The Whole Nine Yards Ep 120 14.5.23 Ladders from the Ghetto with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 120

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 14th May 2023 3-5pm

http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Ladders from The Ghetto

The Ghetto has been a source of inspiration due to its rich cultural heritage. From African rhythms to Latin beats, jazz to hip hop, The Ghetto has produced musicians who have gone from real rags to real riches. The struggles faced by those living in The Ghetto have often been a source of inspiration, a spiritual ladder for its listeners. The dream is to get out, but leaving sometimes pulls at the roots of the inspiration and the ladder wobbles..

Imagine a urban ghetto, with tall, drab-coloured buildings. The buildings are covered in graffiti and there are various broken windows throughout the scene. However, growing out of the tops of the buildings are beautiful, vibrant ladders reaching towards the sky. These ladders represent the hope and potential for growth in the midst of even the bleakest of environments, encouraging those in the ghetto to reach for something better.

Some people want to get on the housing ladder. This show is the soundtrack for people trying to climb any ladder they can find.

Hour One

Too Short – The Ghetto (Short Dog’s in the House 1990)

HIGH/LOW – Slackers (Ham Grenade 2020)

TWDY – Playa’s Holiday (Dirty Werk 1999)

Mel Stone – Everything (Princess Remastered 2023)

Boy Kill Boy – No Conversation (Stars and the Sea 2008)

De La Soul – Ghetto Thang (3 Feet High and Rising 1989)

The Cooper Temple Clause – Blind Pilot (Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose 2003)

Courtney Pine ft Susaye Greene- Children of the Ghetto (Journey to the Urge Within 1986)

Katie Spencer – Silence on the Hillside (The Edge of the Hillside 2022)

Andreya Triana – Lullaby (Shigato Remix (Giants  2015)

Joss Stone – Mama Earth (Mama Earth Project EP 2017)

Hour Two

Crystal Waters – Ghetto Day (Storyteller 1994)

Kate Nash – Don’t You Want to Share the Guilt? (My Best Friend is You 2010)

Lalin St. Juste – Wild Wind (Vertulie 2022)

The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven (Nelee Hooper remix) (Chain 1989)

Mazzy Star – Halah – She Hangs Brightly 1990)

Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto (live) Donny Hathaway – Live 1972)

George Benson – The Ghetto (Absolute Benson 1994)

India Arie – Ghetto (Testimony Vol 2 – Love and Politics 2009)

Boygenius – Letter to an Old Poet (The Record 2023)

War – The World is a Ghetto (Single version) (War 1970)

The Bishops – All Lost Time (All Lost Time 2013)

Published by Roy Stannard

I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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