CiTR -- Rainbow Groove

The grande finale of Rainbow Groove - it's truly been a slice, thank you for continuously enjoying the beats!

Get in the Rainbow Reggae Groove tonight with an hour + half of the finest in reggae, dub & rocksteady courtesy of DJ BFAD!

Tonight Rainbow Groove is full of psychedelic beats, dubs and 303's - slink back and enjoy the groovy ride!

One of my favourite Rainbow Groove's RJD2 "1976" cheeky little gem tucked away in this fun & funky Friday night special, enjoy enjoy enjoy...

Fascinating Rhythms & Funky Beats on Rainbow Groove, getting you in the mood for the weekend each & every Friday night on CITR 101.9 FM in Vancouver!

The Jets "Crush On You" + Alan Braxe & Fred Falke "Intro" + a stack full o' the funkiest disco beats in Vancouver = awesomeness!

Some more fine, funky disco beats for the people of Vancouver including a track from Canada's own Gino Vannelli....

Malcolm McLaren is gone but his legacy will always live on - a mini tribute plus a whole truckload of funky beats for your Friday night!

Ease on back this long weekend with some Friday night music for Friday night people.

The city is buzzing, we have gold medals in our back pocket & everyone is full of fun loving energy - let's keep the beats rollin' on Rainbow Groove!

Canada is rockin' the gold this Olympics, keep 'em coming!

The Olympics kicks off in our hometown of Vancouver - let's get back with some funky beats on this Friday night and enjoy the festivities!

"Cover Me" a show of covers of classic songs along with some very rare grooves thrown in featuring a cut from the Brazilian flavored MJ Tribute CD MIchael in Bossa, Smokey Robinson - "I Want You Back", Sylvester - That's No Way To say Good Bye (Leonard Cohen cover) Plus a very hard to find 9 minute plus remix of Marvin Gaye's I Want You and Loose Ends/Roy Ayers Magic Touch Vibe remix plus many others that co-host DJ Marky Trademark has dug deep in his archives for...

Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Hall & Oates. Level 42. Steve Miller Band. Toto. Fleetwood Mac. Rainbow Groove tribute to soft rock, everyone's guilty musical pleasure...

Vancouver beat producer Cinematic dusts off his vinyl collection & jumps on the decks for this episode of Rainbow Groove!

Classic from Dame Shirley Bassey - what a tune! You will hear that plus many, many more great funky beats and disco grooves on Rainbow Groove tonight...

Listen to the smooth silky 80's dubbin' beats fresh off the new "Night Dubbin'" disc from BBE, sweet! Also throw in some stone cold funk & a bit of soul, hip hop and house and I would say you have a perfect start to the weekend!

The summer is heating up and so are the beats - check out the latest episode of sweet Friday beats including Kelis, Pepe Bradock, Notes To Self, Diana Ross, Truby Trio, Daniel Wang, Lenny Williams, Prince, Moodymann, 24 Carat Black, Sepalot, Lefties Soul Connection and much much more!

Join me for an hour and a half of Friday nite beats to get you in the mood for the weekend, with a double shot of Pointer Sisters, a slab of reggae from Third World, some downtempo goodness from Bonobo, stone cold funk from Rufus Thomas and much much more...

All Michael, All Nite!

Legendary Northern Soul DJ Bob Moss co-hosts Rainbow Groove!

and on and on....No stopping Rainbow Groove after a welcome addition to the family with little Samuel - music tonight includes Yarbrough & Peoples, Technotronic, The Beatnuts, Eric B & Rakim, Armenta, Basement Jaxx vs. The Clash, EZ Rollers, Unlimited Touch, The Disco Four, and much much more!

Guaranteed to get you ready for the weekend or your money back!This week includes sweet beats from Chic, Ready For The World, Gwen Guthrie, Direckt, Tiga,

Smorgasbord definition: Swedish language word which refers to a type of Scandinavian meal served buffet-style with multiple dishes of various foods on a table. Replace the word Scandinavian meal with "funky beats", foods with "genres" and table "radio dial" and you are close to the type of platter's I am serving up on Rainbow Groove every Friday night!Tonight some ace tracks including the Polooski re-edit of Beggin, Nina Simone remixed, Kid N' Play, and so much more!

A slew of funky beats and grooves to get you in the mood for the weekend!

...back in the saddle indeed as quoted by one faithful listener - a fun filled night with a wide spectrum of colors from the Rainbow of groove including a funk set (Edwin Starr, Skull Snaps, Jo Jo & The Fugitives, Joe Tex), a great new track from local beatmixer Cinematic - Nostalgic, an old skool set (Inner City, Dazz Band, Johnny Dynell) and ending with a great little track from Barbara Lyn - Movin' On A Groove!

Pitchfork website has listed their Top 500 Songs from 1977 to present. I play my picks including The KLF, DJ Shadow, Omni Trio, Kurtis Blow, A Guy Called Gerald, Souls Of Mischief, Luniz, Anthea & Donna, Candido, Luomo and much much more!

A recession proof stack of beats, grooves & disco breaks kicking off Season 2 including Treasure Fingers, DJ Pierre, Edits by Dirty Soundsystem & Idjut Boys, Klymaxx, Q-Tip, Raphael Saadiq, Blackbyrds and much much more...

Welcome to Season 2 of Rainbow Groove! Kicking off with classic Cut La Roc and a totally pimpin track from his long forgotten 12" New York Pimp. So get in your car, roll down your windows, get your gangster lean on & pimp out to some underground disco from Two Tons Of Fun, drum & bass from Nu:Tone, trip hopping remix of Beastie Boys, slick funk action from Curtis Mayfield, and much much more...

