Welcome back, and happy springtime! Sorry for the gap, but more good music coming... check out my live set at Porchfest in Somerville, MA on May 10th. Big love! x Nubya Garcia - Triumphance - 2024 TYSON, Wu-Lu - Grunge - 2024 Tupperwave - My Lucky Stars - 2024 Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly - 2024 Svaneborg Kardyb - Cycles - 2024 Romy, Sampha - I'm on your team - 2024 Joe Webb - 100 years of Bill & Lil - 2024 Donald Byrd - Little Rock Getaway - 1956 EARTHGANG, Spillage Village, Little Dragon -...
Apr 19, 2025•2 hr 41 min
A Very Happy New Year to you all !!! We have a special show to cap off 2024 and for our 30th episode! Enjoy, have a great new years and see you in 2025! Sampha, Little Simz - Satellite Business 2.0 - 2024 Moses Sumney - Vintage - 2024 KAYTRANADA, Charlotte Day Wilson - Still (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson) - 2024 Ruthven - I Can't Go There - 2024 Machinedrum, Duckwrth - ILIKEU - 2024 Ezra Collective, Yazmin Lacey - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing - feat. Yazmin Lacey - 2024 RUBII, Kofi Stone - Chamele...
Dec 31, 2024•2 hr 32 min
Hello everyone, and welcome back! Sorry for the extended break, I've been moving house! We've got a lot of stellar tunes to catch up on, so get ready for a cracker. Chance the Rapper - 3333 - 2024 Mount Kimbie, King Krule - Empty And Silent (feat. King Krule) - 2024 Bluewerks, DARGZ, Charlie Stacey - Mind Gap (feat. Charlie Stacey) - 2024 Rosie Lowe - In My Head - 2024 Rasa - Within the Sound - 1978 Tanya Morgan, 6th Sense, Mathien - Move It Or Lose It - 2024 Yaya Bey - meet me in brooklyn - 202...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Happy springtime one and all!!! We've got a cracker of a show in store for you, so enjoy! Alice Russell - I See You - 2024 Baby Rose, BADBADNOTGOOD - One Last Dance - 2024 Oddisee - Target Practice 20.06.23.01 - 2024 Metronomy, Pan Amsterdam - Nice Town - Original - 2024 Bluewerks, DARGZ, Marisa Dargahi, Joe Webb - No Bad Vibes (feat. Marisa Dargahi & Joe Webb) - 2024 Hit-Boy, The Alchemist - DON'T BE GONE - 2024 Kofi Stone, Benjamin Zephaniah - May Sound Crazy - 2024 Kunde - CRY - 2024 Mick...
Apr 11, 2024•2 hr 7 min
Hello everyone, happy belated New Year! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx Andre 3000 - I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time - 2023 Okonski - Biblio - 2024 ProdMarvin - Otra Vez - 2023 Alice Russell - Rain - 2023 Quantic, Connie Constance - Get In The Ride (feat. Connie Constance) - 2023 The Ethics - Lost in A Lonely World - 2003 Hiatus Kaiyote - Everything's Beautiful - 2024 Holly ...
Feb 23, 2024•2 hr 38 min
Ho ho ho ho!!!! And a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays to everyone! Another slice of festive sounds with rare tracks, lost covers and a few straight classics to get you in the mood. Get your mince pies in the oven and pour a brandy or similar. And a very Merry Parallel Beats Christmas to you all! xxx Old Dirty Brasstards - Fairytale of New York Stevie Wonder - The Christmas Song Henry Janzen - Jolly Christmas and Fun by the Fireplace Kay Starr - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With Th...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Hello everyone, happy holiday season! Stay warm, be merry and listen to good music!!! :) Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: DARGZ, Moses Boyd - Lou's Tune - 2023 Jamila Woods, duendita - Tiny Garden - 2023 Matt Wilde - Nostalgia - 2023 Cleo Sol - Reason - 2023 Killer Mike, Eryn Allen Kane, Robert Glasper - MOTHERLESS - Robert Glasper Rendition - 2023 Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist, MIKE - Sentry (feat. MIKE) - 2023 Tanya Morgan, 6th Sens...
