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The Whole Nine Yards Series 2 Ep 8 21.3.21 Passport to La-La Land with Roy Stannard on Burgess Hill Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Sunday 21.3.21 3-5pm

broadcast on www.burgesshillradio.co.uk Show 8
with

Roy Stannard

Passport to #LaLaLand

Right now, we all want a ticket to La-la Land. In fact we all want a ticket to just about anywhere. The expression La-La land seems to date back to 1979 when people used it to mean a mystical, whimsical place inspired by la la refrains used in songs.

It then became shorthand for Los Angeles and the dream world created by the magic of celluloid there before becoming the name of a blockbuster movie in 2016. Jazz pianist Ryan Gosling and aspiring actress Emma Stone realise their dreams of stardom in La La Land.

The rest of us secretly wish that we had a place like that where we can forget our worries, dream of better days and join in the chorus of la las. Blue skies and clandy floss skies. This is your passport to a paradise lost..

Hour One

Underworld – Caliban’s Dream (Isles Of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 2012)

La Ragazza 77(Ambra Borelli) – Il Paradiso Della Vito (Single 1968)

Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven 1969)

The Rokes – Piangi Con Me (Single 1966)

The Grassroots – Let’s Live for Today (Let’s Live for Today 1967)

Blue Öyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) the Reaper (Agents of Fortune 1976)

Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) – The Breakfast Club Soundtrack 1985)

Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels (Songs from the Big Chair 1985)

Jason Mraz – Everything is Sound (La la la) (Love is a Four Letter Word 2012)

Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t the Problem (Kiwanuka 2019)

The Fugees – Killing Me Softly with His Song (The Score 1996)

Stevie Nicks – Stand Back (Disco Purrfection Version The Wild Heart 1983)

Hour Two

Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (Blowin’ Your Mind! 1967)

Snoop Lion – La la la (Reincarnated 2012)

Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith – La la la (Hotel Cabana 2013)

The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (Now and Then 1973)

Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (My Cherie Amour 1969)

Kandace Springs – Killing me Softly with his Song (The Women who Raised Me 2020)

Haley Heynderickx – Oom Sha La La (I Need to Start a Garden 2017)

Myles Kennedy – Love Can Only Head (Eye of the Tiger 2018)

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Killing Me Softly with His Song (Killing Me Softly 1973)

Minnie Riperton – Lovin’ You (Perfect Angel 1974)

Cat Stevens – Lady D’Arbanville (Mona Bone Jakon 1970)

Tears for Fears – Suffer the Children (The Hurting 1981)

Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (Ocean Rain 1984) (Orchestral Version 2013) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/message

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Lost Immortals Ep 379 28.6.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS

Ep 379 Sunday 28.6.26 5-7pm

with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Am I Going Up?

All them Witches asks the question that everyone on this show wants the answer to.This is a show for the under-represented, the overlooked, the discriminated against music that was easily good enough to chart. These musicians would ask Am I Going Up? This week at last we can reply ‘Yes..’Hour One
Alison’s Halo – Wishes (Eyedazzler 1992-6 on cassette, released on vinyl 2024)
Soulscraper – Albumize (The Ghost Behind, 2021) H.D.Q. – Things Seem A Whole Lot Better Now (Soulfinder, 2008) Starflyer 59 – Sunrise (Vanity 2021) Jesse – Handful of Earth (Jesse Complete Discography, 2024. Single, Orig. 1996)
The Sugarcubes – Eat The Menu (Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!, 1989)
EELS – I Write The B-Sides (Souljacker, 2002)
Runrig – The Everlasting Gun (Heartland, 1985)
Ghost – He Is (Meliora 2015)
All Them Witches – Am I Going Up? (Sleeping Through the War , 2017)
Dead Meadows – Between Me & the Ground (Old Growth 2008)
Hour Two
Evan Dando – Hard Drive (Baby I’m Bored, 2003)
Kitty Craft – Half Court Press (Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch, 1998)
James Yuill – No Surprise (live) (Turning Down Water For Air 2009)
Dusty Springfield – Every Ounce Of Strength (Mono Version) (Complete A And B Sides 1963 – 1970 1966)
The Expendables – Sacrifice (Acoustic) (Gone Raw (Acoustic LP), 2019)
Joshua Radin – Vegetable Car (Simple Times, 2008)
k.d. lang – The Air That I Breathe (Drag, 1997)
Blood Family Reunion – Bluebird (Lucky Mutation 2024)
Mojave 3 – Big Star Baby (Puzzles Like You 2006)
The Softies – Snow Like This (Single 2013)
Jess Williamson – Wind on Tin (Sorceress 2020)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 283 28.6.26 Dance Moves with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Episode 283     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 28 June 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Dance Moves

