SOUL PARTIZAN RADIO ROADSHOW
Music discovered. Stories shared. Culture connected.
Soul Partizan Radio Roadshow is the creation of Rodger Cary Grant.
DJ, broadcaster, curator and lifelong musical explorer with a passion for soul, funk, rare groove, jazz, roots reggae and the sounds that exist between the genres.
The story stretches from the Midlands and North West of England to London, Jamaica, France, Morocco, New York and beyond.
But one place had a particularly important influence: Shoreditch.
Moving to London placed Rodger at the heart of Shoreditch during its first great creative explosion between 1995 and 2004.
FROM SHOREDITCH WITH SOUL
Moving to London placed Rodger at the heart of Shoreditch during its first great creative explosion between 1995 and 2004.
It was a period before the area became an international destination — a time of warehouses, independent bars, artists, DJs, designers, musicians and promoters creating things simply because they believed they should exist.
That beautiful creative chaos left its mark..
In 2006, Rodger and his business partners put down roots with Three Blind Mice, the cult Shoreditch bar hidden behind a little black door on Rivington Street.
Part dive bar, part shebeen and part cultural experiment, Three Blind Mice mixed West Indian influences, cinematic imagery, global drinking culture and underground music into something deliberately difficult to categorise.
As Creative Director, Rodger shaped its identity, design, programming and musical direction.
And the music that passed through those little walls was extraordinary.
Amy Winehouse. Adele. Ed Sheeran. Daddy G. Tim Burgess. Anna Calvi. Peanut Butter Wolf. NTS. J-Star. Real Roots and countless DJs, musicians, selectors and characters from London's underground.
It wasn't about following what was fashionable.
It was about finding what had soul.
Then came radio
By 2013, it was time to take that philosophy beyond four walls.
After meeting radio producer Frank McWeeny, Soul Partizan Radio Roadshow was born.
What began on French Radio London developed into an international broadcasting journey, with the show going on to appear across stations including Totally Wired Radio in London, Radio Laser in Rennes, Ness Radio in Marrakech, WHCR 90.3 FM in Harlem and AB+L in Atlanta.
The Roadshow brings those worlds together through music, interviews, travel, collaboration and conversation.
It celebrates established pioneers while creating space for the next generation.
And after more than a decade of broadcasting, the philosophy remains remarkably simple:
Good music has no borders.
Culture connects us.
And everything starts with soul.
Listen to the latest Soul Partizan Radio Roadshow
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