Seven from Chocolate Industries talks about his compilation Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974–1984. Producer Apollo Brown discusses Trophies, his collaboration with OC of Diggin’ in the Crates fame. Alex Sowinski and Chester Hansen from jazz trio BadBadNotGood talk about backing Frank Ocean at Coachella and reworking the music of My Bloody Valentine. R&B legend Andre Williams discusses the inspiration behind his two favorite compositions.

Beats by Eric Lau from the track “Outro (Supreme)” taken from The Mission EP.

Playlist

1. “I Am a Man” Key & Cleary
2. Seven interview
3. “My Bleeding Wound” The New Year
4. Apollo Brown interview
5. “Just Walk” Apollo Brown & OC
6. Apollo Brown interview
7. “Prove Me Wrong” Apollo Brown & OC
8. Alex Sowinski & Chester Hansen of BadBadNotGood interview
9. “UWM (feat. Leland Whitty)” BadBadNotGood
10. Alex Sowinski & Chester Hansen of BadBadNotGood interview
11. “You Made Me Realise (feat. Luan Phung)” BadBadNotGood
12. Andre Williams interview
13. “Funky Judge” Bull & the Matadors
14. Andre Williams interview
15. “Shake a Tail Feather” Mitch Ryder
16. Andre Williams interview

Wax Poetics Radio is an open-format podcast that will feature different hosts and DJs playing a variety of music and interviews.

Author Pat Thomas discusses his book Listen, Whitey!: The Sounds of the Black Power Movement 1965–1975 and the companion sixteen-song soundtrack (purchase the LP at our storefront).

Producer and MC Quelle Chris talks about his release Shotgun & Sleek Rifle.

Quinton Scott returns to the podcast to discuss the Mighty Sparrow collection Sparrowmania! on Strut Records.

Beats by Apollo Brown from the track “Prove Me Wrong” from the upcoming Apollo Brown & OC release Trophies, courtesy of Mello Music Group.

Track List

1. Pat Thomas interview
2. “Until We’re Free” Elaine Brown
3. Pat Thomas interview
4. “Free Bobby Now” The Lumpen
5. Quelle Chris interview
6. “The Crook (The Enemy)” Quelle Chris
7. Quelle Chris interview
8. “The Loop” Quelle Chris featuring Maya Songbird
9. “Zinah” Mighty Sparrow
10. Quinton Scott interview
11. “Kennedy and Khrushchev” Mighty Sparrow
12. Quinton Scott interview
13. “Sweet Loving” Mighty Sparrow

Egon at Now-Again Records talks about Kourosh Yaghmaei and the collection Back From the Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock From Iran: 1973-1979.
Author Tad Hershorn discusses his book Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice, published by University of California Press.
Olan O’Brien at Dublin-based All City Records is releasing some great new music by DevonWho and Krystal Klear in early 2012.
Chuck Eddy has a new book out called Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. He has a few things to say.

Beats by Quelle Chris. Instrumental versions of songs from his album Shotgun & Sleek Rifle and Danny Brown’s XXX.

Track List

1. Egon interview
2. “Ghazal” Kourosh Yaghmaei
3. Egon interview
4. “Ghahr” Kourosh Yaghmaei
5. Tad Hershorn interview
6. “Lady Be Good” Charlie Parker with Jazz at the Philharmonic (1946)
7. Tad Hershorn interview
8. “Indiana” Lionel Hampton (with Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich, Herb Ellis) (1954)
9. Olan O’Brien interview
10. “Strange Brew” DevonWho
11. Olan O’Brien interview
12. “From The Start” Krystal Klear
13. Chuck Eddy interview
14. “Flamethrower” The J. Geils Band
15. Chuck Eddy interview
16. “I Ain’t Got Nobody” Emmett Miller

Matt Sullivan at Light in the Attic talks about Korean guitarist Shin Joong Hyun and LITA’s new compilation Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea’s Shin Joong Hyun 1958–1974.

The 45 King tells the story of the beat behind Jay-Z’s pop crossover.

Steve Ordower talks about Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcase, a DVD of classic gospel television performances.

Beats by 3:33. Taken from Live From the Grove courtesy of Parallel Thought.

Playlist:

1. Matt Sullivan interview
2. “Beautiful Rivers and Mountains” Shin Joong Hyun
3. Matt Sullivan interview
4. “I’ve Got Nothing to Say” Shin Joong Hyun
5. 45 King interview
6. “Hard Knock Life” Jay-Z
7. “Learn How to Wait on Jesus” (with intro by Sid Ordower) The Jessy Dixon Singers
8. Steve Ordower interview
9. “Oh What a Meeting” (with intro by Sid Ordower) The Soul Stirrers

Wax Poetics Radio is an open-format podcast that will feature different hosts and DJs playing a variety of music and interviews.

