YES – THE LEGENDARY ACTOR, HOST AND BROADCASTER CRAIG CHARLES IS ONE OF UK’S MOST BELOVED FUNK AND SOUL DJ’S. FROM ROBOT WARS TO RED DWARF, CRAIG HAS NOW GROUNDED HIMSELF AS A FUNK & SOUL ICON AFTER 10 YEARS OF BROADCASTING ON BBC 6 MUSIC WITH THEIR PRIMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW, “WHEN BBC 6MUSIC ASKED ME TO DO A RADIO SHOW I ONLY HAD ONE CONDITION, IT HAS TO BE A FUNK & SOUL SHOW OTHERWISE I WASN’T INTERESTED” AND SO THE CRAIG CHARLES FUNK AND SOUL SHOW WAS BORN, PIONEERING 6MUSIC
WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF OVER A YEAR IN LOCKDOWN, AT THE HOTSPOT, PRODUCED BY JOE GODDARD AND AL DOYLE OF HOT CHIP, TAKES THE RAUCOUS ENERGY WARMDUSCHER SOLIDIFIED ON THEIR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 2019 RELEASE TAINTED LUNCH, AND INJECTS IT WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE POLISHED, ‘80S FUNK SOUND, KIND OF LIKE STUMBLING HOME TO YOUR SQUATTED LOFT AFTER A DRUNKEN NIGHT AT THE LOCAL DISCO. IT’S CRUNCHY ON THE OUTSIDE, SMOOTH ON THE INSIDE, AND MIGHT BE THE MOST IMMEDIATELY ENJOYABLE MUSIC WARMDUSCHER HAVE EVER GRACED US WITH.
FOR OVER 40 YEARS DAVID RODIGAN HAS BEEN THE TOP DOG IN THE GANJA-SCENTED, BASS HEAVY-ATMOSPHERE OF BRITAIN’S REGGAE DANCE-HALLS. THE KEY TO HIS SUCCESS HAS BEEN AN UNSINKABLE PASSION FOR REGGAE MUSIC, WHICH FIRST TOOK A HOLD OF HIM AS A SCHOOLBOY WHEN HE HEARD SKA MUSIC IN THE EARLY ’60S. HE DEVELOPED AN OBSESSION WITH THE MUSIC OF JAMAICA THAT GENERATED AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISLAND’S EVERY ARTIST, EVERY SONG AND EVERY RHYTHM TRACK.
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL ARE ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ROCK GROUPS OF ALL TIME. THEIR ALL TIME CLASSIC HITS SUCH AS PROUD MARY, BAD MOON RISING, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN, BORN ON THE BAYOU, FORTUNATE SON, DOWN ON THE CORNER, UP AROUND THE BEND ALONG WITH CCR AND JOHN FOGERTY FAN FAVOURITES ARE POWERFULLY REPRISED BY CLEARWATER CREEDENCE REVIVAL.
Chase & Status DJ SET – The Roadmender
THE MISSION IS FAR FROM ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE GLASWEGIAN ROCK BAND. “WE’RE NOT STOPPING TO SMELL THE ROSES,” SAYS LEAD SINGER ALAN NIMMO “WE WANT TO TAKE THIS BAND AS FAR AS WE CAN”
IN 1996, OASIS PERFORMED TWO NIGHTS AT KNEBWORTH FOR AN AUDIENCE OF 125,000 EACH NIGHT, THE LARGEST OUTDOOR CONCERTS IN UK HISTORY AT THE TIME. MORE THAN FOUR PER CENT OF THE POPULATION APPLIED FOR TICKETS TO SEE OASIS AT KNEBWORTH, THE LARGEST EVER DEMAND FOR CONCERT TICKETS IN BRITISH HISTORY… THEY WERE THE CONCERTS THAT DEFINED AN ERA. CELEBRATE THESE EPIC SHOWS AT ROADMENDERS, NORTHAMPTON! DEFINITELY OASIS, THE UK’S BEST OASIS TRIBUTE BAND, WILL BE PLAYING THE KNEBWORTH SETLIST IN FULL IN TRACK ORDER FOR THE 1ST TIME EVER!
SO FETCH 2000S PARTY
STRIPPING HIS SONGS BACK TO THEIR PUREST FORM. NEWTON WILL BE OUT THERE SOLO, JUST HIM, HIS ACOUSTIC GUITARS, AND HIS VOICE