Groovement

Lorenita! Brighton-based Chilena bringing an unpredictable tropical storm. Expect music with no borders travelling from dancehall, reggaeton and garage to highlife, zouk and disco.insta: https://www.instagram.com/hurricane_lorena/Liber[té] first Sunday monthly on Radio Alhara, with Jamito aka Jamie GroovementEsa Williams - Summerskin (ft Chisara Agor)Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Love for the Sake of DubKes, Di Genius - MasterpieceMasicka, Di Genius - Slip & SlideNew Flesh - Lie LowQuantic & Nickodemus - Mi Swing Es TropicalBurna Boy - YawaDeyEl General - Muévelo Muévelo Surusinghe - Party Criminal (ft Warrior Queen)Ghostface Killa - Iron MaidenJ Balvin, Bad Bunny, Mr Eazi - Como Un Bebé Munga Honorable - Nah Mad Ova Nuh GyalBusy Signal - Tamara (Swing Ting Smooth Mix)Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y.Stella & Ed Longo - PourquoiMarcos Valle - EstrelarRomare - All NightChiktay - Fos A LanmouOmar & Zed Bias - DancingFunkineven & Fatima - PhonelineSeyi Shay - Murda (ft Patoranking & Shaydee) [Zed Bias Remix]Ahadadream - Come 2018 (ft David GotSound)Jorja Smith x Preditah - On My MindSharda & Shanique Marie - Wanna KnowBranko - BlezaJhelisa & Sunship - Friendly PressurePascal Latour - Lague Yo (Boulo Edit)William Onyeabor - Good NameKano - Get Wild (ft Aidonia & Wiley)T’zozo En Professor - AmandlaLV & Joshua Idehen - MeltAnz - You Could Be (ft George Riley)IZCO - Down 4 (ft Osquello)WheelUP - Rising (ft Destiny Will)Prince of Queens - Macaria’s Funk

Hewan Mulugeta (Ethiogrooves) selects Ethio 45s for Liber[té] on Radio Alhara - check her show every four weeks on Dublin Digital Radiohttps://www.instagram.com/ethio.grooves/https://soundcloud.com/hewan-mulugeta

I loved playing at renae last weekend, a music-led bar, community space and even record shop (Future Volumes) by day. Enjoy four hours of exploration.Track list: https://groovement.co.uk/2026/02/groovement-podcast-jamito-renae-feb-2026/

Tamer Nafar, of Palestinian hip hop crew DAM, launches his solo album this week - In The Name Of The Father, The Imam and John Lennon. Join us for some close personal insight into the project. First broadcast in edited form on Radio Alhara, 23 Jan 2026

Jamie Groovement aka Agent JBlack Star Legacy Mix for Afrodeutsche and the People’s PartyCelebrating nearly 30 years of Black Star and their debut album which changed the course of artist-led hip hop. A mix including artists who follow in the footsteps of their work. 00:00 Black Star - Astronomy (8th Light) (instrumental)00:17 Black Star - K.O.S. (Determination) (instrumental)00:29 Black Star - Children's Story (instrumental)00:49 Black Star - Respiration (instrumental)01:01 Nihal Arthanayake - Introduction01:39 Black Star - RE:DEFinition (instrumental)02:04 Black Star - RE:DEFinition (live)02:38 Strong Arm Steady - Get Started ft Talib Kweli03:13 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Calypso Gene ft Silka & Cleo Reed04:34 Little Simz - Little Q, Pt 205:53 Common - CBC Music 2019 Interview Excerpt05:54 Common - One-Nine-Nine-Nine06:41 Immortal Technique - Leaving The Past07:58 M.I.A. - Paper Planes09:01 Lowkey - Voices Of The Voiceless10:17 Brother Ali - Shadows On The Sun11:48 Boogie Down Productions - Stop The Violence (sample for Black Star - Definition) 11:54 CEEJ (StillMCR) - Black Star Pick12:23 Black Star - Definition12:33 Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes To Worst13:42 Jurassic 5 - Freedom 14:33 Reflection Eternal - Move Somethin'15:18 Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)16:07 Little Simz - Gorilla16:50 D'Angelo - Devil's Pie17:36 Slum Village - Fall In Love17:53 Talib Kweli - Get By 19:07 Mos Def - Hip Hop 20:38 Blu & Exile - The World Is (Below The Heavens)21:47 Mckinley Dixon - Sugar Water ft Quelle Chris and Anjimile23:01 Quasimoto - Microphone Mathematics23:43 Pharoahe Monch - The Light 24:35 Common - The Light ft Erykah Badu (J Dilla remix)26:00 R.A.P. Ferreira - Leaving Hell26:36 Homeboy Sandman - Too Deep 27:17 Jay Electronica - A.P.I.D.T.A.29:01 The Roots - Dynamite!29:11 Oddisee - Belong To The World30:08 Dead Prez - I'm A African 31:11 Sampa The Great - Final Form31:46 Kae Tempest - Europe Is Lost32:35 A Tribe Called Quest - We The People… (instrumental)32:56 Don Randi - Theme from The Fox (sampled for Black Star - Respiration)

