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Melvin Odoom sits in: The Good Groove Mix, The Music Is Black and Global Beatles Day tunes!

Feelgood tunes to groove and soothe your soul. Maurice from Rampage Sounds is 'The Music Is Black' virtual tour guide, talking about Carnival. Melvin presents The Good Groove Mix!

Feelgood favourites, hidden gems and fresh new tunes to groove and sooth you. Melvin Odoom, in for DJ Spoony, serves up a brilliant selection of classic soul, disco, soulful house, R&B, funk, UK garage, reggae, hip-hop, doo-wop, yacht rock and more. Our genial host also gives his New 2 Odoom record of the week another spin.

Plus, as it's Global Beatles Day, Melvin will be playing some "Fab Four" classics with a soul twist by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Maurice from Rampage Sounds is 'The Music Is Black' virtual tour guide, talking about the importance of Notting Hill Carnival and founding member Russell Henderson's steel pan which is on display at V&A East museum. To listen to all of DJ Spoony's picks from the exhibition search 'The Music Is Black: DJ Spoony's Selection' in BBC Sounds.

Thursday is the new Friday as Melv presents a 20-minute Good Groove Mix. And our genial host wraps things up with a life-affirming Midnight Feast track. Think big production, lush orchestration, and the best voices in the business!

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Thu 25 Jun 2026 22:00
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Music Played

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Chad Jackson

    Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked)

    • 100% Pure Old Skool Club Classics.
    • Telstar.
    • 23.

  • Stevie Wonder

    We Can Work It Out

    • Stevie Wonder Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Marshall Jefferson vs Solardo

    Move Your Body

    • Ultra.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Got to Get You Into My Life

    • The Very Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • Telstar.

  • Erykah Badu

    Appletree

    • Baduizm.
    • Universal Records.
    • 3.

  • Stefan Mahendra

    Too Late

  • Aretha Franklin

    The Long and Winding Road

    • GLASS ONION: SONGS OF THE BEATLES.
    • WM UK.
    • 10.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Is This Love

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

    • Best Of Disco Music Classics (Various Artists).
    • UME.

  • Deniece Williams

    Free

    • Black Butterfly.
    • BBR.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Hey Jude

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1969 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

  • SL2

    On A Ragga Tip

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.

  • Pat Kelly

    A Hard Days Night

    • Best Of Reggae Volume 3.
    • Red Cab Records.
    • 3.

  • KILIMANJARO

    Stumble (feat. RAHH)

  • Barbara Tucker

    Beautiful People (C.J.'s Vocal Radio Edit)

    • Beautiful People.
    • Strictly Rhythm Records.
    • 4.

  • The LJ Singers & Chineke! Orchestra

    Can You Feel The Force (The Music Is Black: Live at the Hackney Empire)

  • Afro Medusa

    Pasilda

    • Pasilda.
    • Armada Music.
    • 2.

  • Bee Gees

    Jive Talkin'

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    The Way U Make Me Feel

    • I LOVE 90s R&B -Butter Smooth Selection-.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 8.

  • Nina Simone

    Here Comes the Sun

    • Miss Simone: The Hits.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Jun 2026 22:00
    BBC Radio 2