A very special episode of Radio High Life; I am delighted to be sharing the new single from John Kelly ' Which Side Are You On', the first release from his upcoming album, Better Late Than Never coming out in September. It a storming take on the 1935 protest song, with a powerful vocal, and a cracking band driving it on. Pick it up now at his Bandcamp https://johnkellymusician.bandcamp.com/releases

There also Cuban son, via Mexico and Spain, a couple of Colombian Cumbia edits, Nigerian Hi-Life courtesy of Palenque Record, and Ghanaian Funk. All this plus, contemporary London Afrobeat, ‘Finn Choosing a Choon’, ‘7 Inches of Heaven’ and international good-grooves a plenty

Radio High Life Mexican Cumbia '7 Inches of Heaven' Special featuring a haul of delightful skanking Mexican Cumbia 45's, from the 60's to the 80's , picked up from Dig Vinyl Records in Liverpool. There's also new music from the UK and France, funky Afrobeat from Lagos, Nigeria, protest music from Brazil, Boogaloo from Venzuela, out on El Palmas Records, as well as grooves from Malawi, Cuba and South Africa

Radio High Life with DJ Doug featuring International Good-Grooves, contemporary and classics, aplenty, an 80's interlude, a Brazilian section plus grooves from Colombia Cape Verde and Venezuela. There's a Bluegrass, Reel Funky, a percussive Dog-Eared Delight and West Africa meets the hills of Jamaica in 7 Inches of Heaven.

Radio High Life with Douglas Noble; music from West Africa, with a very special interview with UK based Gambian Griot Jally Kebba Susso. Jally talks about his amazing and innovative brand new EP, Freedom , out now and available on Bandcamp https://jallykebbasusso.bandcamp.com

He also talks about the heritage & role of the Griot and Kora in the Mandinka culture and shares his passion for James Brown’s music

There also an exclusive track from Mieruba -ML records (check them at https://mieruba.bandcamp.com/music) , a beautiful groove revealing something of the roots of Afrobeat in Segou, Mali …....plus music from Benin, Nigeria, Cuba, Jamaica, Venezuela and Colombia, via Japan

Radio High Life with Douglas Noble; a Brazilian focus through a dig back into charity-shop vinyl & a classic 'Reel Funky' soundtrack, as well as high quality new Uk Music, some stone-cold classic Funk cuts, plus Afrobeat & AfroDisco from sadly recently departed Greats

Radio High Life with Douglas Noble. One for the Hustle fans, with an 80s BritFunk excursion, via a 'covered with love' from Chicago's Disco Baby, and a Gallic Groove, plus a 60s Venzuelan Boogaloo reissue from El Palmas, a Brazilian '7 inches of Heaven', new music from Colombia and S Africa, some classic rare groove, deep Afrobeat from Benin and much, much more

Radio High Life with DJ Doug featuring a ‘Latin Escapade’ with Afro-Cuban percussion, a 90s Afro Salsa also from Cuba, classic Latin Jazz from The Shearing Quintet , a ‘Killer Cumbia’ from Mexico courtesy of @honestjonrecords, as well as trips to Brazil and N Africa via Wales. There also new music from Metronomy , Altin Gün, a Turkish Psych Funk outfit from Amsterdam and from Bosq & Kalla,