HeyJared95bFM: The Swap Meet
The Swap Meet is three hours dedicated to the celebration of funky music wherever we find it: the tributaries contributing to modern beat culture. We pay our respects every week to the foundational black musical traditions of Disco, Soul, Funk, Boogie, Jazz, Samba, Blues. Salute!
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The Swap Meet 27 September 2026 (opens the original)
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This week the show is brought to you by the don Campbell Ngata, broadcasting out of Gisborne/Tairāwhiti. As the 28th September 2026 marks a half century since Stevie Wonder's "Songs In the Key of Life" - which we need mark obviously! From there Boogie and post-disco rarities sit next to newer material from Paris Ford, Summer Vee and Another Taste, moving thru African funk and highlife heaters, K Frimpong and the Nkengas alongside a couple of Sun Ra and Marvin Peterson cuts that push things towar
The Swap Meet 20 September 2026 (opens the original)
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K & J back for te reo for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, a handful of waiata reo. We selebrate anniversaries for Funkadelic Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, James Brown Gravity, DJ Shadow Entroducing, The Roots Illadelph Halflife and Jeru the Damaja Wrath of the Math (all landing on round numbers this year). Birthday boys Eric Gale and Eddie Bo get a spot in the mix, and newies including Dawuna and Ezra Collective. Campbell up next week - see u next month!
THE SWAP MEET 13 SEPTEMBER 2026 (opens the original)
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Kirk's back, fresh from 'The Other Crate Record Fair' the day before. This week we had 2 birthdays, Don Was & Gene Page both on the 13th, so played a few from them. Also this week marking 50 years since the 'Car Wash Soundtrack' was released & 40 years for 'Cameo's - Word Up!' LP. Plus 2 years since we lost Frankie Beverly from Maze. Some old stuff & new stuff.
The Swap Meet 6 September 2026 (opens the original)
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This week it was the guy with the strange name's turn up to bat. We ran some fresh 2026 heat from corto.alto, Batuk & Spoek Mathambo, Sløy Gange, Nebraska & Dubi Drat, Akusmi, Dudù Kouate, Alex Nut/Steve Spacek and Inter-City repping the new stuff, before folding in classics from Ethiopian jazz, 80s and 90s hip-hop, the ever-present Brazilian rare groove, smatterings of dub and cumbia, and generous helpings of our comfort food: 70s deep soul, jazz, disco and boogie. RIP to soul giant Latimore, h
The Swap Meet 30 August 2026 (opens the original)
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Commander Campbell Ngata helms this interstellar funk mission to round out your August Swap Meet flight schedule, bringing only the tippity-topshelf business with well-loved American boogie and soul - a lot of obscure, small-label club and radio tracks interspersed with gospel-funk. We're never too far away from jazz, with Ramsey Lewis, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Errol Garner holding the torch, plus a few detours into reggae, Caribbean dance, Ghanaian highlife, and Ethiopian jazz-funk. Blast
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