The Soul Music Radio Team

My name is Paul Rochester, AKA DJ Rochie One, a serious music loving connoisseur specialising in Soul, RnB, Jazz Funk, Disco, Boogie, Rare Groove, Smooth Jazz & Gospel who loves collecting, listening to and playing music. My love for music started seriously after leaving school, buying vinyl at a staff discount from CBS Records, my first job after leaving school and then it grew from there. Sometimes being asked to play at house parties in the 80’s and then getting into volunteering in hospital radio for 10 years at Radio Northwick Park as studio manager. Previously on The Soul Of London/Grenada, Saturday's 3-6pm GMT, broadcasting live to the Eastern Caribbean on FM with the London Marathon, 3 hours of famous birthdays/anniversaries, sport and music. Then Sunday’s nights (10pm-12am) playing Soul, Rare Groove, RnB and Slow Jams.

In Lockdown I was doing my own daily breakfast shows (7-10am) on London Soul Radio, an RnB independent artist show on Thesoultrainradio.com Tues/Weds 2-3pm & Thurs 7-8pm GMT, after previously presenting the Grenada Soul Chart. This was particularly rewarding interviewing Eddie Saunders of the New Jersey Connection and RnB singers Erin Stevenson and Mike Decole. In 2021 I was one of the presenters of the Network Soul Chart with Nigel Waymark & Mark O'Connell and 2022 presenting the Smooth Chart Show. I am always looking for the next new challenge. Join me for my Saturday show every Saturday"Soul Food To Go" right here on Soul Music Radio

Peace and Bless the Funk..

I am originally from the Glasgow area and moved to Ayrshire in 1974.  As a child I would sit enjoying listening to Radio rather watching to much TV and with being at a young age radio was his turning point and that's when he wanted to be involved within the music industry.  I have  been a DJ for many years covering a wide range of music from nightclubs to cafe bars, to pubs, and done corporate  events just to name as well as DJ.ing overseas. work in many areas of the industry include backstage tech crew aiding famous artists and actors to working in retail music stores.. I have also been involved in presnting on Hospital & many other in the past. others. I specialise in many genres of soul within the soul scene,  Hopefully you can join me on Soul Music Radio on Sunday evenings from 9pm till 11pm, and Monday and Tuesday afternoons at 1.pm till 3.pm

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.

Angela D N Crowe has a passion for Reggae as a musical genre, particularly embracing Lovers Rock – known as the ‘gentler’ side of reggae with a leaning towards female artists. 

Angela has a rich ethnic heritage and having spent her early years in her birthplace, Georgetown, Guyana – eternally connected to the Caribbean islands - she naturally grew up on soul, blues, jazz and of course, reggae including ska and rocksteady.

The love of this style of music was cemented in her dancing years in the 80’s where ‘blues’ parties were taking place in London and the iconic ‘Lovers Rock’ sound was truly born.

Angela .. aka “Selecta Ange” is delighted to present the Reggae Lovers Rock Show to Soul Music Radio where she will share sweet reggae vibes and the wonderful memories evoked with this beautiful style of music..

When I was 16 and leaving school in 1978 with a passion for music, my uncle invited me along to see his DJ friend playing at The Cafe Royal in regent Street London, From that night I was hooked, watching the Dj & his lights flashing around the room & a full dance floor, I'm saying to myself, I'll have a bit of that & that's where it started.

Got myself a Sound system & deck from my mum's catalogue, remember those days, took me ages to pay for it with my 1st new job, 2 weeks later I'm up & running, bought my first 7" single which Earth Wind & Fire's "September", still a great tune today, spinning the tunes at family & friends parties.

I still have that passion today as I did when I first started all those years ago, did a bit of work on the cruise liners over the years, also spinning the tunes with my music videos old & new in Clubs, Bars, at Weddings, birthday's, corporate events in the UK & abroad, you name it, 40+ years I'm still doing it, also do Karaoke, Played on another soul radio station for two years before taking a break, Busy Busy Busy, I'm now looking forward to getting back on air to spin some great tracks for my listeners on my 1st show "La Dolce Vita" on  Thursday 2nd Feb from 5pm till 7pm on Soul Music Radio.

Looking forward to having your company.

Terri started her career with a #1 song in both Spain and Italy, the infectious Oh La La LA as founding member of the band 2 Eivissa. The title also topped Italys’ top 100 radio charts at #1 and the rest is history. The overactive powerhouse vocalist went on to perform top 100 hits for Future Breeze (Keep the fire burning), Special D (There’s Nothing I Won’t do), Avantgarde (Get Down) and a massive catalogue that has her still maintaining over 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Accomplished chart topping Dance Vocalist/MC/DJ, Songwriter and remixer, is has recorded multiple hit club records with solid names like Laidback Luke, Cazzette, Roger Sanchez, Ralphi Rosario, ATB, Bob Sinclar, DJ Antoine, MOGUAI and many others. Her vocals have landed on the remix boards of Avicii not once but twice and she collaborated with a who’s who in electronic music. Reaching more than 65 million streams with Blind Heart, she has maintained a steady presence in dance. Terri was the first major remix for Avicii, when he was given the chance to remix Bang that Box for her collaboration with Roger Sanchez and soon after became a household name. In 2022 she has reached the Billboard top 30 Adult Rnb Airplay charts, and other career highlights include three #1 singles in the US Billboard Club Songs Charts, four #1 UK Soul Chart, four #1 Indie Soul Charts entries and a Indie Soul Grammy in 2022 for Best Female vocalist with her soul Project The Terri Green Project. Dance songs Releases on all the top dance labels including, Spinnin’,Ultra, Universal, Sony, Ministry of Sound, Kontor, Defected, Joia/Nero, Z Records, Nervous, Armada, Positiva, Sony, Carrillo and more have led her to a long and relevant career in dance music. Her songwriting talents for multi platinum Danish star Medina, Germanys Sarah Connor, ATB, Roger Sanchez, Laidback Luke and more global artist have kept her relevant in an ever changing dance scene. Touring the biggest venues and festivals in the world was a dream come true. 

