![]() This week I shared a beautiful collection of songs that I excavated from the award-winning Purple Room vaults – everything from jazz with the Jahari Massamba Unit, Robert Glasper, Reuben Wilson and Herbie Hancock to Hip-Hop with Masta Ace, Pete Rock, Common & more! This week's playlistMasta Ace
Music Man Pete Rock Flash Back Cleo Soul Golden Child (Jealous) Bushman Don’t Want to Be No General FourTet Pablo’s Heart Reuben Wilson Inner City Blues Herbie Hancock Shooz Melba Moore Must Be Dues August Greene (Common, Karriem Riggins, Robert Glasper) The Time Common & Pete Rock All Kinds of Ideas 9th Wonder ThatUsSoul!!! Lila Ike Solitude Jahari Massamba Unit f/ Madlib & Karriem Riggins Riesling Pour Robert Protoje & Zion I Kings f/ Koffee Switch Up J-Live Whatever (Instrumental) Yussef Dayes f/ Chronixx Pon di Plaza The Purple Room Curated by @ShantuDiggs Saturdays @ 2 pm MT FM 88.5 (yeg) | @cjsr_fm | CJSR.com (stream) ![]() The Purple Room is officially the #1 R&B Show in the country! We won the gold medal at the 2024 NCRA Community Radio Awards in Cape Breton – thanks to the staff and volunteers at CJSR, and to the listeners for supporting community radio. Here's this week's award-winning playlist! This week’s playlist Fela Ransome Kuti
Let’s Start Donald Byrd Dominoes Sault Don’t Waste My Time Clairmont the Second Sixteen Tons JONES f/ Nardeydey Around Durand Jones & The Indications Don’t You Know Dereliks I Am A (Instrumental) Jalen Ngonda It Takes a Fool Jembaa Groove Adesane Mike Nyoni SM Mo’Kalamity We’ve Got the Power Cavalier Touchtones Vince Staples Government Cheese Oddisee World On Fire Ezra Collective Never the Same Again The Purple Room Curated by @ShantuDiggs Saturdays @ 2 pm MT FM 88.5 (yeg) | @cjsr_fm | CJSR.com (stream) ![]() The Purple Room is two years strong and counting! It's been a pleasure digging, exploring, and sharing all of this great music with you over the last two years and we're just getting started. New shows are coming soon (after a short break to reset the crates and maybe a camping trip to clear the cobwebs), and I look forward to sharing more with you as we head into year three! This week's playlistMichael Kiwanuka
Love and Hate Roy Ayers The Boogie Back Greentea Peng Look to Him Danielle Ponder Thoughts Lucy Pearl Do it For the People Protoje A Matter of Time k-os One Blood (Jiggy Homicide) Oddisee Shoot Your Shot Ojah w/ Hugh Masekela Afro Beat Blues Gwen McCrae 90% of Me is You Son Little Drummer Jay Dee It’s Like That Black Star No Fear of Time f/ Yummy Bingham The Purple Room Curated by @ShantuDiggs Saturdays @ 2 pm MT FM 88.5 (yeg) | @cjsr_fm | CJSR.com (stream) |
The Purple RoomThe Purple Room is an hour of music by Black musicians from across the African diaspora — all genres, all eras — every Saturday at 2pm MT, hosted by Shantu. Archives
June 2024
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