Blue-in-Green:PODCAST

Welcome to Episode_#61 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran and Dan from the Close Encounters of the 4th Kind podcast jump into the conversation of posthumous album releases. With certain artists noted for their meticulous approach to their art, is it ok to listen to music from your favourite artist when they may not have given the *ok* for its release? We delve into examples across sever...

Welcome to Episode_#60 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran venture to Melbourne, Australia (by the power of the internet) to speak to the creator and host of CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND, which airs Fridays at 5pm(UK) and his new show VEE'Z JOINT which airs the first Sunday of every month. We discuss VEE's recent CONFESSIONS episodes exploring the music of Sade and Missy Elliot, Melbourne...

Episode #10 of Blue-in-Green:RADIO's '4 Corners' series pulls together four of the BinG team from different parts of the world to tackle a single theme with this episode originally airing Monday 6th July 2020. The rules are simple - 4 Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters, each with 30 minutes to explore a one-word theme in any way they see fit. And for our tenth episode, through music, the team are thro...

Welcome to Episode #59 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran and Rhonda delve deep into D'Angelo's 'Voodoo'. Released January 2000, D'Angelo's sophomore album was met with huge success and went on to secure the neo-soul luminary two Grammy awards with his complete re imagining of contemporary soul music. An album revered by fans, artists and critics, 'Voodoo' launches the first of Imran an...

Welcome to Episode #58 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran (re)connect with the incredibly talented musician, producer and composer, Jesse Fischer. It really is a pleasure to be able to talk to Jesse again (following on from our chat last year, Episode #24), and this time we're fortunate to be able to delve into his stunning new album, 'Resilience', due for release 7th August 2020. We di...

Welcome to Episode #57 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with the boundlessly talented Leah Concialdi. As a lifelong fan of funk and afrobeat, Leah finds herself with an incredible perspective on the music industry - as baritone saxophonist for ATOMGA and Tnertle, she also finds herself firmly immersed within the PR and marketing realms for Color Red Records, Knew Conscious and...

Welcome to Episode #56 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with producer Simon S. As head of Futuristica Music, the nu-soul label scored big this year with the release of Deborah Jordan's 'See in the Dark' album along with the excellent second single from vocalist Georgie Sweet. With Futuristica heading into their 15th year, Simon chats with Imran about the genesis of the label,...

Welcome to Episode #55 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with Nadav Peled of the Anbessa Orchestra. The 7-piece Anbessa Orchestra have presented their blend of Ethiopian musical culture for years: their debut 'EP' having been released in 2015 and subsequent follow-up 'Negestat' in 2018; the ensemble have proved a mainstay on the fervent New York live scene delivering their dist...

Episode #9 of Blue-in-Green:RADIO's '4 Corners' series pulls together four of the BinG team from different parts of the world to tackle a single theme with this episode originally airing Monday 25th May 2020. The rules are simple - 4 Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters, each with 30 minutes to explore a one-word theme in any way they see fit. And for our ninth episode, through music, the team are throw...

Welcome to Episode #54 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with vocalist and musician, Camellia Hartman. Currently celebrating the release of her fourth solo single through Brooklyn's Dala Records, 'The Moment Your Eyes Met Mine' marks the welcome return of Camellia Hartman with her fourth single for Dala Records. Following in the vein of her previous efforts 'Breathing Hard (Ove...

Welcome to Episode #53 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with singer/songwriter Deborah Jordan. As a vocalist and a writer, Deborah Jordan has graced projects from a diverse array of musicians and artists like Emanative, Unforscene and Atjazz, masterfully able to position herself within the various realms of nu-soul, jazz and broken beat. And then there's her work as vocalist f...

Welcome to Episode #52 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with the tirelessly prolific Alan Evans. As one-third of Soulive, the trio solidified themselves as the jazz band for the hip-hop generation and from there Evans has gone on to found his own label, Vintage League Music, as well as appear across a range of other musical ventures, many of which we discuss in this episode, i...

Welcome to Episode #51 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with guitarist and producer, Tom Csatari. As founder of the New York-based jazz collective, Uncivilized, Tom and the band have released two excellent singles this year in 'Reign STOMP' and 'Yams'. Their ability to transcend musical styles to deliver music that sees them carving their own path is thrilling to watch and we'...

Episode #8 of Blue-in-Green:RADIO's '4 Corners' series pulls together four of the BinG team from different parts of the world to tackle a single theme with this episode originally airing Monday 27th April 2020. The rules are simple - 4 Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters, each with 30 minutes to explore a one-word theme in any way they see fit. And for our eighth episode, through music, the team are th...

Welcome to Episode_#50 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees us celebrate our 50th episode by spending time in the company of the guest who graced our very first episode, La Molly. Based in Denver, Colorado, Molly, who celebrated her own 50th episode of the Super Sonido Show with Blue-in-Green:RADIO recently, not only graced episode #1 of our podcast, but is also largely responsible for our 4 Co...

Welcome to Episode #49 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with Simon "Dr Rubberfunk" Ward. Riding high off the release of his new album 'My Life at 45', Dr Rubberfunk has been a staple within the UK's funk & soul scene for years - professing to be "Not a real Doctor since 1992" and a Jalapeno Records recording artist since 2008 - his name has become synonymous as being a leading...

Welcome to Episode #48 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran and Rhonda discuss how the corona virus has impacted us personally - with Rhonda in California and Imran in London - and how the music industry has been forced to adapt to the world having ground to a halt. ALSO, please stay tuned to the very very end of the podcast where we provide some details about Virtual Insanity - the live...

Episode #7 of Blue-in-Green:RADIO's '4 Corners' series pulls together four of the BinG team from different parts of the world to tackle a single theme with this episode originally airing Monday 30th March 2020. The rules are simple - 4 Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters, each with 30 minutes to explore a one-word theme in any way they see fit. And for our seventh episode, through music, the team is ta...

Welcome to Episode_#47 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees episodes 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...

Welcome to Episode #46 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran catch up with BinG team member, Sean Sophiea. Based in Niigata, Japan, Sean presents Raw Select Music every Wednesday on Blue-in-Green:RADIO and for this episode we discuss - amongst many other things - Raw Select Music's milestone 50th episode being broadcast Wednesday 1st April 2020 on Blue-in-Green:RADIO. "Part time DJ. Part t...

Welcome to Episode_#45 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees episodes 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...

Welcome to Episode #44 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran and Rhonda discuss Rhonda's dream-come-true visit to Paisley Park to see one hero, Meshell Ndegeocello, pay tribute to another hero, Prince, as part of Paisley's new Musicology concert series. And as a bonus to the conversation, we segue into a chat about the idea of posthumous album releases discussing projects by Prince, Michae...

Episode #6 of Blue-in-Green:RADIO's '4 Corners' series pulls together four of the BinG team from different parts of the world to tackle a single theme with this episode originally airing Monday 24th February 2020. The rules are simple - 4 Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters, each with 30 minutes to musically explore a one-word theme in any way they see fit. And for our sixth episode, the team is tackli...

Welcome to Episode #43 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with immeasurably talented Julia Biel. Having released her fourth solo album, Julia discusses her brand new album 'Black and White, Vol.1', the significance of the project's title, past albums and her introduction to music. Such a pleasure to have secured time with Julia for a genuinely standout episode. www.blueingreenra...

Welcome to Episode #42 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which sees Imran connect with Greg Sanders - guitarist, producer and band leader of the incredible UK jazz ensemble, Teotima. Greg lets us in on the early days of Teotima, the processes involved with each of their stunning albums ('Counting The Ways' and 'Weightless'), how they hooked up with First Word Recordings and what the time in between pro...