Happy New Year & Happy Holidays! Let's get 2009 started off with some funky assed house, disco & soulful boogie beats from Heaven & Earth, Cosmos, Floetry, Fred Falke, Mid Air, Bonnie Bailey, The Jungle Brothers, King Bee, Leroy Burgess and much much more...

Kickin' the show off right to warm you up on this cold winter night with the underground New York disco classic "Heat You Up (Melt You Down)" by Shirley Lites! Stay inside, keep warm and tune in for an hour & a half of funky beats, rare groove and downtempo house...

Full Moon Beatz for a full moon night...

More disco gems & funky beats from DJ BFAD including: Jesse G "That's Hot", brand new Q-Tip, Shalamar, forgotten classic from Mandy Smith, Extended version of Cassius 99 and the song it was sampled from by Donna Summer, Jazzy Dee, Kraak & Smaak, old skool hip hop from Heavy D & The Boyz, Treacherous Three, Kid Frost, Family Tree, a couple of tracks from the new Armand Van Helden collection, Gap Band, Mary Jane Girls and much much more...

Extra special extra funky bonus show! Including sweet beats from Stockholm Cyclo, Hairy Diamond, Teddy Pendergrass, Stargard, Cash Money & Marvelous, Go Home Productions, Mr. Scruff, The Herbalizer, Space Raiders, Bobbi Humphrey, The O'Jays, Taana Gardner, Dimitri From Paris, Midnight Star, Pointer Sisters and much much more...

The last "official" Rainbow Groove show of the 2008 season and there is so many beats and grooves to try and squeeze in including tracks from Crystal Waters, The Family Stand, David Holmes, Charles Schillings, Deadbeats, Paul Johnson, The Chemical Brothers, Symbol 8, Origin Unknown, Sub Sub, Gusto, Westbam, Ian Pooley, Eric B & Rakim, Black Moon and much much more...

Post-fire alarm!Guru + another live performance from Enviga.www.myspace.com/envigamusic

Pre-fire alarm!Music from Patti Jo, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Camp Lo, Angie Stone, Inner Life, Kid Creole, People's Choice + Enviga performing live in the studio...(and a fire alarm for added excitement) www.myspace.com/envigamusic

An entire show dedicated to funky soul grooves and rare dancefloor gems from Garry J. Capes's fantastic Grapevine Record label!Get up and get on down...www.garryjcape.com

A Rainbow Groove early BDAY wish to celebrate MJ's 50th including tracks from Scanty Sandwich and Tangoterje as well as beats 'n stuff from Dope Smugglaz, Jackson Sisters, Bee Gee's, DJ Spinna, Brazilian Girls, DJ Sneak, Freeloaders, Sven Libek, Danger Doom, A Tribe Called Quest, Calibre, Karminsky Experience and much much more!

Nordic Trax head honcho Luke McKeehan is back in the CITR studios for an extended 2 1/2 hour Hot Summer Night Mix!Deep, groovy, underground house music is the order of the day...(Play loud)www.nordictrax.com

A special show dedicated to Pop Pop, Pop Muzik...90 Minutes of songs that make you want to sing in the shower including Mark Ronson, Cornershop, Spiller, Prince, Mantronix, Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, Richie Havens, Tegan & Sara, Giorgio Moroder, Imagination, Shy FX & T Power and much, much more!

DJ BFAD is back from Vegas with an armful of classic breaks (Bob James, Rhythm Heritage, Soul Searchers, Rare Pleasure), house beats (St.Germain Todd Edwards Mix, CJ Bolland Armand Van Heldon Remix, Mateo & Matos, Dave Angel DJ Tonka Remix) and ooops bad language (Mekon feat. Schoolly D, Method Man Prodigy Remix, Paris) and much, much more!

listen as a garagehead takes over the groove as part of CiTR Show Swap Week-enjoy!

All Spanish music and spanish influenced with DJ BFAD during the CITR show swap!

Yes, the Bomb as in The Bucketheads classic as well as the original "Street Player" by Chicago not to mention tracks by Bob Sinclar, Jesse G, Rick James, Spirit Catcher, J Dilla, Funky Four + One, DJ Food, Propellerheads, Sister Sledge, Solid Groove, Skeewiff and much much more!

I Feel Love!Literally....Donna Summer kicks it all off - followed up with some amazing funky beats and vibes from Smith & Mighty, Jill Scott, Khan, Oliver Cheatham, The Sunburst Band, Metro Area, Layo & Bushwacka, The Wiseguys, Tiga, The Marvels, Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce, Young MC, DJ Gregory and much much more!

Finally summer is here! 30C in Vancouver...Hear some beats from 4Hero, Groove Armada, Chaz Jankel, Latenight Society, Curtis Mayfield, Richard X, Rainbow Team, LL Cool J, VIP Connection, Kerr, Ben Mono, Marlena Shaw, Unlimited Touch, Sparque and much, much more!

Holy smokes!Aim, Clockwork Voodoo Freaks, Ty, Kraftwerk, Slave, Me & You, Diana Brown, Etienne De Crecy, Nick Holder, The Freemasons, The Sisters Love, Punkin Machine, Roy Davis Jr, Expose, UMC's and much much more!

Friday the 13th lucky episode!Gwen McCrae, Steinski, Large Professor, Herman Kelly & Life, Gus Gus, Kelvin K, Sarah Winton, Chaka Khan, Loose Ends, The Avalanches, Fanatix, Afro Cuban Band, Key-Matic and much much more!

Oh my goodness...a ton of musical treats includingPublic Enemy (in tribute of the 20th anniversary of "It Takes A Nation Of MIllions"), The JB's, Pepe Bradock, Mighty Dub Katz, Jazzonia, Diana Ross, Crazy Penis, T.Coy, Sly & The Family Stone, Dayton, Sunday Williams, Chubb Rock, Ray Mang, and much much more!