My NTS
Live now
1
London
16:00 - 17:00
2
Luanda
16:00 - 17:00

An hour of '70s Angolan Semba & Mergenue, two distinct styles which emerged during Angola’s liberation movement against Portuguese colonial rule through Angolan records labels such as Rebita & Merengue.

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers has been played on NTS in shows including Ross Allen, featured first on 5 August 2016. Songs played include Bustin Loose, Berro E Sombaro and Here We Go Again.

Septuagenarian Washington DC based, musician Chuck Brown, along with his lively poly-rhythmic backing band the Soul Searchers were known as the founders of the soul funk musical genre offshoot known as Go-Go. Their influential sounds had been making people get up and dance since the early 1970's, and have been sampled by hip hop artists such as Nelly, Eric B. and Rakim and LL Cool J. He was popularly known in the DC Metro area as "the Godfather of Go-Go", and a hard working artist who layed the groundwork for the sub genre of funk that is known for non-stop marathon length live sets. Go-Go rose to it's greatest popularity in the early to mid 1980's, in part behind Brown's regional radio & club hits like "We Need Some Money" , "Bustin' Loose" , "Ashley's Roachclip", and "Back It On Up" .

Chuck Brown passed away in 2012, in Baltimore, MD.

read more

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers has been played on NTS in shows including Ross Allen, featured first on 5 August 2016. Songs played include Bustin Loose, Berro E Sombaro and Here We Go Again.

Septuagenarian Washington DC based, musician Chuck Brown, along with his lively poly-rhythmic backing band the Soul Searchers were known as the founders of the soul funk musical genre offshoot known as Go-Go. Their influential sounds had been making people get up and dance since the early 1970's, and have been sampled by hip hop artists such as Nelly, Eric B. and Rakim and LL Cool J. He was popularly known in the DC Metro area as "the Godfather of Go-Go", and a hard working artist who layed the groundwork for the sub genre of funk that is known for non-stop marathon length live sets. Go-Go rose to it's greatest popularity in the early to mid 1980's, in part behind Brown's regional radio & club hits like "We Need Some Money" , "Bustin' Loose" , "Ashley's Roachclip", and "Back It On Up" .

Chuck Brown passed away in 2012, in Baltimore, MD.

Original source Last.fm

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

Bustin Loose
Chuck Brown And The Soul Searchers
Source Records1979
Berro E Sombaro
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Kelo Music1980
Here We Go Again
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Rhythm Attack Productions1987