Dance Moves is a two‑hour journey through the kind of tracks that once lit up dancefloors, bedrooms, car stereos and late‑night lives – the songs that made us move before algorithms told us what to love. Some are forgotten classics, some are cult favourites, and some are modern cuts that understand the simple truth that dance music is at its best when it carries emotion in its moves and grooves.

Hour One


Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Do You Wanna Dance (The Rock ’n’ Roll Years, 1962; Remaster 1997)
Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives (And Still I Rise, 1990; Classic Club Mix 1991)
Bassomatic – Fascinating Rhythm (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass, 1990)
The Beginning of the End – Funky Nassau (Funky Nassau, 1971)
Phreek – Weekend (Patrick Adams Presents Phreek 1978)
Billy The Kid ft Alison David – Freak the Music (Freak the Music, 2001)
The Blow Monkeys – La Passionara (Springtime for the World, 1990)
First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder (Delusions 1977)
Can – Vitamin C (Ege Bamyasi, 1972; Masters at Work Sacrilege Mix 1997)
Caron Wheeler – Livin’ in the Light (UK Blak, 1990)

Hour Two

Chas Jankel – Am I Honest With Myself Really? (Chas Jankel, 1980; US Mix 1981)
Equador & Bo Bruce – Avalon (Bones of Man, 2016)
ESG – Dance (Come Away with ESG, 1983)
Ezra Collective – God Gave Me Feet for Dancing (Dance, No-One’s Watching, 2023)
Frankie Knuckles – The Whistle Song (Beyond the Mix, 1991)
Gat Decor – Passion (Passion Single, 1992; Naked Mix 1992)
Grace Jones – Storm (The Avengers OST, 1998; Club Mix 1998)
High Contrast ft Clare Maguire – Who’s Loving You (Who’s Loving You, 2011)
Izo FitzRoy – Red Line (How the Mighty Fall, 2020)
Jungle – All of the Time (Loving in Stereo, 2021)
Karen Ramirez – Lies (Distant Dreams, 1998; Kamasutra Mix 1998)
Koop – In a Heartbeat (Waltz for Koop, 2001)

Lost Immortals Ep 378 21.6.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 378⁠ Sunday 21.6.26 5-7pm⁠

with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples⁠

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM⁠

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen⁠

Everything is never quite enough⁠

Woodkid, Francis of Delirium, Andre Cushin, Elvis Costello, Charlie Feathers, King Curtis, Lemon Jelly, Wasis Diop, Joni Mitchell – our listener/contributors have done more than enough this week.

It’s a listening party.

Hour One

  1. Zoh Amba – Dead End Street (Eyes Full, 2026)
  2. Koalra – Something Fails (Disasterclass, 2024)
  3. Andrew Cushin – Goodbye (Goodbye Single 2026)
  4. Francis of Delirium – It’s a Beautiful Life (Run, Run Pure Beauty 2026)
  5. Elvis Costello – Indoor Fireworks (King Of America, 1986)
  6. Woodkid – Run Boy Run (S16, 2012)
  7. Charlie Feathers – She’s Gone (originally recorded in 1956 during his Sun Records era) was officially released on the 1974 compilation album Long Time Ago: Rare and Unissued 1956 Recordings Vol. 3.)
  8. Medicine Head – Warriors of Love (Warriors of Love, 2021)
  9. So Good – Orange Juice & Milk (Single 2026)
  10. Roger McGuinn – Someone to Love (Back from Rio, 1990)
  11. The Roches – Losing True (Keep on Doing, 1982)
  12. Allison Moorer – Abalone Sky (Crows, 2010)
    Hour Two
  13. The Promise Ring – A Picture Postcard (30° Everywhere 2007)
  14. GENER8ION – Love & Tears featuring Yannis Phillipakis (Love & Tears 2026)
  15. King Curtis and the Kingpins – A Whiter Shade of Pale (King Sized Soul 1967)
  16. Thievery Corporation ft Lou Lou Gehlickhani – Décollage (Saudade 2014)
  17. Ueda Masaki – Like a Samba (Push and Pull, 1978)
  18. Lemon Jelly – Come (LemonJelly.ky, 2002)
  19. David Halley – It’s Just As Well (Broken Spell, 1993)
  20. Wasis Diop – Everything (… Is Never Quite Enough) (feat. Beth Hirsch) (Toxu 1999)
  21. Leo Kottke – Learning the Game (Balance 1978)
  22. Joni Mitchell – For Free (Ladies of the Canyon, 1970)
  23. Dan Raza – On We Go (Live At The Green Note 2008)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 282 21.6.26 African Uprising with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 282

