Five Flavors of Funk 44 : "Sounds of Dayton - Volume 7 - Shadow"

 

After quite some time, Kwesi makes yet ANOTHER stop in Dayton, Ohio, known as "The World Capital of Funk".  This time, he focuses on the sounds of Shadow, an off-shoot group of the Ohio Players!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:00)     Intro

(1:54)     I Need Love (1979)

(5:38)     Born To Hustle (1981)

(10:45)     Mystery Dancer (1980)

(15:05)     Piece A Cake (1981)

(21:05)     Sinister Way (1981)

Join Kwesi as he plays some of his favorite R&B jams from the master of R&B songwriting, Babyface!  We hope that you enjoy this amazing music from the 80s and 90s!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:00)     Give U My Heart - Babyface (1992)

(4:56)     You're Making Me High - Toni Braxton (1997)

(9:11)     Can We Talk - Tevin Campbell (1993)

(13:51)     Slow Jam - Midnight Star (1983)

(18:43)     Dial My Heart - The Boys (1988)

Five Flavors of Funk 43 : "Brazilian Funk 2"

 

We are back again with another episode of "The Five Flavors of Funk"!  After a long bit of time, we head back down to the southern hemisphere and experience the awesome sub-genre of Brazilian Funk!

 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!  Thank you for listening!

 

(0:00)     Feito Para Dançar - Tim Maia (1977) (intro)

 

(2:25)     Dia D - Marcos Valle (1983)

(6:03)     De Alegria Raiou O Dia - Carlos Dafé (1977)

(10:11)     Vidigal - Banda Black Rio (1978)

(13:49)     Falcon Love Call (Armazén nº 2) - Azymuth (1977)

(18:14)     Um Índio - Caetano Veloso (1977)

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Nov 5, 2022

DJ Jim Lionheart of Those Were The Days is constantly wandering the ever expansive corridors of the 1980s. Especially the love ballads. The episode; #opm #originalpilipinomusic Tracks are as follows; 1) Don't Know What to Do - #rachelalejandro 2) More Than Words Can Say - #reginevelasquez feat #davidhasselhoff 3) (Tayo'y ) Both in Love - #titomina Tito Mina #tayoypilipino 4) Kailangan Ko - #imeldapapin 5) Changes - #mariz Find more like this on all social media with the magic hashtag #jimandkwesi Instagram @thosewtdays

Join Kwesi again as he discovers some more amazing music from the Philippines known as The Manila Sound.  The Manila Sound is a musical genre that blends pop, soft rock, folk rock, disco, soul, Latin jazz and funk to create a type of music that is catchy, melodic, smooth and danceable!  Manila Sound has influenced many modern genres in the Philippines by being the forerunner to OPM (Original Pilipino Music).

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:00)     Pinoy Funk - Regalado (1977)

(3:46)     Disco Fever - VST and Company (1978)

(8:02)     Déjà vu – Tillie Moreno (1980)

(12:02)     Tunog Pinoy – Anino (1983)

(16:34)     Ale (Nasa Langit Na Ba Ako) – Bodjie Dasig (1984)

(21:54)     When I Met You - APO Hiking Society (1983)

 

We hope that you enjoy today's show!

DJ Jim Lionheart gets Tarantino on your ass! 

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Five Flavors of Funk 42 : The Minneapolis Sound

 

Welcome back to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will get into some funk from the Twin Cities area of the U.S.A. known as The Minneapolis Sound.  This sub-genre of funk was pioneered by Prince, whose influences are all throughout these tracks!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

A Glamorous Life - Sheila E. (1984)

Cool - The Time (1981)

Nasty Girl - Vanity 6 (1982)

Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6 (1984)

Rocket 2 U - The Jets (1987)

 

Also included;

 

Just As Long As We're Together (unreleased version) - Prince (1978)

Drive Me Wild - Vanity 6 (1982)

Part 2.

Chapter 0ne. The Midnight Train. #mystery #suspense #horror