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The Funky Blues Show
by Huw Steven Jenkins
My weekly show on Switch Dunmow Radio, featuring Blues, Funk. Soul, Jazz and Rock, music inspired by America's Deep South
Episodes
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Episode 78: The Magic of Beavers
This episode looks in detail about the reintroduction of beavers into the UK. I visit a beaver enclosure, very close to me in Finchingfield in Essex, on the Spains Hall estate. I see first hand the amazing things that these ecological engineers can do for the wider landscape and biodiversity. I...
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Episode 77: Green Shoots 8 - Surviving the Winter
This episode looks at how the winter affects our mental and physical health, and why its not such a surprise we can feel awful during the winter. It discusses some of the issues including viral infections, cold weather, immunity, and whether supplements are any help. It also looks at the natural...
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Episode 76: Green Shoots 7 - Birding in Dorset
Episode seven of Green Shoots sees me out and about in Dorset, on the amazing Isle of Purbeck, enjoying some amateur birdwatching. I visit some wonderful nature reserves including RSPB Arne, and Brownsea Island, in search of red squirrels, nightjars, birds of prey, all six of the UK' native...
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Episode 75: Green Shoots 6 - A Home for Lizards
Episode 6 of Green Shoots is set at the Open Day at Noakes Grove nature reserve, part of the Walden Countryside group. It features an interview with Walden Countryside founder David Corke, sharing hos extensive knowledge of wildlife and ecology, and in particular how to engage young people.…
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Episode 74: Green Shoots 2 - The Fight for Clean Water
The second episode of Green Shoots, this show looks at the issue of water pollution in the UK and the state of our rivers and coastline. Based at the March for Clean Water, on London on 3rd November 2024, organised by River Action, there are contribution from speakers representing wildlife…
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Episode 73: Green Shoots 5 - The Joy of Birdsong
This show looks at the beauty of birdsong, with some great examples of songs of many of our common garden birds. The show looks at why and how birds make such wonderful sound, and what it tells us about their behaviour. Also I discuss what you can do to recognise bird song more easily, and to...
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Episode 72: Green Shots 4 - Insectapocalypse
..This episode looks at the decline in numbers of insects across the globe, and why we should be worried about it. Drawing on the research and writing of entymologist Professor Dave Goulson, I discuss the reasons for the decline in insect numbers, why this is so dangerous for human survival, and...
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Episode 71: Green Shoots 3 - Healthy germs, healthy humans, healthy soil
In this third episode, I discuss the importance of promoting healthy communities of microbes, within the human gut and in the soil. I discuss how western lifestyles contribute to a wide range of illnesses including allergy and autoimmune disease, and what you can do to improve your diet. I also...
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Episode 70: Green Shoots 1 - What can I do
The first episode of the Green Shoots podcast, which will be discussing nature, wildlife, ecology, science, gardening, food production and much more. I will be offering a hopeful message about simple things we can all do to make a difference to our natural environment, by engaging with local...
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Episode 69: Funky Blues 118 - Soul Blues 2022
A selection of recent Soul Blues releases from the Deep South and across the USA, featuring music from Wesley Pruit Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreux (pictured), Jade Macrae, Sugaray Rayford, Miss Lady Blues, Adam Schultz and many more.
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Episode 68: Funky Blues 117 - Best of Blues 2021
A selection of the best blues releases during 2021, featuring some great guitar riffs and vocal performances from Robert Finley (pictured), The Black Keys, Larry McCray, Tia Carroll, Memphisssippi Sounds and Eddie 9V, plus many many more
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Episode 67: Funky Blues 116 - Best of Funk 2021
A selection of the best Funk releases in 2021, with artists and DJs from all around the world, a variety of styles including West Coast, P-Funk, Acid Jazz, Hammond, NU-Disco, 80's synth funk, Funky Hip-Hop and much more, featuring XL Middleton, Big Sam's Funky Nation (pictured), Moogy Bee, The...
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Episode 66: New and Old Philly
A second show dedicated to the music of Philadelphia, this show features many modern artists along with some more classic tunes, featuring Soul, Jazz, Roots, Hip-Hop and loads of tunes from the flourishing Blues scene in Philly, with music from Lisa Chavous (pictured), G Love and Special Sauce,...
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Episode 65: Funky Blues 114 - Classic Philly Soul
This is my loving tribute to one of music's greatest purple patches, the Philly era of the 70's, when one music label, Philadelphia International Records, created some of the sweetest and funkiest Soul music ever made, launched the careers of some great artists, and created the soundtrack for the...
