Yes, the legendary actor, host and broadcaster Craig Charles of Red Dwarf, Robot Wars fame is also one of the UK’s best loved Funk and Soul DJ’s. Broadcasting for 10 years on BBC 6 Music with their primetime Saturday night Funk and Soul show, “When BBC 6Music asked me to do a radio show I only had one condition, it has to be a funk & soul show otherwise I wasn’t interested” And so the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show came to being right at the very start of 6Music, way back in March 2002.
Currently live every Saturday Night for 3 hours between 6pm and 9pm has garnered Craig global support as one of the UK’s foremost Funk and Soul commentators, DJ’s and promoters of new music. The show has become a European benchmark for artists who want to connect directly with their fans.
Since its inception I have been interested in all varieties of soul and funk music, without imposing any barriers and I am just as enthusiastic about fresh new talent as I am about the classic artists from the golden age of the 60s and 70s.
The list of guests that have been on The Funk And Soul Show speaks for itself. Gil Scott Heron, James Brown, Roy Ayers, Cymande, Marlena Shaw, Paul Weller and Primal Scream, Terry Callier, Candi Staton, Marva Whitney. Hip Hop legends, The
Roots and the Jungle Brothers as well as the leading players of the new school Kokolo, Cut Chemist, Sharon Jones, Osaka Monaurail, Amp Fiddler, Amy Winehouse, The New Mastersounds, Smoove and Turrell, Quantic, The Apples, The Grits, JTQ, and The Fusion Experience.
Mr. Charles and his trunk of funk DJ’s most weekends in the UK, along side his monthly residency at Band on The Wall in Manchester, playing sets at Love Box, Park Life, Festival no 6, Wychwood Festival, Common People, Mostly, Jazz, funk and soul festival, and the world famous Glastonbury, to name but a few.
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