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10/09/2022

AT THE AGE OF INFORMATION,IGNORANCE IS A CHOICE

"Why are Indians mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II?" asks Indian professor Manisha Kadyan. "Her legacy is colonialism, slavery, racism, loot, and plundering. Despite having chances, she never apologized for [the] bloody history of her family."

10/09/2022

AT THE AGE OF INFORMATION, IGNORANCE IS A CHOICE

"Sikhs should think twice before jumping on the bandwagon and making absurd statements about shared values between the British Crown and the Guru’s Darbar."

10/09/2022

So Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister — the nation’s fourth in seven years. And she’s inheriting a nation falling apart at the seams.Ms. Truss’s...

10/09/2022

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29/10/2021

In case you missed it, here is our Halloween Musical Spotlight podcast.
There are some incredible tracks, but we deliberately left out the obvious ones like Thriller & Monster Mash. We went for the more leftfield, but did pack in some amazing scary facts and Halloween world records. 13mins of compleat audio bliss, so sit back and listen with every ear on your face.

In case you missed it, here is our - a special Halloween 2020 edition? There are some incredible tracks, but we deliberately left out the obvious ones like Thriller & Monster Mash. We went for the more leftfield, but did pack in some amazing scary facts and Halloween world records....

25/06/2021

DJ Soul Liberation (aka Ripton Lindsay) groovingly spinning you into the weekend.

Brand new tunes from I-Maa-Ra & Shezzie, a mix, words from Nickie along with more great tunes inbetween and an introduction to the Dido Belle play from Evadn...

31/01/2021

Many of us cannot live without headphones these days. They pump delicious sounds straight to our eardrums, touching our hearts but which songs are the soundtrack of your life? Which songs are your favourites? Which tracks would you not want to go anywhere without ?
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written and presented by Jerry Short. Edited and produced by Daniel Botei
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Listen to our by accessing the below link: http://themusicalspotlight.co.uk/episodes/songs-you-could-simply-not-live-without.html

26/01/2021

Hello. We are proud to say that our new is out. Available on almost all important podcast platforms.
We put the spotlight on .

http://themusicalspotlight.co.uk/episodes/desmond_dekker.html
Written and presented by and produced by

The Musical Spotlight is a series of 10-20min music documentaries, currently broadcast on Bradley Stoke Radio within the Steve Shepherd Show, Monday's from 11AM. Each episode focuses on a singer, band or musician from the world of soul, funk, jazz or reggae. What lifts these out of the merely intere...

29/10/2020

Our Halloween podcast is finished & ready. There are some incredible tracks, many of them chosen by you, but we deliberately left out the obvious ones like Thriller & Monster Mash. We did pack in some scary amazing facts and Halloween world records. 13mins of compleat audio bliss. It is family safe, too, so sit back and listen with every ear on your face.
Link to podcast: http://themusicalspotlight.co.uk

30/06/2020

Jerry Short and Daniel Botei released a "Lockdown Special" .

Available on http://themusicalspotlight.co.uk

● iTunes, Google Podcast or Mixcloud

https://www.mixcloud.com/musical_spotlight/lockdown-special-june-2020/

This special edition of the Musical Spotlight looks at the songs people chose to get them through Corona Lockdown which started on 23rd March. We’ve had the Stone Age & Iron Age. The last 4 months have been a Home Age and this is your essential soundtrack to it. --- Written and presented by Jerry ...

13/04/2020

All episodes in one place. www.themusicalspotlight.co.uk

a podcast featuring a bio and music from the world’s best soul, jazz, reggae and funk starts
Written & presented by Jerry Short, edited & produced by Daniel Botei. Also avail on iTunes, Mixcloud etc

08/04/2020

Although this is not music related and we may currently "self-isolating", please consider, this little bears need our help. . Donate!

Bear Again - Orphan Bear Rehabilitation Center. Since 2004 our project has rehabilitated and released into the wild over 150 orphan brown bear cubs in need from all over Europe. It's the only project of its kind on the continent. If not for our project, these cubs would face a lifetime of captivity....

