Welcome to "The Groove Tomb" with your host, Billups Allen, where we embark on a cryptic journey through forgotten and underground sounds. Join us for a horror-tinged ride around the dial, exploring a seamless blend of jazz, blues, punk, soul, prog, rock and roll, and more. From the depths of the groovy underworld, "The Groove Tomb" brings you a late-night broadcast that's eerie, exhilarating, and always in the spirit of musical discovery. Tune in and let the cryptic playlist unfold in this sonic adventure with Billups Allen at the helm.
Tag: Soul
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The Idle Hour
Esteemed music historian and author Robert Gordon joins listeners each week for a crash course that spans all generations and genres, with a solid dose of why Memphis is the center of it all.
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Cake Effexx
Each week, DJ Lulu Kling-Wilson celebrates the birthdays of artists, authors, actors, activists, and albums that inspire her. Drawing from a personal log of milestones she’s kept over the years, Lulu curates mixes that honor cultural trailblazers across genres and mediums.
From soul legends to literary icons, Cake Effexx serves up a weekly soundtrack of creativity, history, and inspiration.
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Caribbean Soul
Soul explorer, Antonio Quinn, is an avid listener and lover of the music discovered on his travels across the globe. Specializing in the sounds of the far-reaching shores, from islands and territories across Central and South America, Antonio’s collection of sounds is a diasporic dissertation of sunshine, swaying hips, and Saturday morning meditation.
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Club Paradise
Jason “Witnesse” Sims is a longtime DJ, record collector, and fixture in Memphis’ alternative hip-hop scene. His bread and butter is soul and boogie, where deep cuts, overlooked gems, and left-field favorites reward a lifetime spent digging through the crates. Behind the turntables, Witnesse connects the familiar and the forgotten with the instincts of a collector who knows there’s always another record waiting to be uncovered.
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Air Conditioned
Memphis native, former music critic and longtime music supervisor for film and television, Rick Clark, reveals the range, depth and textures of recorded music, direct from his coveted collection and detailed notebook of sound.
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Baroque Down Palace
A weekly, hour-long music program hosted by musician Pat Sansone (The Autumn Defense, Wilco)
Heard weekly on WYXR (Memphis, TN), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB), WNXP (Nashville, TN), KDUR (Durango, CO), WSDL (Delmarva Public Media in Maryland), Marfa Public Radio in Texas, WBHM (Birmingham, AL), and Northern Wisconsin (WXPR).
This program explores the rich musical landscape of the 1960s and 1970s, blending well-known hits with deep cuts across genres. With a focus on songs that incorporate symphonic touches or classical influences, Sansone provides context and stories behind each track, spotlighting artists like Roberta Flack, The Who, The Left Banke, Jose Feliciano, Dusty Springfield, Tim Buckley, and Isaac Hayes.
Baroque Down Palace is proudly sponsored by Mempho Presents, an independent Memphis-based producer of live music and cultural events.
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Beale St. Caravan
Memphis music patrons and professionals Pat Mitchell-Worley and Jared “Jay B.” Boyd get personal with the town’s most treasured acts, along with the international artists who wear their Bluff City influences on their sleeves.
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Box of Records
Every week Zac Ives from Goner Records brings in a box of records to share with listeners. Sometimes he asks a guest to bring one in too.
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Burnt Ends
Those tough and smoky bits that for years were cast away by most and relished by few. Rock, soul, country . . . ragged, but right. Hosted by Eric Plumley.