Steve , born & raised in Aberdeen, Scotland, started djing doing mobile discos at around 16, but my interest in soul music really took place in the early 70's hearing the early Motown & Stax & then the Philly songs on radio that really got me hooked.
Travelling to the legendary all-dayers at The Highland Room at Blackpool Mecca & Manchester Ritz was, despite the incredibly long journey back in the mid 70's, just increased the thirst to hear more music, despite the geographical disadvantage of staying in the North East Of Scotland.
Djing led to a path in radio, firstly hospital broadcasting then when Aberdeen was awarded it's own licence to broadcast in mid 1981, and knowing already some of the presenters there, started hassling them to get in front of the management. A desire to play soul music on radio & much patience led to the first soul show on Northsound Radio in April 1982 where, through some station idents that were recorded for me, I quickly became known as The Soul Master, which still sticks to this day. Through full time overseas work commitments, I eventually had to leave Northsound in 2012, coinciding with my 30th anniversary with the station, a record which to this day is hard to beat.
It was also at the legendary Southport Weekenders in the very early 90's that Steve first came across Starpoint Radio who did the weekender radio & started doing shows for them at the bi-annual event & across their own weekly schedule.
Since then, and juggling with continued overseas travel, Steve & Starpoint Radio continued being connected one way or another for quite some time & have also previously presented shows on Soul 24/7, BBC Radio Scotland, Soul Café Radio (NYC) & a few others.
Early 2021 saw me move to Soul Groove Radio where I have presented a number of shows, mostly new music based.
That brings me bang up to date in January 2023, ready for the next chapter at Soul Music Radio where I will be presenting a new show called JAZZ, FUNK & SOUL, every Friday night between 9 & 11pm.