We're back on our lonesome this month but fret not - we're still joined by the biggest names in soul as we Deep Dive in to 60 years of Girl Power! Charting the evolution of women in soul through the decades, we try to establish a defining artist to symbolise each decade from the 1960s through to today - and try and answer questions like 'what did these women stand for?' 'What does their popularity say about their time?' and 'How did they push soul and RnB forward?' We certainly had some interesting theories!
Also on the show we finally turn our ear to the king of funk himself JAMES BROWN, and unearth the birth of the genre itself in our monthly Root and Vine section. We ponder the age old question "Is Shrek, indeed - life?" (It gets weird) We've got some slept on Neo Soul goodness from Leela James, some 80s-sounding grooves from The Jack Moves and an impromptu Drake lament. Just your standard 2 hour+ monthly nerd-out on Roots and the Vine.
Featuring music from Anderson .Paak, Shrek is Love, Full Crate, Ogi, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Sade, Aaliyah, Destiny's Child and HER.
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