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Show #29!  No real theme this week, just songs that make me happy... while recording this I was dancing by the end - hopefully you will be too.  I also got to play a lot of songs over this hour, so there are some real different flavours in this show.  It opens with some more groovy stuff, and ends on especially dancable disco tracks. 

From her 'Honky Tonk Angel' LP, guitarist Ellen McIlwaine opens the show off, followed by the Polish grooves of Bemibem.  There's some Brazillian tracks, and then two cool little numbers - Gigliola Cinquetti from Italy (singing in Spanish) and Sylvia Vrethammar (singing in Swedish).  The second half has (among others) an awesome Marius Cultier 45, super afro-funk from Peter King, a funky track from 1958(!) and the show finishes with some sweet disco tracks.  I really enjoyed making this show, so I hope you like it.

This will also be the last show before the holidays (there won't be a show next week), so stay safe, stay warm, and I'll see you next year!  All the Best, Alex.

Ellen McIlwaine - Wings of a Horse
Bemibem - Jajecznica
Mario Castro Neves - Camdomble
Betinho - Saque Saque
Gigliola Cinquetti - Cero en Amor
Syvia Vrethammar - En Laring Pa Varan Gord
Eastwind - Nabbit Juice (Part 1)
Peter King - Freedom Dance
Marius Cultier - Baby Ouah
Andy Williams - The House of Bamboo
Sly and the Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song
Family of Eve - I Want to be Loved By You
D-Train - Keep On
Shalamar - Right In the Socket
Chain Reaction - Dance Freak

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Show #28!  And all over the map, too!  Placebo as always bring those amazing jazzy Belgian beats, Jazz Q brings the Czech(oslovakian) groove with their deep track 'The Wizard', we've got Antonio Carlos & Jocafi + Som Imaginario representing Brazil,  Grupo Guerra from Venezuela, Bubbha Thomas from Houston, Joe Nedwidek & Phil Faieta representing jazz dance instructor mogul "Luigi", and Bonnie Dobson from Canada!  Be sure to listen all the way to the end of this creepy Canadian gem!.  Also: track picks for a new mixtape: Sounds of the opium den!

Placebo - Temse
Jazz Q - The Wizard
McDonald and Gyles - Tomorrow's People
Antonio Carlos e Jocafi - Tereza Guerreira
Som Imaginario - A3
Eramus Hall - Think Positively
Grupo Guerra 78 - Soul Makossa
Bubbha Thomas and the Lightmen - Country Fried Chicken
Magnum - Composition Seven (Prelude)
Booker T. and the MGs - Melting Pot
Joe Nedwidek & Phil Faieta - Relax Head and Last Stretch
Bonnie Dobson - Winter's Going

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And we're back!  Sorry about the unforseen delay, but have no fear, I'm back, and with a really solid show... I've got two tracks from 70s Benin that are definitely worth checking out (King N'gom & Siagbo Dieudonne Eddie), Cuban trombonist Juan Pablo Torres, new soul from Nicole Willis, my favorite private press LP: Larry T. and the Family, and an awesome reggae soul cover of Betty Wright's 'Tonight is the Night' (amazing!).  Add to that a French cover of 'Son of a Preacher-Man', Sesame street, and Tom Jones getting busy, and you've got quite a show!  Enjoy!

 King N'gom - Viva Marvillas
Juan Pablo Torres - Pastel en Descarga
Ray Barretto - Slo Flo
Fire - Flight to Cuba
Siagbo Dieudonne Eddie - Toi
Larry T and the Family - I'm Moving On
Earth Wind and Fire - Moment of Truth
Susan from Sesame Street - The Counting Song
Nicole Willis - Feeling Free
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Tom Jones - The Lonely One
Nicoletta - Le Grand Amour
Claudette Miller - Tonight is the Night

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