Live mix, broadcast Radio Alhara 6 July 2025

Live mix, broadcast Radio Alhara 6 July 2025

DJ Jazzy Jeff hits Manchester for the Magnificent House Party, and I warmed up. We caught up in the back later together with the MAG crew plus AnnaOnTheMic. Plus, all new hip hop to jazz and back round again. 
1O years ago: https://groovement.co.uk/2015/04/interview-dj-jazzy-jeffs-first-45s-set-for-20-years-rbma-uk-tour-wax-works/

Charif Megarbane - Istintaj (live in Manchester)

Fathi Aldiyqz & Sons of Africa Band – Palestine Is My Homeland

Werkha & Ríoghnach Connolly  - Everyday

Darkhouse Family - Heart Of Medina

Om Unit - Ascension 

Mammal Hands - Deep Within Mountains

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Radicalise (urself)

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Wavy

GreenFinguz - Leila

GreenFinguz - Shaitan (Parrisian)

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Direne Direne

Bakaka Band - Geesiyada Halgamayow (Brave Fighters)

Gal Costa - Pontos De Luz

Al Massrieen - Sah

Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations

Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones - New Monuments 

Telemakus - The Return Of Tele

Special guest Rob Mitchell from Abstract Orchestra talks about their work with Guilty Simpson, Slum Village and more, plus new label Abstract Records.
Pan Amsterdam talks new album Confines, dedicated to his dad. Lafayette Stokely is over in the UK for the first time and JoeJas has UK dates too. Naomi Kalu is a powerful new Mancunian singer / songwriter, and producer/rapper Arshaq Malik talks his new work.

Gangster Doodles talks the completion of his compilation trilogy for All City Records, with contributions from Mr Scruff, Don Leisure and Homeboy Sandman. Plus an hour of new hip hop and jazz from Greg Surmacz, KUTMAH, Harry Shotta x Metrodome, Zola Marcelle, Poppy Daniels, Oddisee, Murs, Nana Benz du Togo, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Offica and more

Harry Shotta - Imposter Feat. Spyda, P Money & Rag'n'Bone Man

Greg Surmacz - Rust And Glass

KUTMAH - encore

KUTMAH - night owls

Silas Short - GUY (Karriem Riggins Remix)

Zola Marcelle - Life in the Stars

KUTMAH - messages from the stars (pm dawn type beat)

Zola Marcelle - Saturn Drive

Poppy Daniels - Keep on Going

Brandee Younger - Gadabout Season

Oddisee - A Rare Thing

Murs - Lightsabers and Black Forces (feat. Chace Infinite)

Pink Butter - 'Can We Go Back' (Feat. T3) 

Royce Wood Junior - Clean Up

Nana Benz du Togo - Fovi

Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life

WheelUP - Safe In Your Arms feat. Abacus & Liv East

Nadeem Din-Gabisi - Enter Claim (Feat. Divine Earth, Angel Seka)

Hector Plimmer - New Knew featuring Andrew Ashong

Offica - Go Mo

Banda Maje - (Roda De) Samba Maje

Homeboy Sandman - I Love You ft Monster Rally

Mr Scruff - Flute Boom

Crimeapple ft Don Leisure - Vic Damone 

645AR - Shooting Star 

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Morning Star

Girl Talk ft. Freeway & WakaFlakaflame - Tolerated (Remixed by Mikey the Magician)

EyeBriss - Don't Clap When I Win

Lil Ugly Mane - Wishmaster

Iggy Pop - Kill City

94 East - If You See Me ft Prince

RVYO ft Bombay - KFLEX

Forced to leave Lebanon in his initial wave of creativity, and only now returning to the stage years later following the re-release of his music on the Habibi Funk label, Rogér is on tour with Charif Megarbane - Rogér very kindly took some time out to jump on Liber[té] for Radio Alhara to talk about his history and choose some songs for us. Tickets for his tour including Manchester: https://theatresonline.seetickets.com/tour/roger-fakhr-charif-megarbane
LP Fine Anyway: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-016-fine-anyway-2
LP East of Any Place: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-025-east-of-any-place

Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective) talks his first LP in six years, All The Quiet (Part 1) - Ella May Sueref talks her eponymous debut solo album on Village Live Records - Homeboy Sandman is in Manchester with guest schwarma reviews from DJ Trumastr and Oddy Gato - Ellen Beth Abdi introduces her two lead singles from her upcoming debut album

First broadcast on Reform Radio Monday 7 April 2015.

Newen Afrobeat - Chaltumay

Ezra Collective - Ajala

Tremor - Caracol

Totó La Momposina - La Verdolaga

Novalima - La Danza

Chancha Via Circuito - Sueño en Paraguay

Malphino - Molienda

Quantic & Nidia Góngora - E Ye Ye

The Garifuna Women's Project - Mérua

The Garifuna Collective - Black Catbird

Cumbiasound - En Estos Tiempos Peligrosos....

Rio Mira - Adios Morena

Quantic & Nidia Góngora - Amor En Francia (Nicola Cruz Remix)

Nidia Góngora - En los Manglares

Mark Ski celebrates his sophomore album RECLESS with a Groovement deep dive - the LP features the likes of Homeboy Sandman and Guilty Simpson. Sandman drops in briefly to talk his UK tour dates for March and April, plus new music from The Colonel, Kid Acne, Sonnyjim, Chuck Strangers, PremRock, Ella Mae Sueref, Move 78 and more.

Angie Stone - I Wish I Didn't Miss You (Live)

Angie Stone - No More Rain (In This Cloud) (Wookie main mix)

Homeboy Sandman x Illingsworth - Too Deep

Doechii - Slide 

Antony Szmierek - The Great Pyramid Of Stockport

The Colonel & Mr Bailey - The Boogie

44th Move - Anthem

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine   

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Machinedrum edit)

Quasimoto - Seasons Change

Kid Acne - Those Ones ft Sonnyjim

Crimeapple and Apollo Brown ft Sonnyjim - Almanacs

Don Leisure - Proper Weirdo

Chuck Strangers ft Graymatter - Marigold

PremRock ft Pink Siifu- Steal Woll

Apta - One Foot

Wu Tang Clan - Mandingo

Khruangbin - Maria Zambian

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Maria También 

Greenfinguz - BallyClad

Newen Afrobeat - Llovera

Ella Mae Sueref - Tomorrow 

Victoria Port - Haunting

A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out

Visioneers - Raid

Move 78 - Mistakes On Purpose

GreenFinguz - Pat Butcher

Mark Ski ft Rasheed Chappell- Back In The Day 

Mark Ski ft Homeboy Sandman and Booda French - I Get's Busy

Mark Ski ft Jake Palumbo - Dry Sockets

Mark Ski ft Guilty Simpson & H3RO - Go Hard

Mark Ski ft SoSoon and Tony Dimes - RECLESS

Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Return of the Mecca

Homeboy Sandman - Men Are Mortal

Booda French - Young World

Jake Palumbo ft Craig G and DJ Dainja 

- Big Top Clown Circus