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 21 June 2026 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

African Uprising

African music is moving into the mainstream – from the deep pulse of amapiano streets to the soaring harmonies of gospel choirs and the intimate glow of modern Afro‑soul. Kora strings shimmering, basslines built for midnight dancefloors, and voices that carry whole histories. Today we’re celebrating where Africa has been, and its bright, beating future.

Hour One

Master KG – Jerusalema [feat. Nomcebo] (Single 2019)

Kid Francescoli – City of Gold feat. DEMIGOD (City of Gold Single 2026)

MØYO – I’m Still Me (Deep Afro Soul Single 2026)

Idris Elba – An African feat. Angélique Kidjo (2026)

Letta Mbulu ft. Hugh Masekela – Mahlalela (The Chisa Years 1965–1975 (Rare & Unreleased) 2006)

The Second Voice – Hey Mama (2026)

Sauti Ya Matumaini – Hamba Nami (Walk With Me) (Hamba Nami Single 2026)

Marcus Gad – Shine a Light (For All 2026)

Celeste Ojatula & Dwin, The Stoic – This Side of Love (Our Time in the Sun EP 2026)

Afro Cult Foundation – The Quest (Single 2011)

Fatoumata Diawara – Massa (Massa 2026)

Hour Two

StarrHealer ft Nomfundo Moh – Hamba Nami (Walk with Me) (Hamba Nami 2026)

Bolton Serunjogi – Nandilonze Gwe (The Journey 2024)

Bongeziwe Mabandla – Ndikhulule (Depression) (Ndingubani 2026)

Aṣa – The One That Never Comes (Bed of Stone 2015)

Blick Bassy – Ngwa (1958, 2019)

Soweto Gospel Choir – Ke Na Le Modisa (Agrican Spirit 2008)

Ntokozo Mbambo – Jehovah Is Your Name (Filled, 2012)

Benjamin Dube – Elshadai Adonai (Healing in His Presence, 2012)

Ebo Taylor – Love and Death (Love and Death, 2010)

Oumou Sangaré – Yere Faga (feat. Tony Allen) (Mogoya, 2017)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 377 14.6.26 with Roy Stannard& Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 377 Sun14th June

5-7pm Roy Stannard + Matthew Staples

on Mid Sussex Radio103.8FM

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Featherweight

Two new tracks of majestic quality from Manchester to start the show; a great new release from Brighton’s Daresay with George McCanna; a rare Housemartins B Side; Patrick Watson sings in French; Afrobeat meets Harlem funk with Bole 2 Harlem; Can’s one hit extended; Gwen McCrae; Jungle; Phoebe Killdeer and a beautiful song from London-based Allman Brown.

Hour One

1. WU LYF – The Fool (A Wave That Will Never Break, 2026)

2. Westside Cowboy – Kick Stones (The Boys) (Single 2026)

3. Modern Woman – Neptune Girl (Johnny’s Dreamworld, 2026)

4. Pavement – Camera (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)

5. Trail West – Air An Traigh (Live – Glasgow Hoolie, 2023)

6. daresay – Featherweight (daresay ep 2026)

7. Future Islands – A Dream Of You And Me (Singles, 2014)

8. Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds (Denim & Diamonds, 2022)

9. The Housemartins – Rebel Without the Airplay (B-Side Five Get Over Excited) (The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death 1987)