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Episode 64: Funky Blues 113 - British Blues 2021
A selection of Blues releases from 2021 featuring a number of upcoming talented young stars, along with some established favourites of the show, including the wonderful Errol Linton (pictured), Toby Lee, Cinelli Brothers, Emma Wilson, Connor Selby, Joanne Shaw Taylor and many more
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Episode 63: Funky Blues 112 - Hi Energy
A trip down memory lane to the Hi Energy scene in the early 1980's, spanning the period period between Disco and House, which spread from gay clubs to the mainstream, featuring some great dance music from Sylvester, Divine, Miguel Brown, Patrick Cowley (pictured), Bronski Beat and Bobby O
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Episode 62: Funky Blues 111 - Aussie Blues
Highlighting the Australian Blues scene, with some great musicians from stalwarts of the scene to up and coming stars, with a strong focus on music from the Indigenous Australian communities, featuring Dutch Tilders, Marshall and the Fro, Yugul, AC/DC, Marlene Cummins, Geoff Achison and many more
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Episode 61: Funky Blues 110 - Living Blues Divas 2021
Featuring nominees for the Living Blues awards 2021, with a focus on great female blues and soul artists, with great new music from Nora Jean Wallace (pictured), Bette Smith, Crystal Thomas, Ana Popovic and Bettye Lavette. The boys get a look in too with a great new LP from Sonny Green, and a...
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Episode 60: Funky Blues 109 - Jazz Africa
A selection of African Jazz artists, and Jazz-influenced African music, including some amazing Ethiopian Jazz, amnd music from right across the continent, featuring Manu Dibango (pictured), Ebo Taylor, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Orchestra Baobab and many more
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Episode 59: Funky Blues 108 - Africa Funk
A selection of Funk and Disco-inspired African music from the 70's and 80's, with music from Pasteur Lappe (pictured), Christy Essien-Igbokwe, Geraldo Pino, William Onyeabor, Hugh Masakela and much more
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Episode 58: Funky Blues 107 - Sahara Blues: Mali to Mississipppi
Exploring the music of West Africa and the Sahara region to find clues to the origin of Blues, featuring traditional desert sounds, crossover LPs and modern artists including Ali Farka Toure, Boubacar Traore (pictured), Taj Mahal, Bambino, Djelimady Tounkara, Toumani Diabate and many more
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Episode 57: Funky Blues 106 - Funky Blues Original
A reprise of my first ever show, back in 2015, with my favourite Blues, Funk, Soul and Jazz classic tunes, featuring Freddie King (pictured), Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Eddie Harris, Etta James and many more
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Episode 56: Funky Blues 105 - Lockdown Blues
The best US Blues releases of 2020-21, a time when lockdown has affected live music venues, but artists have got creative in the studio, featuring great new albums from Marcus King, Don Bryant, John Nemeth, Kim Wilson, Bobby Rush and Jeremiah Johnson
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Funky Blues 104 - Celtic Blues
A celebration of the contribution of Irish musicians to the Blues and Blues/Rock tradition, featuring legends, newcomers and surprises, with music from Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Dom Martin, Crow Black Chicken and Van Morrison
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Funky Blues 103 - Funky Blues Britannia 2
A selection of the best UK Blues releases during lockdown 2020 from established stars and some up and coming talent including Connor Selby (pictured), Chris Corcoran, Giles Robson, Catfish, Joanne Shaw Taylor and the late great Peter Green
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Funky Blues 102 - Blues Blast 2020
My selection of the best US Blues releases of 2020, with lots of new and emerging artists, and a few legends, featuring King Solomon Hicks (pictured), Annika Chambers, Junior Watson, Joh Lee Hooker Jr, Jimmy Johnson and Tad Robinson
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Funky Blues 101 - Best of the Best
A greatest hits show featuring the best tune fron each of my last 25 shows, featuring Albert King (pictured), Deitra Farr, OV Wright, Kyla Brox and Kevin Burt
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Funky Blues 100 - Funky Blues Hall of Fame
A special show, the 100th Funky Blues broadcast, introducing a Hall of Fame of my favourite artists, modern and classic, featuring some Kings and Queens, including Johnny Guitar Watson (pictured) and many more great surprises
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Funky Blues 99 - Southern Soul Blues 2020
The latest Southern Soul releases along with a few classics, featuring Bigg Robb, Omar Cunningham, Jeter Jones, Sheba Potts-Wright, Tyrone Davis, Tucka and many more
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Funky Blues 98 - UK Jazz 2020
The best of the prolific UK Jazz scene, with talented emerging artists fusing Jazz with African music, Grime, Dub, Ambient, Punk and much more, featuring KOKORKO (pictured), Ezra Collective, Snazzback, Nubya Garcia, Ruby Rushton and Emma-Jean Thackray
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Funky Blues 97 - Blues Grammys 1980's - 2020
A selection of nominees for the Blues Grammy awards in 2020, plus a trip down memory lane to some nominees from the early 1980's, featuring Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Bobby Rush, Johnny Otis, Bobby Bland and Delbert McClinton (pictured)
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Funky 96 - St Louis Blues
A celebration of the Jazz and Blues tradition of one of the great musical cities of the USA, with music from Albert King, Roosevelt Sykes (pictured), Chuck Berry, Clark Terry, Donny Hathaway and many more, including seven different versions, by some of the greats, of a classic Jazz tune
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Funky Blues 95 - DEF Chicago Blues
A selection of music from some of the great Blues artists from the Chicago music scene, with some funky and more traditional Windy City styles, featuring Deitra Farr (pictured), Maxwell Mojo Band, Billy Flynn, Larry McCray, Mississippi Heat and Steve Freund
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Funky Blues 94 - Kansas City
A celebration of the amazing music of Kansas City, from the great Jazz era of the 30's to the 50's, to the thriving modern live music scene, with Jazz, Blues, Funk, Folk and Bluegrass, featuring Jay McShann, Count Basie (pictured), Madisen Bear, Billy Ebeling, Little Hatch and Mary Lou Williams
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Funky Blues 93 - Independent Blues/Roots
Celebrating the best new blues and roots artists from the USA, featuring nominees for the Independent Blues Awards from the Making a Scene website, with music from JP Soars, Jason Ricci (pictured), Spencer Mackenzie, Damon Fowler and Cary Morin
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Funky Blues 92 - Washington DC Go-Go special
The best of the amazing Go-Go scene from Washinton DC in the 1980's, some of the funkiest sounds ever recorded, with Electro, Hip-Hop, percission and 80's synth funk sounds, with music from Chuck Brown (pictured), Trouble Funk, E.U. and many more
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Funky Blues 91 - Piano Blues
My tribute to the best of the amazing piano blues sound, featuring the greats including Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins (pictured), Sunnyland Slim and Champion Jack Dupree, along with modern artists including Victor Wainwright
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Funky Blues 90 - Twitter Feed Blues
A selection of modern Blues and Soul featuring artists who have followed my show on Twitter, including Sugaray Rayford (pictured), Alvin Hall, Steve Hunter, Russ Green and Lou Battle.
