Continuing a sporadic feature on soul radio presenters, today I bring you
DJ Kool Keith who provided the following background on his soul journey
into radio.
This feature is open to all soul DJs or radio presenters who would like to appear. Just
provide some details of your own soul journey and credentials to soulstrutter@gmail for consideration.
Keith first got into soul music when he was very young via his 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. From the mid to late 70s, his 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 doing soul shows and Keith became friends with them and in the late
80s and early 90s he did quite a few gigs with Louie Martin. Following on
from that he did some residencies in his hometown of Bedford but by 2012,
decided radio was the avenue he wanted to go down and so has been playing
soul music ever since on the local urban music station In2Beats and a
couple of specialist soul stations Starpoint Radio and JFSR.
In mid 2021 he joined Soul Groove Radio as in his own words "he believes
that it is a station that’s going places and its popularity is growing all
the time". He has built up a following for the weekly soulful slow jams
shows on JFSR and is now taking that forward by bringing that show format
regularly every Sunday to Soul Groove Radio. He also plays new and current
soul and R&B releases on his "Soulful Vibes Shows" when he does cover
shows for other DJs. He also enjoys doing new soulful house mixes from
time to time, which can be found on his Podomatic pages.
You can catch Keith on:
The Soulful Slow Jams Show on Soul Groove Radio every Sunday between 2pm
till 4pm.
and regular cover shows on his local urban station in2beats when required
where he plays new & contemporary more up-tempo tunes.
If you miss the shows they are always posted and available on his
podomatic
page:
I don't get as much time as I would like listening to the multitude of shows that are around but I did take time to listen to one of his recent shows and have to say that he has a pleasant and relaxed presentation style and features a range of music spanning new releases thru to old school. I've recently got to know know him through the blog via messenger and he's a very amenable and decent chap. If you've not yet tuned in to one of his shows then I think you may be pleasantly surprised.
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