10. Patrick Watson – Je te laisserai des mots (Hidden Diary (Mères et Filles) OST 2009)

12. Sonny Landreth – Shooting For The Moon (South Of I-10, 1995)

Hour Two

1. Bole 2 Harlem – Ensaralen Gojo (Original) (Bole 2 Harlem Vol #1 2006)

2. Can – I Want More..and more (12%) (Flow Motion 1978)

3. Gwen McCrae + Blue Daze Band – 90% of Me is You (live 2011) (Original For Your Love 1975)

4. Jungle – Lifting You (Volcano 2021)

5. Phoebe Killdeer, The Short Straws – The Fade Out Line (Innerquake 2010)

6. Amos Lee – Highways and Clouds (Spirit, 2016)

7. Smog – Cold Blooded Old Times (Knock Knock 1999)

8. Roger Hodgson – For Every Man (Open The Door, 2000)

9. Richard Walters – July Bones (Field Recordings, 2014)

10. Allman Brown – Bury My Heart (Darling, It’ll Be Alright, 2019)

Extended

Beth Orton – The Ground Above (The Ground Above 2026)

The Rolling Stones – As Tears Go By (Remastered 2002) (December’s Children (And Everybody else’s 1965)

Shawn Mullins – Ferguson (My Stupid Heart, 2015)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 281 14.6.26 Right Here, Right Now (Best tracks of 2026 – so far) with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Episode 281     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 14 June 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Right Here. Right Now.

The class of 2026 has arrived – loud, edgy and irresistible..

For the next two hours we’re playing the songs shaping the year: from Andrew Cushin’s bruised goodbye to Francis of Delirium’s razor‑sharp swagger, Kim Gordon’s don’t‑mess-with-me snarl, and Royel Otis doing what only Royel Otis can do. There’s indie gold, electronic dreamscapes, future‑folk, and a few curveballs that prove the underground is miles ahead of the mainstream. Oh and Madonna, possibly for the first time on this show. This is the sound of right now. The best new music of 2026 starts here.

Hour One

Andrew Cushin – Goodbye (Goodbye Single 2026)

Francis of Delirium – Little Black Dress (Run, Run Pure Beauty 2026)

Kim Gordon – Not Today (Play Me 2026)

Royel Otis – Who’s Your Boyfriend? (Who’s Your Boyfriend? 2026)

Swapmeet – I Know! (Mount Zero 2026)

Pyncher – One Day (One Day 2026)

Ratboys – Light Night Mountains All That (Singin’ to an Empty Chair 2026)

Dry Cleaning – Cruise Ship Designer (Secret Love 2026)

My New Band Believe – Numerology (My New Band Believe 2026)

Stand High Patrol – In and Out (ft Marina P) (Skanking & Jacking 2026)

Aldous Harding – San Francisco (Train on the Island 2026)

Avalon Emerson – Eden (Written into Changes 2026)

Hour Two

Hekt ft Valeria Litvakov – Someday (Forever 2026)

Madonna – Love Sensation (Confessions on the Dancefloor II 2026)

Joshua Idehen – It Always Was (I Know You’re Hurting 2026)

Fire-Toolz feat. Jennifer Holm – And Where Is The Heart? I’ve Searched My Entire Home (Lavender Networks 2026)

The Avalanches ft Jamie XX – Every Single Weekend (Every Single Weekend Single 2026)

The Lemon Twigs – My Heart is in your hands tonight (Look for your Mind 2026)

Jill Scott – Right Here Right Now (To Whom This May Concern 2026)

Adore – Did I Tell You That I Miss You (Single 2026)

Momoko Gill – When Palestine Is Free (Momoko 2026)

Shabaka – Stand Firm (Of The Earth 2026)

Daughn Gibson – Sacred Life (Lake Mary Not Mysterious 2026)

Tony Bontana –  October Fallacy  (My Name 2026)

Mitski – I’ll Change for You (Nothing’s About to Happen to Me 2026)

Lost Immortals Ep 376 7.6.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 376 with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

on Sunday 7th June 2026

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Subconscious Life

Bob Mould & Sugar makes a comeback, Stand High Patrol ft Nazamba check us in with Afro-reggae dub; Genesis Owusu picks up the baton in Hour 2; & after many years the time has come for The Chamber Bros.; Woody Guthrie is covered by Eilen Jewell; Nightbirde is lyrical and LYR are outstanding. The whole world is streaming through Mid Sussex.HOUR ONE

