Blue-in-green Sessions

Welcome to Episode #25 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran secure time with saxophonist, producer and head of the Ishmael Ensemble, Pete Cunningham. We discuss the group's stunning new album 'A State of Flow', their past catalogue including 'Songs For Knotty', the Severn series and their remixes for artists like Carl Craig, along with much, much more. A genuine pleasure to have been able to share time with Pete and we really can't wait for you guys to hear this episode. The Blue-in-Green:PODCAST unveils new episodes on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD

Welcome to Episode_#24 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which unveils new episodes on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran secure time with Brooklyn-based producer, keyboardist, band leader, studio engineer and songwriter Jesse Fischer. We discuss Jesse's awesome new EP 'Cross Currents' (along with its high-profile collaborators including Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Nate Smith and Marcus Strickland), life as an independent artist, his musical theatre project called 'Babylon Beyond Borders', musical heroes and much, much more. A genuine pleasure to have been able to share time with Jesse and we really can't wait for you guys to hear this e

Welcome to Episode_#23 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran return to San Jose, California, to speak to the creator of Ride The Vibe, which airs Monday nights at 7pm(UK) to discuss protest anthems. While soul music can boast an incredibly rich lineage of protest anthems and songs reflecting the social climate, we're currently in an age where art continues to feel the need to express itself and hold the mirror up to events unfolding around them right now. So we discuss what's currently out there and how we feel about it. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD Coming to us f

Welcome to Episode_#22 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world. This episode sees us venture to Melbourne, Australia to speak to the creator and host of CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND, which airs Fridays at 5pm(UK). While regular listeners have come to love the marathon-like length of MISTA VEE's broadcasts which spotlight the remixes, b-sides, collaborations and unreleased tracks of Vahe's heroes, August sees CONFESSIONS tackle its biggest subject yet with a 33+ hour show celebrating the music of the legendary James Yancey (aka Dilla, aka Jay Dee). The episode will air in its entirety SUNDAY 11th AUGUST starting Sunday morning at midnight; The

Welcome to Episode_#21 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran return to San Jose, California, to speak to the creator of Ride The Vibe, which airs Monday nights at 7pm(UK) to discuss the recent announcement of iTunes evolving its platforms from the version we've come to know over the past 20 years into three separate ones for Music, Podcasts and TV. We discuss iTunes cultural impact over the years as well as the impact of the MP3 in general and how our own trends have evolved as a result. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD Coming to us from San Jose, California, DJ Rhonni

Welcome to Episode_#20 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world. This episode sees Imran connect with two long-time friends and broadcast colleagues, Dan Collacott and Tee-J Sutherland, as the trio discuss some of our favourite movie soundtracks and scores: great soundtracks with great movies, great soundtracks with bad movies, what scores will we be talking about in ten years time, and lots more... www.blueingreenradio.com

Welcome to Episode_#19 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees us return to Niigata, Japan, to speak to Sean Sophiea - the creator of Raw Select Music, which airs Wednesdays at 5pm(UK). In this bumper-sized episode, Imran and Sean discuss Japanese beer festivals, record collecting, the icon that is Dilla, vlogging and so much else. We also had the opportunity to discuss the incredible history behind Sean's "5 Star family" which I'd urge you to catch up on through the following 5-minute YouTube video which will provide the best context for our discussion near the end of the show: https://www.yo

Welcome to Episode_#18 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. As we've hit the mid-way point of our very first year, we thought it'd be fun to revisit some of our previous episodes and some of the incredible artists and musicians that have taken part in our shows and radio specials. We have four fantastic names for this episode all presenting a track from their most recent efforts including jazz drummer and Bright Dog Red bandleader Joe Pignato (Ropeadope Records), funk & soul producer/DJ/musician Flevans (Jalapeno Records), vocalist/writer/producer Chelsea Wilson (House of Valerie Joan) and singer/songwriter/

Welcome to Episode_#17 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran and BinG:PODCAST staple Dan Collacott chop it up about their cherished memories of 90's hip-hop: how we started listening, what made it special being a fan of that time and we discuss some of our heroes from the genre. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD

Welcome to Episode_#16 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran return to San Jose, California, to speak to the creator of Ride The Vibe, which airs Monday nights at 7pm(UK) to discuss Rhonda's experiences of the Monterey Jazz Festival and contemporary takes on jazz. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD Coming to us from San Jose, California, DJ Rhonnie Rhon projects the sunshine from her hometown every week providing 60 minutes of soulful house and nu-soul bliss. Ride The Vibe presents a thoughtfully-compiled and exquisitely-mixed selection making Rhonda's show an artform all

