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Celebrating Bill Withers and Digging In The Archives with Dwele

Gilles celebrates the legendary Bill Withers. Plus Four Tet, Nick Hakim, Cleo Sol and Wilma Archer leave musical messages and Gilles revisits a 2003 Dwele interview.

Gilles celebrates the life and music of the legendary Bill Withers after the sad news of his passing. He has tracks from the legendary 1973 'Old Grey Whistle Test' gig he recorded for the 大象传媒 alongside some excerpts of Bill talking and some of his favourites from his prolific back catalogue.

Plus he has messages from Four Tet, Nick Hakim, Cleo Sol and Wilma Archer who all have new projects out. And this weeks 'Digging In The Archives' is a 2003 interview with Detroit singer Dwele.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Bill Withers

    Can We Pretend

    • Sussex.
  • Bill Withers

    Don't You Want To Stay?

    • Columbia.
  • The Crusaders & Bill Withers

    Soul Shadows

    • MCA.
  • Thundercat

    Lost In Space

    • Brainfeeder.
  • Cleo Sol

    Her Light

    • Forever Living Originals.
  • Johnny Osbourne

    Give A Little Love

    • Greensleeves.
  • Nat Birchall & Al Breadwinner

    Horseman Rock

  • IN MEMORY OF ELLIS MARSALIS

    • Wynton Marsalis & Ellis Marsalis

      Jody

      • Atlas East.
  • IN MEMORY OF WALLACE RONEY

    • Nation Afrikan Liberation Art Ensemble

      We Are A Nation (feat. Wallace Roney)

      • Clark Recording Service.
    • Nation Afrikan Liberation Art Ensemble

      Talking Stick (feat. Wallace Roney)

      • Clark Recording Service.
  • Thomas Meloncon & Bubbha Thomas

    400 Years

    • Judnell.
  • Magnum

    Evolution

    • Phoenix.
  • James Brown

    Mind Power

    • Polydor.
  • Bill Withers

    Ain't No Sunshine (Live at The 大象传媒 1973)

  • Bill Withers

    Lonely Town (Live at The 大象传媒 1973)

  • Bill Withers

    Grandma's Hand (Live at The 大象传媒 1973)

  • Randy Weston

    In Memory Of

    • Parlophone.
  • Everything Is Recorded, James Massiah & Maria Somerville

    4:21 AM : THAT SKY

    • XL.
  • Rob Gallagher

    Hear Him

  • Princess Nokia

    Green Eggs & Ham

    • PLATOON.
  • Knxledge

    howtokope

    • Stones Throw.
  • WORDS FROM WILMA ARCHER

    • Wilma Archer

      Western Circular

      • Weird World.
    • Wilma Archer

      Scarecrow

      • Weird World.
    • Wilma Archer

      Cheater (feat. Sudan Archives)

      • Weird World.
  • 24鈥怌arat Black & Vicki Gray

    You're Slipping Away

    • Numero Group.
  • Unlimited Touch

    Searching To Find The One

    • Prelude.
  • 44th Move

    Broken (Dan Shake Remix)

    Remix Artist: Dan Shake.
    • Black Acre.
  • WORDS FROM FOUR TET

    • Four Tet

      Love Salad

      • Text.
    • Four Tet

      ITSM

      • Text.
  • Ornette Coleman

    Lonely Woman

    • Atlantic.
  • Isaac Hayes

    Walk On By

    • Stax.
  • Shirley Finney

    Lovely Day

    • Savoy.
  • WORDS FROM CLEO SOL

    • Cleo Sol

      Why Don't You

      • Forever Living Originals.
  • DIGGING THE ARCHIVES: DWELE 2003

    • Slum Village

      Tainted (Instrumental) (feat. Dwele)

      • Capitol.
    • Recloose

      Can't Take It

      • K7.
    • Dwele

      Truth (Instrumental)

      • Virgin.
    • Dwele

      Truth

      • Virgin.
    • Dwele & Slum Village

      A.N.G.E.L (unreleased version)

      Remix Artist: Slum Village.
      • White.
    • Dwele

      Red Clay (Live at Maida Vale 2003) (feat. Roy Hargrove)

  • Etuk Ubong

    Purpose of Creation

    • Nightdreamer.
  • Talking Heads

    Fela's Riff (Unfinished Outtake)

    • Rhino / Warner.
  • Edikanfo

    Gbenta

    • Glitterbeat.
  • Chouk Bwa

    Move Tan

    • Bongo Joe.
  • Handle

    Life's Work

    • Unknown.
  • Jumping Back Slash

    Into The Blood Out Of The Bone

    • Swak Catalog.
  • Zebra Katz

    In In In

    • ZFK.
  • Tape Echo Gold Floppies

    1000 Baht

    • King Underground.
  • WORDS FROM NICK HAKIM

    • Nick Hakim

      Roller Skates

      • ATO.
    • Nick Hakim

      Qadir

      • ATO.
  • THE SHAKEDOWN: IN MEMORY OF BILL WITHERS

    • Bill Withers

      Use Me (Live at The 大象传媒 1973)

    • Bill Withers

      Who Is He? (And What Is He To You?)

      • Columbia.
    • Bill Withers

      Harlem

      • Columbia.
    • Bill Withers

      You've Got The Stuff (Khalab Edit)

      • White.
    • Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers

      Just The Two Of Us

      • Elektra.
    • Bill Withers

      Let Me In Your Life

      • Columbia.
    • Bill Withers

      Lovely Day

      • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Apr 2020 14:00