Daudi Matsiko - How Can I Love ft Ríoghnach ConnollySocial Lovers - Love Come DownHermanito - Funk MantisDementira - ExtraviadoSouleance - Movin' On Burland & Zongo Abongo - Work HardAna Frango Elétrico - Não Tem Nada Não ft Marcos ValleEl Palmas - La BajaGrupo Um - Absurdo MudoEl Dragón Criollo - Ponte A TrabajarWhodamanny - La FiestaMulukèn Mèllèssè - Djèmèrègn Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical - BahiaTemporary Blessings - Solitary Islands Theme

What an honour to play for The Great Oven's Disco Cantina at All Together Now Festival 2025 - here's my banquet soundtrack. Read more about the project below: ** THE GREAT OVEN DISCO CANTINA **with TANG, RADIO ALHARA & MIXMAGSince its inception in 2019, The Great Oven has been forging giant, beautifully decorated, community ovens – installing them in refugee camps, conflict zones and informal settlements across Lebanon and South Africa.This year, their mission is to expand to the West Bank whilst creating a cultural bridge between Palestine and a homebase in Ireland. Artists from both countries have been collaborating all year to construct two Great Ovens that will be decorated at IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art and unveiled at All Together Now 2025.You’ll find them at The Great Oven Disco Cantina: a feast for the senses where festivalgoers can dance, dine and support the journey of a Great Oven to Palestine. An exceptional lineup of longstanding partners and allies have gathered all together now, to bring this vision to life.Leading the Disco Cantina’s culinary experience is beloved Middle Eastern eatery, Tang who are shutting all their Dublin sites for the weekend to send their talented team to host this gastronomic extravaganza. Cherished recipes from Great Oven refugee cooks will feature alongside favourite dishes from the restaurant. Once a day, 100 diners will be given the opportunity to attend a DJ Banquet where special guests will perform a once-in-a-lifetime, intimate show at the cantina. The rest of the day Tang will be serving up a buzzy BBQ feast with freshly made Saj bread, all cooked live in this unique setting.Bringing the disco is Palestinian radio station turned global cultural phenomenon, Radio Alhara. From day to night, DJs from Palestine and across the Middle East, along with renowned Irish and international acts, will spin a soundtrack of sonic solidarity. The entire experience will be captured and amplified by Mixmag, the world’s largest and longest-running electronic music platform. The Disco Cantina’s dancefloor will host Ireland’s first-ever Mixmag Lab, which will be streamed globally.When the festival lights go out, the voyage of these Great Ovens begins. One will make its way to Palestine, where it will be housed at the Wonder Cabinet, a creative hub in the West Bank. The other will find its home at Dalymount Park, Bohemian Football Club’s historic ground. These twin ovens will nourish communities, honour shared struggle and will create a cultural bridge between Ireland and Palestine where recipes, art, music and solidarity will be shared for generations to come.