Dec 08, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Hello everyone, happy autumn leaves and all that jazz! This is episode 25, not 45, just in case your confused by the guy on the mic. :) Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Sampha - Spirit 2.0 - 2023 Laura Misch - Portals - 2023 Okonski - Dark Moon - 2023 Laurence Guy, WAYNE SNOW - Iron Mask (ft. WAYNE SNOW) - 2023 Cleo Sol - Miss Romantic - 2023 Fat Freddy's Drop, Kings - Blackbird - Kings Remix - 2023 DANGERDOOM, MF DOOM, Danger Mouse - ...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Hello everyone, happy end of summer, massive apologies for the delay on getting this out! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Kae Tempest - Geronimo Blues - 2023 Jamie xx - The Rest Is Noise - 2015 WheelUP, Abacus, Victoria Port - More Life - 2023 acoustic love - nothing - 2021 Ash Walker, Sly5thAve, Denitia - Time Gets Wasted - 2023 Massive Attack - Lately - 2012 Mix...
Sep 12, 2023•2 hr 15 min
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay on this one! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: JID, Yasiin Bey - Stars (feat. Yasiin Bey) - 2022 DARGZ, Jayy Starr - Twilight - 2022 De La Soul, Maceo Parker - I Be Blowin' - 1993 De La Soul, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis - I Am I Be - 1993 De La Soul - Stakes Is High - 1996 Liv.e - Wild Animals - 2023 SAULT - God Is in Control - 2022 Dijon - coogie - 2023 Nao, A.K. Paul - So Good - 2015 sl...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay on this one! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: WAAN - Omi - 2023 SAULT - Warrior - 2022 9th Wonder - BeenChanged!!! - 2022 Little Simz - No Merci - 2022 Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION - 2022 SAULT - Never Feel Fear - 2022 Duval Timothy, Yu Su - Wood - 2022 Mount Kimbie, Dom Maker, reggie - end of the road - 2022 Loyle Carner - Polyfilla - 2022 Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Forgive Them Oh God Amin-Amin -...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Seasons greetings everyone! Almost time for that festive season, so if you need a break from Mariah Carey, get this one on! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Little Dragon, Stefan Sandberg - Peace - 2022 Hudson Mohawke - Ingle Nook - 2022 Skinshape - High Tide, Storm Rising - 2022 SAULT - Angel - 2022 Wau Wau Collectif - Xale (Toubab Dialaw Kids Rhyme) - 2022 Franco Lee Ezute - Olise Nekwu - 2018 Ezra Collective - Victory Dance - 2022 S...
Dec 15, 2022•2 hr 3 min
Hello, hello everyone! It's almost the end of summer, so time to soak it up! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: V.C.R, Pink Siifu - Minnie Lives - 2022 George Riley - Sacrifice - 2022 Chip Wickham - Astral Traveling - 2022 CoN & KwAkE - 15 Minutes - 2022 Kaidi Tatham - All I Need - 2022 Butcher Brown - Liquid Light - 2022 Danger Mouse, Black Thought, Kid Sister, Raekwon - The Darkest Part (feat. Raekwon and Kid Sister) - 2022 Greente...
Sep 21, 2022
Hello, hello everyone! Happy summer you lovely lot! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Pachakuti, young.vishnu, Yami Maho - Arjuna's Fate - 2022 Air - Mr. Man - 1971 Don Leisure - Beyond a Shadow - 2022 Kendrick Lamar - Crown - 2022 Ann Peebles - Come to Mama - 1975 St. Panther - Problems - 2021 Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Juicy Fruit - 2022 J. Cole - Lights Please - 2011 Pusha T - Diet Coke - 2022 Danger Mouse, Black Thought - No Go...
Jun 30, 2022•2 hr 34 min
Hello, hello everyone! Sorry for the delay on this one, and apologies if the audio is a bit off! :( Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Chance the Rapper - Child of God - 2022 Aesop Rock, Blockhead - Pigs - Blockhead Remix - 2022 Fatlip, Slimkid3 - Baby - 2021 Snoop Dogg, Nas - Conflicted - 2022 Grand Analog - Stardust - 2019 Robert Glasper, Yebba - Over [Feat. Yebba] - 2022 Benny Sings, Marc Rebillet, Mocky, Cola Boyy - Beat 100 - 2021 B...
