Bridging the Gap October 15, 2025

*Lanu: "The Others feat. Meg Washington" (The Double Sunrise 2016) NZ born prod. guit. comp. & DJ Lance Ferguson leads Lanu as well as The Bamboos. Meg Washington is a sing/songwr. & prod. from Brisbane Australia.

*TheEEs & Juliet Ada: "Stand Up" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Prod. comp. guit. Claus Hartisch & comp. prod. keys Andre Neundorf from Germany are TheEEs joined on vox by Germ. sing/songwr. Juliet Ada.

*Zonke & York: "Only You" (Zonke Meets York 2023) Zonke Dikana is a So. Afr. sing/songwr. teaming with German multi-inst. prod. comp. York for this soulful Afro tinged excursion.

*Pit Baumgartner: "Easy Goodbye" (Tales Of Trust 2008) Pit Baumgartner is a Germ/Aust. sound painter, sound designer & founder/prod. of the downt. jazz ensemble De-Phazz.

*Club Des Belugas: "Playing On The Radio feat. Lene Riebau" (How To Avoid Difficult Situations 2021) German nu jazz & lounge group led by Maxim Ilion (Martin Kratzenstein) & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoffel.) Lene Riebau is a Danish jazz singer.

*The Bahama Soul Club: "Grinning In Your Face feat. Ruthie Foster" (The Cuban Tapes 2013) Germ. born Portugal based blend of soul, jazz, bossa nova, Afro & Caribbean influences led by comp. prod. eng. Oliver Belz. Ruthie Foster is an Austin TX sing/songwr.

*BADBADNOTGOOD: "Speaking Gently" (IV 2016) Canadian jazz prod. team feat. Chester Hansen bass/songwr. Matthew Tavares keys, prod. songwr. Alexander Sowinski drums, prod. & Leland Whitty multi-inst. songwr.

*The Cheebacabra: "A Casual Encounter (Ear Dr. Umz Remix)" (A Casual Encounter-EP 2021) Psych. funk fusion from Seattle's Paul Cheever (The Cheeba...) He maintains the Mackrosoft label started by his late brother Aja West.

*Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin: "Gourds Of The Desert" (Music Is My Medication 2009) Mr. Hopkins is an elusive multi-inst. prod. who may or may not live in a cave in the Mojave desert. Regardless of his true existence his music speaks for itself. Lord Kenjamin is equally mysterious.

*Diazpora: "Street Market" (Islands 2017) Nu school funk founded in Hamburg in 2002, Diazpora integrate elements of jazz, afrofunk & rock. 

*Vito Lalinga: "Brasilik" (Sophisticated Groovin' 2021) Italian Vito Lalinga taught himself guitar at age 6 and continued on to become one of the main funk voices in Italy. He produces Afro/jazz/funk scorchers & pays tribute to his heroes of black music.

*Beta Hector: "Hexagon" (Sunbeam Insulin 2011) Brit. musician, prod. DJ & prod. Simon Hill is the man behind Beta Hector dealing out deep funk & soul with Baby Charles as well as Beta Hector.

*Diplomats Of Solid Sound: "Cookie Time" (Instrumental, Action, Soul 2001) Amer. band & songwr. powerhouse mixing old school funk, soul & Americana.

HOUR 2

*Don Tiki: "That Hypnotizing Man" (Skinny Dip With Don Tiki 2001) Don Tiki are the Oahu exotica phenomenon led by Kit Ebersbach keys & songwr. & empresario prod. Lloyd Kandell feat. HPR's own Sherene Taba on harp & Delmar DeWilde (Lauritz Hasenpusch) on lead vox.

*The Tikiyaki Orchestra: "Bombs Away!" (Tropika 2023) Modern exotica outfit led by multi-inst. prod. comp. Jim Bacchi out of LA.

*Sam Paglia: "Soul 69 Theme" (The Rare Sam Paglia 2005) Godfather of Italian lounge playing his Hammond  organ on soul, jazz, lounge & funk.

*Sonido De La Frontera: "Galaxia" (Sonido Guerrillero 2021) SDLF uses hip hop production & Cumbia to create a bass oriented dance sound unique to the border between San Diego Ca. & Tijuana Mex. (la frontera.)

*Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: "Quinto Centenario" (Vasos Vacíos 1993) LFC is an Argentinian rock, ska & reggae band. Quinto Centenartio is a forceful assault on colonialism.

*Sergent Garcia: "Una Y Otra Vez" (Una Y Otra Vez 2011) French sing/guit. Bruno Garcia leads Sergent Garcia's mixture of cumbia, salsa, reggae & ragamuffin they call 'salsamuffin.' 

*Skeewiff: "Interlude Dude feat. Charlotte Glasson" (Skeewiff's Funky Shizzle 2015) Skeewiff are UK's prod. duo of Alex Rizzo & Elliot Ireland. They include elements of jazz, lounge, big band & even country into their danceable style. Charlotte Glasson is a Brit. multi-inst. bandleader & comp.

*Bobbi Humphrey: "Spanish Harlem" (Flute-In 1971) Bobbi Humphrey is an Amer. flutist, sing. & comp. She is one of the first female instrumentalists to sign to Blue Note Records in 1971)

*Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess: "Rascality" (In A Minor Groove 1958) D Ashby was an Amer. jazz harpist, sing. & koto player. Frank Wess was an Amer. jazz saxophonist, flutist, comp. & arr.

*Frank Zappa: "Basement Music #1" (The Lost Episodes 1996) Amer. comp. guitarist & iconoclast FZ was one of the most original minds to ever arrive on the music scene. This album collects early works from his Studio Z days in Cucamonga Ca., circa 1958 through the 1970s.

*Xploding Plastix: "Frugality Inertia" ((This Is Accurate 2023) Norwegian duo of Hallvard Hagen & Jens Petter Nilsen playing electronic funk with elements of jazz.

*The Mackrosoft: "Mr. Magic Wand" (Music To Mack By 2017) The late Aja West specializing in hybrids of funk, fusion, soul, jazz & electronic music out of Seattle Wa.

*Inf: "My Happy Song" (Music For Crime Scenes 2013) Inf (Bas te Braak) is a Dutch platinum prod. known for his instrumental work.