Bridging the Gap April 2, 2025

*Chris Joss: "Strut On Divides" (Classic Lineup 2024) Chris Joss is a French multi-inst. prod. comp. who suffers from tinnitus & hyperacusis which makes playing live impossible. 

*Lack Of Afro: "Getting Kinda Boring" (From The Volt, Two 2025) Brit. multi-inst. prod. comp. Adam Gibbons is Lack Of Afro. He began playing piano at age 7.

*AM & Shawn Lee: "Outlines (Inst.)" (Outlines The Instrumentals 2025) Amer. multi-inst. prod. comp now based in London Shawn Lee teams with fellow Amer. multi-inst. prod. comp. Anthony Miller (AM).

*Bootsy Collins: "Slide Eazy feat. Ellis Hall" (The Power Of The One 2020) William Earl Collins (Bootsy) is Amer. funk, R&B & rock bassist sing/songwr. who played with James Brown and was part of Parliament Funkadelic. Ellis Hall is legendary soul singer & pianist known as "The Ambassador of Soul."

*Fort Knox Five: "Don't Go feat. Joe Quarterman" (Another Decade Of Funk ) Wash. DC based recording act feat. Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath, Sid Barcelona & Rob Myers. Joe Quarterman is an Amer. funk/soul trumpeter & singer.

*Nappy Riddem: "Devil Needs A Bodyguard (Fort Knox Five Remix)" (Funk 'n' Beats Vol. 4 ) Wash. DC soul/funk from Fort Knox Recordings feat. Mustafa Akbar on vox & Rex Riddem on ukulele & lead vox.

*Frente Cumbiero: "Soldaditos" (Cera Perdida 2021) Bogota Colombia cumbieros band founded by song writer prod. Mario Galeano who collaborated with Quantic (Will Holland) in the band Ondatropica.

*Money Chicha: "Cosa Verde" (Echo En Mexico 2016) Austin TX chicha band inspired by 60s & 70s music of Colombia & feat. Adrian Quesada & Beto Martinez (Brownout, Grupo Fantasma...)

*Ondatropica: "Malaria" (Baile Bucanero 2016) Project of Brit. multi-inst. comp. Will Holland (Quantic) & Colombian prod. songwr. Mario Galeano.

*Go.Soul.Map.: "Watergate feat. Manuela Malfitano" (Peaceful Sound For Broken Minds 2024) Sicilian musician prod. Salvo 'Dub' Bruno is Go.Soul.Map. He teams up with Nigerian singer based in London Derane Obika.

*Ghost Funk Orchestra: "Blockhead" (A New Kind Of Love 2022) GFO is the brainchild of comp. multi-inst. Seth Applebaum & draws inspiration from soul, psych rock, salsa & beyond. Experimentation is key to their sound.

*Bonobo: "Towers feat. Szjerdene" (The North Borders 2013) Brit. musician, prod. & DJ Simon Green is Bonobo. His electronic music experiments with jazz & world music. Sjzerdene is a London vocalist.

*Zimpala: "Kove feat. Jazzamar" (The Breeze Is Black 2003) Zimpala is a nu jazz downt. project directed by French DJ & prod. BNX aka Frederic Beneix.

HOUR 2

*Bela Fleck: "Thula Mamafeat. Vusi Mahlasela" (Through Down Your Heart... 2009) Amer. banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck plays bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock & a variety of world music genres. He recorded this album during a hiatus from The Flecktones in 2009.

*Our Native Daughters: "Black Myself" (Songs Of... 2019) Project feat. musician/songwrs. Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla & Rhiannon Giddens seeking to reclaim the banjo as an Afro-American instrument.

*Public Service Broadcasting: "Progress feat. Tracyanne Campbell" (Every Valley 2017) PSB is a London based band feat. J. Willgoose, Esq. on guit. banjo & electronic insts. Wrigglesworth on drums & electronic insts. They seek to "teach lessons of the past through the music of the future." 

*Reminiscence Quartet: "Peace Of Mind" (More Psycodelico 1999) R Quartet are a French acid jazz & downt. group prod. by Bob Sinclair aka Christophe Le Friant.

*Soulstance: "Soul Ensemble" (Life Size 2003) Italian brothers Gianni & Vincenzo Lo Greco influenced by Brazilian dance music & 70s groove.

*Som Tres: "Jungle" (Soul Of Brazil ) Bossa nova/jazz instrumental trio formed in 1966 with Cesar Mariano on piano, Saba on acoustic bass & Toninho Pinheiro on drums.

*Zonke & York: "Wena Wedwa" (The Early Tapes 2023) Zonke Dikana is a So. Afr. sing/songwr. York is a comp. prod. based between Germany & So. Afr. They explore Amer. nu soul, Euro. acid jazz with a slice of African influences.

*Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy: "Te Bola Be?" (O Yinne! 2023) Alogte Oho is the no. 1 Frafra gospel artist from the explosive music scene in Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana.

*Angelique Kidjo: Eledjire" (Logozo 1991) A Kidjo grew up in Benin W. Afr. and was greatly influenced by So. Afr. singer Miriam Makeba. Her career took off when she relocated to Europe and thrived in the cosmopolitan milieu of Paris.

*The Cheebacabra: "The Secret Agenda" (Exile In The Woods 2006) The Cheebacabra is a psych. funk fusion band formed by Cheeba (Paul Cheever) after he left the Dust Bros. prod. team. He is the brother of deceased musician & label owner Aja West.

*The Mackrosoft: "Headless Hydra" (Snakerhythms 2018) Aja West was the inspiration & impetus behind The Mackrosoft's funk, fusion, soul, jazz & electronic music.

*RJD2: "20 Grand Palace" (The Fun Ones 2020) Ramble Jon Krohn is Amer. hip hop & electronic prod. & DJ RJD2. He has produced & collaborated with many prominent artists.

*The New Mastersounds: "Tranquilo" (Made For Pleasure 2015) Brit. funk & jazz band from Leeds founded by drummer Simon Allen & guit. prod. Eddie Roberts. Made For Pleasure was recorded in N.O.