Sam Beaubien of Will Sessions talks about the band’s work on the Real Sessions collection and Elzhi’s Elmatic mixtape.
DJ Wordy discusses hip-hop in China and the WordySoulspeak project.
Quinton Scott at Strut Records talks about the Factory Dance – Factory Records 12″ Mixes and Rarities 1980–1987 release.

Beats by Oddisee. Taken from Rock Creek Park courtesy of Mello Music Group.

Playlist:

1. Sam Beubien interview
2. “So Gone/Nautilus” Will Sessions featuring Black Milk
3. Sam Beubien interview
4. “Halftime” Elzhi
5. DJ Wordy interview
6. “Brothers” WordySoulspeak
7. DJ Wordy interview
8. “Day Tripping” WordySoulspeak
9. Quinton Scott interview
10. “Looking From a Hilltop (Megamix)” Section 25
11. Quinton Scott interview
12. “Puppeteer” Blurt

Wax Poetics Radio is an open-format podcast that will feature different hosts and DJs playing a variety of music and interviews.

Wax Poetics Radio Presents “Bad Data” with host Chris Peters

Soul singer Chris Clark tells the story of her audition for Berry Gordy.
The Stepkids have a new record out on Stones Throw Records.
Author Susan Whitall talks about Little Willie John, the subject of her new book, Fever.

Playlist:
1. Chris Clark interview
2. “Do Right Baby Do Right” Chris Clark
3. The Stepkids interview
4. “Brain Ninja” The Stepkids
5. “Legend in My Own Mind” The Stepkids
6. Susan Whitall interview
7. “Fever” Little Willie John
8. Susan Whitall interview
9. “Talk to Me, Talk to Me” Little Willie John

Beats by 14KT. Taken from the 14KillaTape.

Kevin Herron interviewed Chris Clark. He wrote a profile on the singer in Waxpoetics 44.

Wax Poetics Radio is an open-format podcast that will feature different hosts and DJs playing a variety of music and interviews.

Los Angeles DJ and musician Miles Perlich kicks off our official debut of Wax Poetics Radio podcasts. You can catch Perlich’s United Groove broadcasts on L.A.’s KJAZZ 88.1 FM every Saturday from 10 PM to 12 midnight or at jazzandblues.org.

Set 1

1. “Berimbau” Bossa 70 Bossa Nova e Jazz de Peso [12-inch]

2. “Sister Sue” (edit) Johnny Rodriguez & Angel Rene Orquesta Cookin’ with A&J (Mardi Gras)

3. “Paso Comban” Alfredito Valdez Viva Valdez (Tico)

4. “Myumbe” Joel Ector ft. Taumbu Big Spliff (Olive Branch)

5. “A Gira” Trio Ternura [7-inch] (Polydor)

Set 2

1. “O Elefante” The Echocentrics ft. Tita Lima Sunshadows (Ubiquity)

2. “Blacklight” Alan Parker Afro Rock (KPM)

3. “New Bell” (edit) Manu Dibango Soul Makossa (Atlantic)

4. “Mary Don’t Take Me on No Bad Trip” Fugi [7-inch] (Cadet)

5. [talk-over] “More Creation” Lennie Hibbert Studio One: Roots (Soul Jazz)

Set 3

1. “Rejoice in Skank” Lee Scratch Perry Upsetter in Dub (Heartbeat)

2. “Poquito Soul” One G Plus Three [7-inch] (Gordo)

3. “Olvidado” Bobby Paunetto El Sonido Moderno (Mardi Gras/Fania)

4 “Workout Pt. 2” Papo Felix & Ray Rodriguez Papo Felix Meets Ray Rodriguez (Ghetto/Latin Soul)

5. “Munaye” Mulatu Astatqe Mulatu of Ethiopia (Worthy)

6. “Letter to an Aspiring Junkie” Maya Angelou Black Pearls (Rhino Word Beat)

7. [talk-over] “Belleza Y Diablo” Don Ralke & Buddy Collette Bongo Madness (Crown Records)

Set 4

1. “Joyful Exaltation” The Whitefield Brothers ft. Bajka Earthology (Now-Again)

2 “High Diver” Brian Bennett and Alan Hawkshaw Black Dynamite (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Wax Poetics)

3. “Tiu Ba La Quieba” Marcos Valle Previsão do Tempo (EMI)

4. [talk-over] “A Love Supreme” Miguel Anga Diaz Echu Mingua (World Circuit)

Wax Poetics Radio is an open-format podcast that will feature different hosts and DJs playing a variety of music and interviews.