May 25, 2022•2 hr 15 min
Hello, hello everyone! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Bonobo, Jordan Rakei - Shadows - 2022 Ruthven - Don't Keep It To Yourself - 2021 Conor Albert - piano joint - 2022 Afro Cluster, Ty - Back into It - 2021 Nappy Nina, JWords - Scrd - 2021 Nas - Meet Joe Black - 2021 Lady Wray - Piece Of Me - 2022 Slim Papi - Asparagus Tips - 2022 Khruangbin, Leon Bridges - Chocolate Hills - 2022 Mulatu Astatke - Yègellé Tezeta - 2008 Arnie Love &am...
Mar 07, 2022
Happy New Year everyone!!! Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath - MRA - 2021 Let Your Hair Down - BF Holiday - 2021 Nightmares On Wax, Haile Supreme, Shabaka Hutchings - Wonder - 2021 Theon Cross - Forward Progression II - 2021 CONRAD ELLIS - Make It Last - 2021 Herbert, Bianca Rose - Gold Dust - 2021 People Under The Stairs - Acid Raindrops - 2002 Quakers, Chester Watson - Who Dat - 2020 Nas, A$AP Ro...
Jan 12, 2022•2 hr 11 min
We're back to bring you another slice of A Very Parallel Beats Christmas. Sit back, relax, have a mince pie and a brandy on us, and enjoy our Christmas feast! Tracklist: Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Remastered 1999 Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum Ella Fitzgerald - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Louis Armstrong & The Commanders - Cool Yule Ray Brown Trio, Gregory Hutchinson - The Christmas Rap The Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Mal Waldron - All Alone - 1966 Cleo Sol - 23 - 2021 DECAP, Kiefer, Kyla Moscovich - Family - 2021 BADBADNOTGOOD, Arthur Verocai - Love Proceeding - 2021 WAYNE SNOW - Seventy - 2021 Wesley Joseph, Jorja Smith - Patience (feat. Jorja Smith) - 2021 Kali Uchis, Steve Lacy - Just A Stranger (feat. Steve Lacy) - 2018 John Sparkz, Jim Jones, Harry Fraud, Action Bronson - Uncle Junior - 2021 Guru, Ronny Jordan,...
Nov 05, 2021•2 hr 28 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Freddie Scott - (You) Got What I Need - 1968 Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Space - 2021 Nightmares On Wax, Haile Supreme - Own Me - 2021 Cleo Sol - Promises - 2021 DijahSB, Harrison - By Myself - 2021 Erykah Badu - Fall In Love (Your Funeral) - 2010 A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out - 1991 Little Simz - Little Q, Pt. 2 - 2021 Nas - Rare - 2021 Joey Purp - CANDYPAINT - 2021 Denzel Curry - The Game - 2...
Sep 29, 2021•2 hr 23 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm - Getting Nasty - 1969 Tyler, The Creator - SAFARI - 2021 L'Orange - Durbin Was A Trap House - 2021 Mr Jukes, Barney Artist, Kofi Stone - Check The Pulse - 2021 Novelist - Major Player - 2021 Aim - Fall Break - 2002 Hiatus Kaiyote - Red Room - 2021 SAULT - Bitter Streets - 2021 Greentea Peng - Jimtastic Blues - 2021 Topaz Jones - Black Tame - 2021 Moodymann - Do Wron...
Jul 22, 2021•2 hr 18 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Rebecca Vasmant, Harry Weir, Paix - Jewels of Thought - 2021 TYSON - Tuesday - 2021 Little Simz, Cleo Sol - Woman - 2021 Tirzah - Sink In - 2021 Mr Jukes, Barney Artist - Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind) - 2021 Sons Of Kemet, Kojey Radical - Hustle - 2021 Tony Allen, Sampa the Great - Stumbling Down - 2021 DJ Format - Brainstorm - 2021 BROCKHAMPTON, JPEGMAFIA - CHAIN ON (feat. JPEGMAFIA) - 2021 CZARFACE...
