Any Way the Wind Blows

A new episode of AWTWB is on its way but in the meantime here's a mix of mine for NYE - the second one I made for my sister Lucy Campbell 's birthday silent disco back in May. This one's a bumpy number at the housier end of things.

Housey Party Mix for Lucy's birthday (2 of 2) I made two mixes for the silent disco at Lucy's 40th birthday bash in the lovely Dorset countryside. This is the second mix, made for those wanting something a little more hefty.

The November show is out! They're coming thick and fast... December show in a few weeks :-)

AWTWB Radio #62 (November 2023) It's time to snuggle up for a soul, gospel and funk show courtesy of Dan and Laz this month. Featuring the likes of Aretha Franklin, Clarence Reid and The Crusaders.

Our latest show is out. Time to get your 1983 on...

AWTWB Radio #61 (October 2023) - The 1983 Show We're back finally with a show dedicated entirely to the music of 1983. In fact it's an ode of praise to the year 1983 as a whole. Featuring the dirtiest copy of Blue Monday to ever be played in public; a couple of cheeky off the cuff 80s mash-ups from Laz, three cheeky film clips and a half-hour So...

New AWTWB Show out for June/July. It's our 60th which must mean something. Maybe we're stubborn?

AWTWB Radio #60 (June/July 2023) Our 60th show! The same old formula of no real formula. Started off pretty mellow with some African disco, jazz and even a smattering of blues, but things got pretty wild by the end. Get ready for the ride :-p

TWO shows in a month? Are we mad? Here's our December show before the month is out...

AWTWB Radio #56 (December 2022) Our December show for your cold ears. Includes the usual unexpected, but not quite random, selection of tunes from BB King to Recloose, Dennis Brown to Aaron Carl and Ryuchi Sakamoto to Gilberto Gil. Something to see you through the coldest weeks of the year.

Our November show is out... Just in time for December!

AWTWB Radio #55 (November 2022) Back after another wee break. How many prime ministers did we miss? This one's a good old fashioned 2hr15min of bangers, starting off on a mellow tip and getting quite spicy in the second half. Highlights include brand new music from Joy Orbison, Daphni, Pearson Sound, the first ep from Gideon's new...

Here it is, our very special September folk special with the one and only Bluebells & Matches.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-54-september-2022-folk-music-special-with-bluebells-matches-live/

Very excited about recording a special episode of AWTWB this evening with a folky theme and a special live set by the brilliant Bluebells and Matches trio (Nic Bilham Freya Hellier Les Back). Guaranteed monarch-free zone...

Finally our fifth anniversary show is out! Time to revisit some AWTWB classics that we've heard and loved since 2017.

AWTWB Radio #53 (July/August 2022) - Fifth Anniversary Show The long-awaited fifth anniversary celebration show! With special guests in the studio! And lots of favourite tunes from the last five years! Feast your ears! The only downside is all the stuff we didn't manage to include :-(

It's our 52nd show (one for every week of the year people!), this time with a special guest slot from Adam Maddison who last joined us back in 2017.

https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-52-june-2022-with-adam-maddison/

AWTWB Radio #52 (June 2022) with Adam Maddison We're here for June, the best of months... This time we had Adam Maddison back on for the first time since 2017, playing a selection of disco grooves. The show kicks off with a lovely wee reggae selection, but don't let that fool you, this one's for the summer disco and house crew, rolling down yer....

Our 50th show is out. Yes you heard right, show number 50 and we're still not getting bored. Hope you aren't either!
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-50-march-2022/

AWTWB Radio #50 (March 2022) Yes friends, it's our 50th show. Would you adam and eve it? There's no great fanfare here to celebrate this milestone, just your three resident DJs spinning some of their latest faves for 2.5 hours. As usual we roam all over the shop from soul, soukous and Caribbean sounds to techno and classic hous...

Our January show is out... lots to enjoy in this one as usual.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-49-january-2022/

AWTWB Radio #49 (January 2022) The coldest, darkest time of year is upon us so warm yourselves up with some great dance music from Zimbabwe, the Caribbean and global house music diaspora. All three of us were back in the AWTWB studio for this one, playing whatever we like as usual.

Here we go friends. Watch out for the 20 minute PJ megamix in the second half and get ready to JACK.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-46-september-2021/

AWTWB Radio #46 (September 2021) It's been a long time since we looked into your eyes... Sorry Awtweebers, we've neglected you, but we're back. This month we had a lot of fun but we also paid tribute to some musical legends that we lost in August: Kelli Hand, Paul Johnson and Lee 'Scratch' Perry. In the second half of the show Laz....

Hello long suffering friends of AWTWB! Would you believe me if I told you there is a new show coming your way very very soon (like tomorrow)? Well you should do. In the meantime, nothing says it's Friday night like show #4 from four years ago...
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/any-way-the-wind-blows-radio-4-october-2017/

In case you missed it, here is our June show, #45 no less!
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-45-june-2021/

Friday night listening to some AWTWB from the archives and this tune just gave me the Friday night feeling. An AWTWB all time top favourite for sure! 😁💃🕺
https://youtu.be/zBBYNzm440Q

Kirendende (Extended Version) Provided to YouTube by Believe SASKirendende (Extended Version) · DJ Air Afrique, Kongo K, Tino BarozaMeet Tino Baroza (Air Afrique Records Presents:)℗ Air A...

