Test Match Special (December ’19)
Richie Vegas
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. From spiritual jazz right the way through to modal jazz, Richie has you covered this month!
|| BEATEN TRACKS ||
TracklistGato Barbieri - Hamba Khale
Jackie Mcclean - The Bull Frog
Jimmy Mcgriff - Christmas With Mcgriff
Marvin Gaye - Christmas In The City
Little Esther Phillips & Johnnie Otis - Far Away Christmas Blues
Bobby Allen & The Exceptions - Lonely Xmas Tears
Bettye Swan - You’re Up To Your Same Old Tricks Again
Felice Taylor - It May Be Winter Outside
Elton John - Ho Ho Ho
Krs-one - Step Into A World (Rapture’s Delight)
Juice Crew - Cold Chillin Christmas
De La Soul - Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa Claus
Bamboo Soul - Winterland
Harlem Chorus - Black Christmas
Bakaka Band - Gobonimada Jira
Yellowman - Where Is Mr Santa Clause With Mrs Yellowman
Dillinger - Hi Fashion Christmas
Sefi Ziesling - The Sky Sings
Johnny O Bazz - Xmas Eve
Ata Kak - Daa Inanya
Kurt Vile - One Trick Ponies
Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon
Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid
Iftin Band - Li Ooy Aniga (Cry For Me)
Grayson Street - Medicine Man
He-5 - Auld Lang Syne