  1. Stand High Patrol Feat Nazamba – Dem Try (Skanking & Jacking 2026)
  2. Sugar – Long Live Love (Single, 2026)
  3. The Music – Getaway (The Music, 2002)
  4. La Peste – I Don’t Know Right From Wrong (I Don’t Know Right From Wrong: La Peste Vol.1,
    2025. Orig: unreleased from Better Off Dead, 1978)
  5. Neutral Milk Hotel – Ghost (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, 2009)
  6. Genesis Owusu – Runnin Outta Time (Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge 2026)
  7. The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today (The Time Has Come, 1967)
  8. Slipknot – Snuff (All Hope Is Gone 2008)
  9. Blondshell – Heart Has To Work So Hard (Single, 2026)
  10. sElf – Subconscious Life (Super Fake Nice EP, 2014)
  11. Kiwi Jr. – Blowin’ Up (Single 2026)
    HOUR TWO
  12. Eilen Jewell – Deportee (Deportee, 2026)
  13. Flora Hibberd – Mammoth (Single 2026)
  14. Joey Quinones – It’s Only a Dream (Single 2019)
  15. Beach for Tiger – How You Tried (A Matter of Time 2026)
  16. Brenton Wood – I Want Love (Oogum Boogum 1966)
  17. John Fullbright – I Only Pray At Night (From The Ground Up, 2012)
  18. Caetano Veloso – London London (Caetano Veloso, 1968)
  19. The Paper Kites – Deep (In the Plans We Made) (Mahogany Sessions live , 2026. LP If You
    Go There, I Hope You Find It , 2026)
  20. Nightbirde – It’s OK (It’s OK 2023)
  21. Shawn Colvin – Killing The Blues (Cover Girl, 1994)
  22. LYR – Dark Sky Reservation (Dark Sky Reservation , 2026)
  23. EXTENDED
    X. Hawkwind – Rama (The Prophecy (The Future Never Waits)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 280 7.6.26 Street Gospel with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Episode 280
With Roy Stannard
On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM
Sunday 7 June 2026 3-5pm
http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen
Street Gospel

This Sunday we’re taking it to the streets: where faith meets funk, where belief rides a backbeat, and where the sacred sneaks into the everyday. Street Gospel is all about the places where spirit shows up unannounced: in a brass riff, a whispered confession, a hip‑hop benediction, a choir echoing off brick walls. These are songs that praise, protest, heal, and line up to have a great time. It’s music with dust on its shoes and light in its chest. From revival‑tent shouts to candle‑lit prayers, this is belief in motion.
Hour One

The Allergies – God Walked Down (As We Our Thing 2016)
Etta James – God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) (from Matriarch of the Blues, 2000)
Moses Sumney & Kara Jackson – Sins of the Father (single, 2020)
Kirk Whalum & Jonathan Butler – Falling in Love With Jesus (from The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III, 2010)
Archie Shepp & Romulus Franceschini – Ballad for a Child (from Blasé, 1969)
Nina Simone – The Desperate Ones (from Nina Simone and Piano!, 1969)
Roberta Flack – Tryin’ Times (from First Take, 1969)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Spirits Up Above (from Volunteered Slavery, 1969)
Jimmy Scott – Exodus (from Falling in Love Is Wonderful, 1962)
Sunbeam Sound Machine – In Your Arms (from Wonderer, 2014)
Jools Holland & Ruby Turner – Get Away Jordan (from Jools Holland & Friends, 2007)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – This Train (from various recordings, originally 1939)

Hour Two

Dee Dee Bridgewater – (Take My Hand) Precious Lord (from Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver, 1995)
Edwin Hawkins – Oh Happy Day (from Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord, 1968)
Arrival – See the Lord (from Arrival, 1970)
Little Simz – Broken (from NO THANK YOU, 2022)
The Art Reynolds Singers – Jesus Is Just Alright (from Tellin’ It Like It Is, 1966)
Akua Naru – Walking the Block (feat. Drea d’Nur) (from The Miner’s Canary, 2015)
Kate Simmonds – We’ve Come to Praise You (from Heart & Soul, 2002)
Mark Edwards – The Trumpet Child (feat. Priscilla Jones Campbell) (from In Deep 2007)
Missy Higgins – All For Believing (The Sound of White 2004)
Lizz Wright – Grace (from Grace, 2017)
Carleen Anderson – Leopards in the Temple (from Blessed Burden, 1998)