SoulShyne with Mick Fuller

The sound of SoulShyne has been experienced primarily on the South Coast of the UK but has spread across many parts of Europe and beyond. The music is lovingly selected and mixed by resident DJ and SoulShyne founder Mick Fuller and is aimed firmly at a more discerning listener.

During his career, Mick's adaptability and good musical taste have been the secret of his success, taking in many different styles of soul music in all of its various forms, from Rare Groove & Disco through to US Garage & Deep Soulful House. As a guest DJ, he’s also been welcomed everywhere from international house nights like Soul Heaven & Defected in the House to old school hip-hop jams and original soul sessions.

The year was 1988 and at the tender age of 16, Matthew was at a DJ in a local youth club. The youth club entered him into a DJ competition in which Matthew came first. From this he propelled himself working as a DJ in nightclubs, and ever since this has been Matthew's full time job, he has spun either records, CD's or a digital controller in every city and most major towns throughout the United Kingdom. Catch Matthew for 60 minutes of specially crafted music in the mix, right here at Soul Music Radio every Sat from 11pm.

I always start off with I am not a DJ. I have not grown up DJing at gigs or pubs or clubs or anything like that. Somehow I was invited to ‘present’ a show on a local community station in Essex which gave me the bug for radio broadcasting. Being dragged up in Romford, the birth place of the original Soul Boy, and Perm! While also having  an older brother into the scene at the time Jazz funk/Soul was the norm in our house. To be able to present a soul show is a privilege and a pleasure I absolute love.  Come and join me every Saturday and Sunday morning 7-9am and I’ll get you out of bed, get you to work or get you home if you had an all nighter. There’s nothing better than any listener messaging and saying ‘haven’t heard this for ages, love it’ or ‘never heard this before what is it’ means we’re doing something right. Come along with me and I’ll bring back the memories of when music was and still is the best and had the fashion to match. You know your in the right place

I first got into soul music when I was very young via my sisters playing records on Motown, Stax, Atlantic, etc. in the house and by listening to Mike Raven and then Dave Simmons on the radio regularly during the mid 70s. As we got from the mid to late 70s, my main influences were Robbie Vincent and Greg Edwards whose shows were of course legendary and a key part of soul fans’ weekly listening.

During the 80s Martin Collins and Louie Martin were regulars on local radio (Chiltern) doing soul shows and I became friends with them and in the late 80s and early 90s I did quite a few gigs with Louie.

Following on from that I did some residencies in my hometown of Bedford and surrounding areas but by 2011, I decided to concentrate mainly on doing radio and so I’ve been playing soul music ever since - on my local urban music station (In2Beats) 

I also enjoy doing new soulful house mixes from time to time, which can be found on my Podomatic pages.

I am also joining Soul Music Radio as it is building a good following quickly, and is very popular, and some of my DJ friends have also joined. I will be live on Thursday evenings and some weeks it will be new soul and some weeks, oldies.

Hi I'm DJ Mr P Aka Paul Baker. I have been a DJ since I was 17 doing weddings etc but my love is Soul Funk late 70's early 80's I have worked on a few radio stations over the years also hospital radio. I am also Manager of UK Soul Funk Band, SoulFusionSeven Join me every Wednesday From 1pm - 3pm  With "The Soul Funk Theory Show' live on Soul Music Radio.

Chris "The Shirt" Elliott was brought up in SE London on a diet of Reggae,Soul and Jim Reeves (blame his Jamaican dad for that one). He started playing on internet radio a few years back on the original Sunrisefm and since then his stations have included the now defunct Vinyl Morpher Radio, Platinum Grooves Radio of which he was part owner, He has been known to hit the floors on various dance floors at Soul Nights and of course the infamous Caister Soul Weekenders but as his got older its more of a crawl rather than a spring. Shirtys dress sense (loud shirts) and choice of football teams (Millwall) have had people questioning his sanity, but his choonz are good so we let him in lol.

My musical journey started at the age of 12 listening to Colin Dale and Colin Favor on Kiss FM. I then moved onto hardcore and jungle in the early 1990's. I went to free parties  as well during this time and a few clubs. Exodus was the main influence on my younger years and has carried me forward to today. I'm currently in a crew called Rebel Culture and we have a huge sound system that we take to parties and festivals. Our crew has original Exodus people in it and some of the speakers were donated from people associated with the Exodus Collective. I mainly play drum and bass and old skool jungle on either vinyl or digital. I DJ on a number of different radio stations and also at free parties.

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