Jun 10, 2021•2 hr 21 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Osayomore Joseph and the Creative Seven - Africa Is My Root - 2021 The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number - 1968 Mary Clark - Take Me I'm Yours - 1980 Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message To You - 1967 Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop - 1975 Chaka Khan - Like Sugar - 2018 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) - Single Version - 1983 Thundercat, Ross from Friends - Friend Zone - Ross from Fr...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 57 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Anchorsong - New World - 2021 Menahan Street Band - Devil's Respite - 2021 Statik Selektah - Watch Me - Instrumental - 2021 Joey Bada$$ - Paper Trail$ - 2015 Hiatus Kaiyote, Arthur Verocai - Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai) - 2021 Tall Black Guy, Ozay Moore, Sareem Poems, Dstl, Rich Medina - Black Is... - 2021 Roberta Flack - Afro Blue - 1969 Greentea Peng - Nah It Ain't The Same - 2021 Mr. Mitch - In the...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Please share, review and rate the podcast, and help us get the word out there! xxx TRACKLIST: Alfa Mist - Run Outs - 2021 Robert Glasper, H.E.R., Meshell Ndegeocello, KAYTRANADA - Better Than I Imagined [Feat. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello] - KAYTRANADA Remix - 2020 9th Wonder - DIDNTGOSOUL!!!! - 2020 Denitia and Sene - because we are fools. - 2013 Jessy Lanza - Badly - 2020 slowthai - focus - 2021 Madlib - Dirtknock - 2021 Gang Starr - Glowing Mic - 2020 Menahan Street Band - Queens Highway ...
Feb 25, 2021•2 hr 1 min
MF DOOM Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lq3pGKWMuXjNwcJIhFqya TRACKLIST Z.Z. Hill - That Ain't The Way You Make Love - 1975 Madvillain, Madlib, MF DOOM, Viktor Vaughn - Fancy Clown - 2004 King Geedorah - Next Levels - 2003 Viktor Vaughn, Apani B - Can I Watch? (feat. Apani B as Nikki) - 2003 MF DOOM - Hoe Cakes - 2004 King Geedorah - Krazy World - 2003 MF DOOM - Dead Bent - 1999 De La Soul, MF DOOM - Rock Co.Kane Flow (feat. MF Doom) - 2004 MF DOOM - Saffron - 2004 00110100 01010100...
Jan 30, 2021
Sit back, relax, have a mince pie and a brandy on us, and enjoy our Christmas feast! Tracklist: Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here - Vocal Michael Jackson - Season's Greetings From Michael Jackson Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride Bing Crosby, Beef Wellington - Happy Holiday - Beef Wellington Remix Donny Hathaway - This Christmas Run–D.M.C. - Christmas In Hollis Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Charlie Parker - White Christmas Duke Ellingto...
Dec 18, 2020•54 min
Tracklist: slowthai - nhs - 2020 Loyle Carner - Yesterday - 2020 Tall Black Guy - We Rollin' for You - 2020 Future Utopia, Ezra Collective, Dave, Es Devlin - Children Of The Internet - Ezra Collective Remix - 2020 The Brothers Of Soul - Hurry, Don't Linger - 1968 KOKOROKO - Baba Ayoola - 2020 Wildcookie, Freddie Cruger, Red Astaire - Serious Drug - Instrumental - 2020 George Riley - TRIXXX - 2020 Burial - Shell of Light - 2007 2hollis - I Dnt Care - 2020 Disclosure, Kelis, Harvey Sutherland - Wa...
Dec 15, 2020•2 hr 1 min
Tracklist: Childish Gambino - This Is America - 2018 Busta Rhymes, Kendrick Lamar - Look Over Your Shoulder - 2020 Pete Rock - Ladies & Gentlemen - 2020 Quakers, Sampa the Great - Approach With Caution - 2020 Brahmulus - Cloud Level - 2020 Bad Snacks - Per la Luna - 2020 Model 86 - I Don't Give a Fuck What U Say, Which Means I Do - 2018 Admas - Anchi Bale Game - 1984 I Level - Give Me - 1983 St. Panther - Infrastructure - 2020 Sly5thAve, Denitia - With You - 2020 SAULT - Street Fighter - 202...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 48 min
Tracklist: SAULT - Strong - 2020 KAYTRANADA - Go DJ - Instrumental - 2020 Stone Alliance - Sweetie-Pie - 2019 Sly5thAve, Denitia - C-Side - 2020 Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Givin' - 1979 Zero 7 - Don't Call It Love - 12 Version" - 2013 A. K. Paul - Be Honest - 2020 Caribou, Jessy Lanza - Second Chance - 2015 DJ Koze - Pick Up - 2018 Laurence Guy - Your Good Times will Come - 2020 DJ Babu - Higher - 2020 Machinedrum - Ur2yung - 2020 slowthai, James Blake, Mount Kimbie - feel away - 2020 ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 59 min