03/04/2020

RIP , one of the world’s best songwriters.
We made this short podcast on his life and music about two years ago, Dec. 2018. Feat songs like Lean On Me & Ain’t No Sunshine. Part of series on iTunes.

RIP

‎Show The Musical Spotlight with Jerry Short, Ep Bill Withers under the spotlight (15.12.18) - 15 Dec 2018

30/03/2020

-isolating? These are really good, full of great info and facts about some of the world’s best singers. Best of all, they’re free! Available on iTunes or mixcloud.com

The Musical Spotlight is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts

04/05/2019

This week’s focuses on an American soul singer who scored seven Top 40 hits in her tragically short life. Some of them were duets with Marvin Gaye and one of them was the classic song "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
The spotlight is shining on female singer and will be On Air today, 4th May, at 8:40AM on BCfm Radio

28/04/2019

Our latest is now available.
Jerry Short put the spotlight on to T***s and the Maytals.

Ready to listen to on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-musical-spotlight-with-jerry-short/id1455012372

or Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/musical_spotlight/27th-april-19-we-put-the-spotlight-on-to-toots-the-maytals/

‎Music · 2019

26/04/2019

Tune in on Saturday, 27th April, on BCfm Radio and catch our latest with Jerry Short. In this episode we will shine on T***s and the Maytals.
8:40AM OnAir 93.7 (Bristol, UK) DAB or www.bcfmradio.com

23/04/2019

Our latest is out. A 10 minutes audio piece focusing on the Average White Band. Furthermore, Jerry Short brings to you a story of an intriguing rivalry between them & ’s backing band, the ’s !

In this episode Jerry's shinning the onto a band who is known „as one of the best soul and funk bands in the history of music.” They are out of Scotland.... with several gold selling albums and multi-grammy nominations for the legendary Atlantic Records. You may recognize them ...

19/04/2019

Our weekly will be "On Air" this Saturday, April 20th, at 08:40 AM on BCfm Radio (93.2).
Jerry Short and Db Daniel are putting the on to Average White Band. Tune in on local 93.2 FM, DAB or online: www.bcfmradio.com

15/04/2019

Listen to our latest for an extraordinaire journey through Sister Sledge 's music. A 10 minutes audio piece presented and written by Jerry Short, produced by Db Daniel and "delivered" On Air on BCfm Radio.

Clane Selways Saturday Breakfast

In this episode Jerry's shinning the onto an American R&B and pop music group who were founded in Philadelphia in 1971. Their names are Kim, Kathy, Joni and Debbie. The original identity of the group was "Mrs. Williams Grandchildren", though it was later changed to the current name...

07/04/2019

Have you missed our latest ?
Simply click below and listen to our 10 min. well documented audio piece. BCfm Radio Jerry Short Db Daniel Clane Selways Saturday Breakfast

In this episode Jerry's shinning the onto a male singer who is a musician, a poet and a novelist.... who once on tour came back to his hotel room and noticed someone had been in there smoking his grass. He said “It felt like a cheap version of ‘The Three Bears’”. It turned ...

04/04/2019

This Saturday, at 08:40AM, on BCfm Radio, Jerry Short is shining the onto a male singer who is a musician, a poet and a novelist.... who once on tour came back to his hotel room and noticed someone had been in there smoking his grass. He said “It felt like a cheap version
of ‘The Three Bears’”. It turned out one of the brothers smoking in there, was none other than Bob Marley!!!!

30/03/2019

Counting down:
We're celebratting the Earth Hour by switching the at 20:30.

19/03/2019

And yes. Our latest is here.
Listen to. Like it. Share it. https://www.mixcloud.com/musical_spotlight/16th-mar-19-we-put-the-spotlight-on-neneh-cherry/

In this episode Jerry's shinning the onto a singer who despite being a rapper / vocalist was raised among jazz royalty. In fact her earliest childhood memory was sitting as a young girl with Miles Davis at a gig in Paris; and she lived in Long Island City in a block full of artists...