Hello!

I run the Motown Junkies blog (https://motownjunkies.co.uk). I also host a little radio segment called "Discovering Motown" where I play 3 or 4 tracks from the week in Motown history. (This week: 2 from Smokey & the Miracles, plus Frank Wilson and Cornell Blakely).

From the New Year, I'll be doing a regular 2 hour Motown show, with carte blanche to dig as deep into the archives as I like - obscure singles, unreleased stuff, B-sides, rare album tracks, alternate versions, you name it - as well as some big hits to keep the sponsors happy.

We've recorded a few one-hour specials to go out over the Christmas period (for playing at any time of the day or night - filling dead air!) - these are aimed more for a general audience rather than hardcore soulies, though I did still sneak a few lesser-known names and cuts in there. The first one (internally titled "Motown Ladies") is available to listen now, with a few more due to go up between now and Christmas. It's a very rough prototype but hopefully it gives a bit of a flavour of what's to come.

For all the audio - both the 1hr specials and the current week's little mini-slot - visit my Facebook page:

https://facebook.com/discoveringmotown

All requests and suggestions considered (and gratefully received)!I know there are a lot of Motown radio shows out there on the Internet fighting for your time, so I hope to make it worth the effort of tuning in to mine.

Direct link to the first 1hr special:

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/discoveringmotown/discovering-motown-special-1-motown-ladies-dec-2013/

 

Small acorns and all that jazz.

Christmas special #2 ("Motown Guys") now available, featuring an excerpt from my interview with Duke Fakir of the Four Tops:

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/discoveringmotown/discovering-motown-special-2-motown-guys-dec-2013/

Christmas special #3 (a Holland-Dozier-Holland retrospective) available now.  Again, it's a bit packed with big hits rather than hard-to-find classics, though I've snuck in a couple of slightly less well-known sides (and there's something to be said for hearing so many of HDH's biggest hit songs back to back to back, giving an idea of just how special these guys really were).

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/discoveringmotown/discovering-motown-special-3-holland-dozier-holland/

 

The show proper will be starting some time in the New Year, and I promise a lot more rarities!

Edited December 26, 201311 yr by Motown Junkies