Lost Immortals Ep 375 31.5.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 375 this Sunday 31st May 2026 5-7pm

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Over the Border

So many genres of music, tribal allegiances, eclectic mixes, jazz soul romps, folk rock emotes, psych rock, rap rock, dream pop, Glaswegian bombast, British-Emirati new world singer songwriting – and the actor Damian Lewis’ new single. Cross all the musical borders with us this Sunday.

Hour One

Bleachers – Sideways (Everyone for ten minutes 2026)

Arab Strap – You You You (single, 2026)

Blind Melon – Soak the Skin (Blind Melon, 1992)

Working Men’s Club – Valleys (Working Men’s Club 2020)

CAKE – Comfort Eagle (Comfort Eagle, 2001)

Gomez – Up on Cripple Creek (Endless Highway: The Music Of The Band, 2007)

Karen Dalton – Katie Cruel (In My Own Time,1971)

Layla Kaylif – God’s Keeper (Call of the Yoni, 2026)

Dantalian’s Chariot – Madman Running Through the Fields (Chariot Rising 1967)

Pentangle – Travelling Song (Sweet Child, 1968)

Merrell Fankhauser – On our way to Hana (Maui 1976)

Hour Two

Saint Etienne – Over the Border (Words & Music 2012)

Sekou – Catching Bodies (In a World We Don’t Belong (Pt. 1) Mixtape 2025)

Makenu – Queda Na (Queda Na, 2025)

Alison Mosshart – It Ain’t Water (It Ain’t Water 2020)

Damian Lewis – King (King Single 2026)

Ben Glover – Kindness (Shorebound 2018)

Romi Mayes – Hard Road (Achin’ In Yer Bones 2009)

Don Nix – Rollin’ in My Dreams (Gone Too Long 2076)

Lizzie West – Dusty Turnaround (Holy Road: Freedom songs, 2003)

James Blake – Trying Times (Trying Times 2026)

The Whole Nine Yards Episode 279 31.5.26 Tropic of Groove with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Tropic of Groove – the meridian where funk, jazz and soul meet.

Acid jazz grooves because it sits right at the crossroads of funk, soul, jazz improvisation and club culture. The rhythm section punches with a irresistible beat; horns and keys add colour and character, while the bassline always the secret engine hits you right in your dance core. Acid jazz feels like a conversation between elegance and energy, perfect for a Sunday afternoon.

Hour One

Los Amigos Invisibles – Nada Que Decir (A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band  1995)

James Taylor Quartet + Benenden Chapel Choir + Snowboy – Have Mercy on Us (Te Deum 2026)

Vibraphonic – Heavy Vibes (Vibraphonic 2 1995)

Mondo Grosso – Life ft Bird (retune) (MG4 2000)

Solsonics – So Much More Together (Jazz in the present tense 1994)

Animal Nightlife – Native Boy (Shangri La 1985)

United Future Organisation – Loud Minority (United Future Organisation 1992)

Mario Biondi – This is What You Are (Dim’s Hipster Jazz Version By Dimitri From Paris) (Change of Scenes 2011)

Mark Murphy – Ding Walls (What a Way to Go 1990)

Billie Holiday – Speak Now (Bent remix) (Verve Remixes 3 2005)

Hour Two

Jestofunk     (Love in a Black Dimension 1994)

Brooklyn Funk Essentials – The Creator has a Master Plan (Cool, Steady and Easy 1994)

Groove Collective – Drunken  Master (Dance of the Drunk Master 1998)

Dave Pike – Mathar (Noisy Silence – Gentle Noise 1969)

Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Voices of Other Times  (Closer to it 1973)

De-Phazz – Jazz Music (Godsdog 1999)

Soulive – Doin’ Something (Doin’ Something 2001)

Greyboy – Grey’s Groove (15 Years of West Coast Cool 2008)

Tom Misch – It Runs Through Me (ft De La Soul)  (Geography 2018)

Reminiscence Quartet – Psycodelico (More Psycodelico 1996)