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Funky Blues 89 - Mississippi
The best of Mississippi Blues, featuring some of the rising stars, along with legends of the live music scene and a few classic blues tunes from the greats, featuring Anthony Big A Sherrod (pictured), Big George Brock, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Mississippi John Hurt, RL Burnside, Cedric…
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Funky Blues 88 - UKalifornia Funk 2019
Intense modern funk, from the UK to the West Coast, inspired by 80's synth funk and 90's G-Funk, featuring Enois Scroggins (pictured), Pbug, Zapp, Incognito, Dogg World, Haggis Horns, Phat Phunktion and many more
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Funky Blues 87 - Texas Boogie 2019
My selection of amazing Texas sounds, with guitar boogie and funky blues sounds from the music scene in Dallas, Houston and beyond, with a few Texas guitar legends thrown in, with music from EJ Matthews, Guitar Shorty, Charlie Crockett, Fabulous Thunderbirds and ZZ Top
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Funky Blues 86 - Funky Blues Britannia
The latest releases from the UK Blues scene, with a host of new and upcoming talent, with soulful and funky styles alongside traditional rockin' blues, including Kyla Brox (pictured), Connor Selby, Greg Coulson, Wily Bo walker and Andy Knight and the Remedy
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Funky Blues 85 - Southern Soul/Blues 2019
The best Southern Soul and Soul/Blues tracks from 2018/9 , featuring some sizzling beats and amazing voices from Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas including Jeter Jones (pictured), Pokey Bear, Sir Charles Jones, Crystal Thomas and Theodis Ealey
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Funky Blues 84 - Mediterranean Blue(s)
A selection of Latin-influenced Blues, Soul, Funk and Southern Rock from Spain, Italy and France, featuring Freedonia, Ronnie Jones, Tonky Blues Band, Vargas Blues Band (pictured), Mike Sponza and Awek, and many more
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Funky Blues 83 - Blues Foundation Awards show
My selection of the best music from nominees for the 2019 Blues Foundation awards, featuring Kirk Fletcher (pictured), Kevin Burt, Sugaray Rayford, Ronnie Earl, Billy F Gibbons and Annika Chambers
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Funky Blues 82 - Euro Blues
The best of the northern European Blues scene, featuring some great funky sounds from Wentus Blues Band, The Blues Overdrive (pictured), Patrick Jansson Band, Jake Green Band and Thorbjorn Risager
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Funky Blues 81 - Tropical Funk 2
A selection of the best worldwide Funk tunes from 2018, including funky jazz, afro and latin beats, disco, and 80s electro sounds, with music from Vaudou Game (pictured), Javi Frias, Mestizo Beat, Discotron and Brownout
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Funky Blues 80 - ABC of Chicago Blues
A celebration of Chicago Blues, with its amazing live music scene, featuring Chicago legends and up and coming artists including Billy Boy Arnold, Linsey Alexander, Vince Agwada, The Congregation and Nora Jean Bruso
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Funky Blues 79 - Twitter 750 Blues
A selection of tracks from artists who follow my Twitter feed, rewarding up and coming artists as well as some undervalued legends, a mixture of soulful, funky and rockin' Blues, featuring Frank Bey, Beautiful Bobby Blackmon, Mudlow, GH Jack and Roy Roberts
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Funky Blues 78 - Blues Blast 2018
The best of stateside blues from 2018 with nominees from the Blues Blast magazine awards, including Victor Wainwright(pictured), Wee Willie Walker, Ivy Ford, Chris Cain and Bettye Lavette
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
My weekly show on Switch Dunmow Radio, featuring Blues, Funk. Soul, Jazz and Rock, music inspired by America's Deep South
HOSTED BY
Huw Steven Jenkins
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