NEW SHOW ALERT!!
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-44-april-2021/

AWTWB Radio #44 (April 2021) Back with a spring in our step for April.... No theme, just fun tunes with an eye to a long-awaited future of dancing with friends, under the stars, in a tent, or maybe even in a good old sweaty nightclub :-p

Last but not least, show 3 comes from Laz:
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-43-february-2021-part-2-laz/

AWTWB Radio #43 (February 2021) - Part 2: Laz We're baaaaack. Yes I know it's March, but I can assure you this is our long-awaited February show. We're still in lockdown so we're doing three separate mini-shows again. Our third show is from Laz playing a stack of records that would rarely get an outing on our normal shows, including everything....

Show 2 is Owen's mix:
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-43-february-2021-part-2-owen/

AWTWB Radio #43 (February 2021) - Part 2: Owen We're baaaaack. Yes I know it's March, but I can assure you this is our long-awaited February show. We're still in lockdown so we're doing three separate mini-shows again. This second show is Owen playing mainly recent arrivals in his record box, mixing some 80s fun courtesy of Pete Shelley and Noce...

We're back for March with another three mini-shows. First up is one by Dan throwing down a mix of varied breakbeat music. Listen while it's hot.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-43-february-2021-part-1-dan/

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And finally, part three: Laz giving us a mix of funk, disco and edits to liven things up this grey locked down January.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-42-december-2020-part-3-laz/

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And here's part two: Dan's selection of classic Sly & Robbie productions from the golden era of Jamaican reggae and dancehall
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-42-december-2020-part-2-dan/

AWTWB Radio #42 (December 2020) - Part 2: Dan YES we're back. The pandemic couldn't get rid of us that easily. December's madness followed November's lockdown but we decided to stick two fingers up at all this misery with a special three parter, celebrating Christmas, New Year, Lockdown #3 and anything else you like. This is part 2, hosted by D...

Sadly we haven't been able to do a proper AWTWB show since October, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone living on earth. But never fear! For show 42 we give you not one show but three mini-shows each featuring a different host and a different theme. First up is Owen, with a Detroit techno and house show featuring the likes of Anthony Shakir, Claude Young, Brian Bonds and Alton M.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-42-december-2020-part-1-owen/

AWTWB Radio #42 (December 2020) - part 1: Owen YES we're back. The pandemic couldn't get rid of us that easily. December's madness followed November's lockdown but we decided to stick two fingers up at all this misery with a special three parter, celebrating Christmas, New Year, Lockdown #3 and anything else you like. This is part 1, hosted by O...

It's time for the October show... this one's a good old free style show with whatever the three of us fancied playing, which is mostly mellow(ish) house and a few other bits and bobs of disco and boogie. See you all next time in Tier 3!
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-41-october-2020/

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Here we go... show #40! The Reflections Show.
See if you can work out all the relationships between the tracks... hopefully it'll cause you as much confusion as it did us when we were making it 😂
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-40-september-2020-the-reflections-show/

AWTWB Radio #40 (September 2020) - The Reflections Show So we've reached middle age: episode 40. To celebrate this we have a special concept show, in the style of a mid-70s prog rock album... not really! In fact it's a show of two halves. In the first we play one version of a series of tracks and in the second half we play a different version - a cover/r...

AWTWB show #40 will be released tomorrow and it's special concept show to celebrate reaching middle age. Here's the setlist to whet your appetites. Considerable brain-sweat and tears went into this... The concept is reflections... all will be revealed tomorrow.

Here it is, show no. 39, a wee bit later than scheduled but three hours of wonderful African music worth waiting for.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-39-franco-african-connections/

AWTWB Radio #39 (August 2020) - Franco-African Connections A whole year after the Caribbean Connections edition Dan and Owen are back with another special packed with beautiful music from Francophone African countries, including Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Cameroun and Burkina Faso. Tune in for a musical journey (clichéd much?) through the...

Another month has passed and another show is about to be born... The three-hours Music of Francophone Africa special edition show will be released tomorrow. 🤩😎

Finally it's here, after furloughing ourselves in June we can present the July edition of the Any Way the Wind Blows Radio show.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AWTWBradio/awtwb-radio-38-july-2020/

AWTWB Radio #38 (July 2020) It's been a while coming but here's our first post-lockdown show after we took a little furlough for June. The sheer excitement of playing records in the same room with each other! Clearly the excitement went to our heads a little and we may have been a bit merry in the latter half... but what do yo...

A beautiful obituary of the great Mory Kanté by my colleague Lucy Duran. One of the many mixes of Yeké Yeké is featured on our latest show.
https://theconversation.com/mory-kante-guineas-hero-found-new-ways-of-playing-the-old-music-139764

Mory Kanté, Guinea's hero, found new ways of playing the old music His single Yeke Yeke was the first African song to pass a million in sales, but it's meaning was best understood in Guinea, home of the griot and kora star.