Natureboy Flako - Shape Of Things To ComeDelia Derbyshire - FallingAhmed Malek & Flako - Tape 23 Track 5Gazelleband - GhorbaVictor Jara - LazoPerri Alleyne - Taxi (Ave Maria)Lone - Coming Into Being And Passing AwayAphex Twin - #3Johnny Cash - HurtHania Rani - GlassTinariwen - Imidiwaren (KMRU remix)Massive Attack - Angel ft Horace Andy (Mad Professor remix)Rafael Anton Irisarri - Displacement (KMRU rework)KMRU - OTNyokabi Kariũki - Nazama (A Colors Show)Muslimgauze - Every Grain of Palestinian SandFirst broadcast Sunday 5 October 2025

The Great Oven builds giant community ovens and sends them to places of need - at All Together Now festival in Ireland, two new ovens were debuted. One will stay in Dublin at Bohemian FC while the other goes to the Wonder Cabinet in Palestine, where Radio Ahara is based. Co-founder James Gomez Thompson sits down with Groovement's Jamito to talk the history of the project, some details of their work including their response to the Beirut port explosion, how his abuelita was an influence and how the GO started while he was working with food writer Nigel Slater. Also featuring music from Buena Vista Social Club, Throwing Snow, Nicolas Jaar and BADBADNOTGOOD with MF DOOM.First broadcast on Radio Alhara Sunday 7 September 2025.

Live mix, broadcast Radio Alhara 6 July 2025

Charif Megarbane - Istintaj (live in Manchester)Fathi Aldiyqz & Sons of Africa Band – Palestine Is My HomelandWerkha & Ríoghnach Connolly - EverydayDarkhouse Family - Heart Of MedinaOm Unit - Ascension Mammal Hands - Deep Within MountainsZeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Radicalise (urself)Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - WavyGreenFinguz - LeilaGreenFinguz - Shaitan (Parrisian)Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Direne DireneBakaka Band - Geesiyada Halgamayow (Brave Fighters)Gal Costa - Pontos De LuzAl Massrieen - SahDorothy Ashby - Soul VibrationsAmirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones - New Monuments Telemakus - The Return Of Tele

Gangster Doodles talks the completion of his compilation trilogy for All City Records, with contributions from Mr Scruff, Don Leisure and Homeboy Sandman. Plus an hour of new hip hop and jazz from Greg Surmacz, KUTMAH, Harry Shotta x Metrodome, Zola Marcelle, Poppy Daniels, Oddisee, Murs, Nana Benz du Togo, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Offica and moreHarry Shotta - Imposter Feat. Spyda, P Money & Rag'n'Bone ManGreg Surmacz - Rust And GlassKUTMAH - encoreKUTMAH - night owlsSilas Short - GUY (Karriem Riggins Remix)Zola Marcelle - Life in the StarsKUTMAH - messages from the stars (pm dawn type beat)Zola Marcelle - Saturn DrivePoppy Daniels - Keep on GoingBrandee Younger - Gadabout SeasonOddisee - A Rare ThingMurs - Lightsabers and Black Forces (feat. Chace Infinite)Pink Butter - 'Can We Go Back' (Feat. T3) Royce Wood Junior - Clean UpNana Benz du Togo - FoviFemi Kuti - Journey Through LifeWheelUP - Safe In Your Arms feat. Abacus & Liv EastNadeem Din-Gabisi - Enter Claim (Feat. Divine Earth, Angel Seka)Hector Plimmer - New Knew featuring Andrew AshongOffica - Go MoBanda Maje - (Roda De) Samba MajeHomeboy Sandman - I Love You ft Monster RallyMr Scruff - Flute BoomCrimeapple ft Don Leisure - Vic Damone 645AR - Shooting Star Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Morning StarGirl Talk ft. Freeway & WakaFlakaflame - Tolerated (Remixed by Mikey the Magician)EyeBriss - Don't Clap When I WinLil Ugly Mane - WishmasterIggy Pop - Kill City94 East - If You See Me ft PrinceRVYO ft Bombay - KFLEX

Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective) talks his first LP in six years, All The Quiet (Part 1) - Ella May Sueref talks her eponymous debut solo album on Village Live Records - Homeboy Sandman is in Manchester with guest schwarma reviews from DJ Trumastr and Oddy Gato - Ellen Beth Abdi introduces her two lead singles from her upcoming debut albumFirst broadcast on Reform Radio Monday 7 April 2015.