Welcome to Episode_#15 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran return to San Jose, California, to speak to the creator of Ride The Vibe, which airs Monday nights at 7pm(UK) to discuss emerging and evolving trends in DJ culture, to our own perspective on evolving formats as well as the return of the cassette tape!?! www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD Coming to us from San Jose, California, DJ Rhonnie Rhon projects the sunshine from her hometown every week providing 60 minutes of soulful house and nu-soul bliss. Ride The Vibe presents a thoughtfully-compiled and exquisitely-m

Welcome to Episode_#14 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world. For our fourteenth episode, we're returning to our first one by catching up with La Molly - the first guest we ever featured in this series. La Molly is the creator of the Super Sonido Show which airs Tuesdays at 5pm(UK) on Blue-in-Green:RADIO. The Super Sonido Show has centred around some fascinating topics this year including International Women's Month, the concept of colonization and why "Valentine's Day sucks" so there's lots to talk about. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD "So, uh, what ARE you?" is probably the most frequently asked question of Denver based mu

Welcome to Episode_#13 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran chatting to Joe Pignato - the drummer and founder of improv jazz outfit from New York, Bright Dog Red. Signed to Ropeadope Records, the band's debut album was released late-2018 and the follow-up is already scheduled for later this year so we discuss the 'Means to the Ends' debut and the myriad of influences that have brought Bright Dog Red to this point in their career. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2LBK0BD

Welcome to Episode_#12 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran chatting to Flevans whose years as a DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist and song-writer have him solidified as a true funk & soul luminary. We discuss his new album on Jalapeno Records, 'Part Time Millionaire', as well as the collaborators involved, past projects and why he'd rather not have to take centre-stage in his own music videos anymore. www.blueingreenradio.com

Welcome to Episode_#11 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran return to San Jose, California, to speak to the creator of Ride The Vibe, which airs Monday nights at 7pm(UK). April 2019 marks the three year anniversary of Prince's passing and being the die-hard fans that Imran and Rhonda are, they spend the show today discussing all things related to their fandom of The Purple Majesty. www.blueingreenradio.com Coming to us from San Jose, California, DJ Rhonnie Rhon projects the sunshine from her hometown every week providing 60 minutes of soulful house and nu-soul bliss. Ride The Vibe pr

Welcome to Episode_#10 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran catch up with writer/broadcaster/podcaster and long-time member of the Liberation Frequency collective, Denis-Jose Francois, to discuss how we - as fans - consume the music that we do. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD

Welcome to Episode_#9 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran venture to Melbourne, Australia, to speak with the incredibly inspirational Chelsea Wilson. Singer, songwriter, musician, DJ, Artistic Director... an immeasurable talent that we couldn't have been happier to spend time with. We discuss Chelsea's new album 'Chasing Gold', her experiences touring around the world, her love of jazz and her documentary on Kerri Biddell amongst other of her musical inspirations. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2LBK0BD

Welcome to Episode_#8 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us. This episode sees Imran return to San Jose, California, to speak to the creator of Ride The Vibe, which airs Monday nights at 7pm(UK). The edict for this conversation was to do discuss Rhonda's favourite album "and go from there". So tune in to find out where we go. Rhonda's one of our favourite people to talk to in the world so we have no doubt you'll enjoy the show. www.blueingreenradio.com Coming to us from San Jose, California, DJ Rhonnie Rhon projects the sunshine from her hometown every week providing 60 minutes of soulful house and nu-soul

Welcome to Episode_#7 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world. This is the continuation of Episode #3's live music discussion with Imran Dan & Tee-J. Episode #3 saw the trio discuss their magical live music experiences but this episode talks about those unbelievable WTF live music experiences that you perhaps wish you hadn't been there to see. www.blueingreenradio.com

Welcome to Episode_#6 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which are released on the first, second and third Mondays of the month. This podcast series runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world. This episode sees Imran connect with two long-time friends and broadcast colleagues with the former Liberation Frequency collective (Dan Collacott and Tee-J Sutherland) - the trio discuss the timely subject of whether we, as consumers of music and comedy, are able to distinguish between art and the artist who has created it. Do the sometimes improper actions of people make it impossible to appreciate their work or are the two forever intertwined? www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2LBK0BD