix)” Chance The Rapper “Love Like This” Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band “Can't Wait (Remix) Feat. Jaguar Wright & Bilal” Nicolay “Honey (Souled Remix)” Erykah Badu “Flirt” Cameo “Don’t Hold Back” Chanson “Just A Touch Of Love” Slave “Cosmic Perspective” Mndsgn “Music of the Earth” Patrice Rushen “Flight of the Blackbyrd (feat. Phonte)” Zo! “Dance Freak (Original Club 12'' Mix)” Chain Reaction “Digital Haircut” Lord Echo “Promise Featuring Oliver Daysoul” Sola Rosa “Rain Forest (Original Mix)” Paul Hardcastle “The Sun (Original Mix)” New Sector Movements “Bouge à Buja” Gaël Faye “Ricardo ray in Orbit” Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz “Que Se Sepa” Roberto Roena “Love Will (Roots Vocal Mix)” Stephanie Cooke “Black Cow” Steely Dan

Welcome to the first Groovadelica podcast! What is Groovadelica? 100% proof future Soul music, groove music, interviews, history and opinions on the changes in the musical landscape. Our podcasts will showcase the best in blackalicious flavours, with guest DJs, themes, upcoming events, giveaways and more… The Groovadelic mission is to promote progressive black music around the world through our record label, club nights, and our own live future soul shows. So join us in the movement to create a funkier, more Groovadelic planet!! This episode is researched & presented by Karl Benton & Jason Eli Track list Funk in the Hole Roy Ayers  - Nicolay Mix (KPM Records 2005) Thats the Way of the World - Earth, Wind and Fire - Dwele version (Stax Records 2007) Dreamscapes Sam Gellaitry (XL Recordings 2015) Métropole Anomalie (Lowtemp 2017) Downtime Foreign Exchange - Nicky Troutmans Bounce to the Ounce remix (BBE 2004) Odyssey Man -  Robert Strauss (BBE 2009) Down Jimmy -  Dwele (unofficial vinyl release 2000) As -  Stevie Wonder -Gene Harris version (Blue Note 1977) All I Do - The Groovadelic Orchestra live performance 2017 Bad Weather -  The Supremes/Stevie Wonder (Tamla Motown 1973) Put Me Thru -  Anderson .Paak (Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/EMPIRE 2016) You Should Be Loving Me -  DJ Spinna feat. Ovasoul7 (Wonderwax 2008) Don’t Stop (Let It Go)  - Dego & The 2000 Black Family (Neroli 2015) The Extrovert City -  Kaidi Tatham (2000 Black 2016) Beau Mot Plage  -  Isolée (Classic 2000) Le Bleury -  Anomalie (Lowtemp) Lay You Down  - José James (Brownswood Recordings 2010)   www.groovadelica.com