Song of the Day: A delicious fusion of jazz, electronica, dance music and classical, celebrating freedom, by the Warsaw-born DJ, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, joined by the acclaimed Finnish saxophonist Jimi Tenor on vocals, flute, piano and keyboards
Read moreSong of the Day: Meshell Ndegeocello - Virgo
Song of the Day: Wondrously beautiful, soulful, time-spanning, cosmic eclectic, delicate, intricate, funk-psych guitars, jazz, electronica, dynamic rhythm changes, harp and the gorgeous voice of the German-born American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist
Read moreSong of the Day: Fire-Toolz - I Couldn't Have Been BoRn At ThE wRoNg TiMe Because I Was Never Even Born LOL!
Song of the Day: An entrancing, unwieldy energy ball of almost indescribable eclecticism comes with this experimental fusion of electronica, pop, dark metal, prog, jazz and ambience by the Chicago producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Angel Marcloid
Read moreSong of the Day: Nick Hakim – Happen
Song of the Day: A deliciously mellow, honey-smooth and beautifully refined funk number by the Brooklyn-based musician, taken from his from the forthcoming album COMETA out on 21 October 21 on ATO Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Anushka - You My Love
Song of the Day: Hypnotic, bleepy funk and soulful vocals pour into this entrancing jazz-electronica fusion by Brighton singer-songwriter Victoria Port and producer Max Wheeler, released on the Tru Thoughts label
Read moreGreentea Peng: Hu Man
Song of the Day: A beautiful fusion of gentle Spanish, Erykah Badu-inspired soul, bossa nova and psychedelic R&B from the south London artist also known as Aria Wells, inspired by a Mexican-Mayan phrase related to identity
Read moreKeleketla! – Future Toyi Toyi
Song of the Day: Embracing the South African musical protest style toyi-toyi borne out of anti-apartheid, this new track fuses dance, jazz, gqom beats, hip hop and Afrobeat featuring Tony Allen alongside collaborators Coldcut, Soundz of the South, DJ Mabheko, Tenderlonious, Afla Sackey and Afrik Bawantu
Read moreCurtis Mayfield – Give Me Your Love / Move On Up / Keep On Keeping On
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Baby Huey, whose brilliant only album was produced by Curtis Mayfield, let’s turn to the man himself with a trio classic tracks from 1972 that show the full range of his funk and orchestration prowess
Read morePape Fall & L'African Salsa – African Salsa
Song of the Day: Transitioning recently between Africa and Cuba, today's choice is a fusion of the two – the classic sound but played by the Senegalese singer and sax player from his 1995 album, Ke Jaraxam, which came out on cassette
Read moreSona Jobarteh – Gambia / Jarabi
Song of the Day: Moving from Ivory Coast and Mali to The Gambia, and the singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer who hails from a long line of Griot kora players with a song to mark her country's 50th independence anniversary in 2015
Read moreFatoumata Diawara – Nterini
Song of the Day: After a series of longer established African stars, a more contemporary one – the Ivory Coast born singer songwriter, from her 2018 album, Fenfo (Something To Say), with a song about mass migration
Read moreMinnie Riperton – Les Fleur
Song of the Day: After our previous Manchester late-80s dance tracks, when flower power returned with a new chemical twist, we hark back to another petal-infused and influential song by the vocalist linked to our previous Rotary Connection selection
Read moreA Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
Song of the Day: After yesterday's classic Orb track, another club classic, this time from 1988 and synonymous with the acid rave scene of Manchester's Hacienda, but also the offbeat sample Derek and Clive aka Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Read moreFrank Zappa – Peaches en Regalia
Song of the Day: How could there a more joyful, eccentric, evocative and infinitely inventive opener than this, on album described by Zappa as "a movie for the ears" – 1969's Hot Rats?
Read moreSonghoy Blues – Soubour / Bamako
Song of the Day: A special double, from each of their first two albums, Music In Exile (2015) and Résistance (2017), by the brilliant guitar band from Timbuktu, who were forced to flee Mali after war and Sharia Law. Beloved by many including collaborator Iggy Pop, their superb African funk-blues fusion echoes Zimbabwe's Bhundu Boys, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix
Read moreSteely Dan – Reelin' In The Years/Do It Again
Song of the Day: As a tribute to the recently departed Walter Becker, guitarist, bass player and co-songwriter for almost five decades with Donald Fagan, a sample of two their unique blend of rock, jazz, samba, prog and fusion, from 1972's debut album Can't Buy a Thrill, with the two perfectionists, with a host of brilliant other musicians, creating a clever, sophisticated sound
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