27.08.2020 Test Match Special

Richie Vegas
More about this show
  • FUNK
  • JAZZ
  • SOUL
Episode

Richie Vegas cut his DJing teeth in his late teens - messing about with hip hop and breaks - before plundering his family’s record collections and forging a sound that includes soul, funk, jazz, afrobeat and reggae.

An integral member of the Jiggery Pokery collective running eclectic hip hop nights in Liverpool and beyond - Rich’s distinctive style has found him playing countless gigs over the intervening 15 years: holding residences at some of the finest bars and clubs, and supporting visiting dignitaries such as Lee Scratch Perry, Hot 8 Brass Band, Don Letts, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80.

Test Match Special is an opportunity to showcase a selection of tunes that doesn't quite fit with live DJ sets, explore less-travelled paths and distill 20 years of musical musings. Expect lost monsters, obscure reworkings, stubborn earworms and wickets galore.

This month, Richie is on a lovely funk and jazz hype, with sprinklings of soul and hip-hop.

Tracklist

Alabaster De Plume - Visit Croatia
Louis Cole - Night (Live 2019)
Valium Aggelein - Slower
Albert King - I’m Doing Fine
Tommy McGee - Stay With Me
Eddie Floyd - I’m So Glad I Met You
David Porter - Ooh Wee Girl
The Lost Generation - This Is The Lost Genneration
Makeba & Skratch - Mental Fitness
David T Walker - Lay Lady Lay
Dumama & Kechou - intaka
Surprise Chef - Yung Boi Suite
The George Semper Orchestra - Cosmic Funk
Silouette - Sunny Days
Makaya McCraven - The Newbies Lift Off
The Lightmen Plus One - Cold Bair
Bobby Darin - Catch The Wind
John Westly - Believe
Eddie Finley - Treat Me Right
Shalynn - The Flower Song
Female Species - Tale Of My Lost Love
Tyree Glen Jr - Marl Sehen
Gary Bartz X Maisha - Haarlem to Harlem
Tender Loving Care - My World Is Falling
Alfa Mist X Yussef Dayes - Love Is The Message (Live @ Abbey Road)
The Fantastics - Take A Shot (Instrumental)
Roy Brooks - The Free Slave