Terence Starr

07/10/2025

Possibly the best 3 shows in a row on Channel Radio

05/10/2025

Also Getyagrooveon Radio All the talk at Juice talks www.cannelradio.co.uk/listen-again

21/09/2025

Soul Survival Show on EWF day live or listen again www. channelradio.co.uk/listen-again 🗣

21/09/2025

Happy EWF day

15/09/2025

Sadly missed

Sad to hear legendary soul mafia DJ Chris Hill has passed. As well as having a formidable musical knowledge Chris was a phenomenal entertainer who really knew how to control a crowd - creating a massive vibe with his mc-ing, singing, dancing, playing percussion over the tunes. Chris had such a following that he was the first UK DJ (who wasn’t a radio or TV celeb) who travelled the country to different venues and got paid a decent fee. I recall seeing him one Friday at Oscars in Clacton on Sea in the early 80s. Unfortunately it wasn’t busy that night but I do remember him playing Pleasure “Sassafras Girl”. Chris’s longest residency was at the Goldmine, Canvey Island. It’s amazing how that became such a soul funk jazz institution as it wasn’t really locals who attended, people travelled from all over the place purely to see Chris. I remember regularly reading in James Hamiltons Record Mirror column how Chris was pushing a certain new or old tune. One that springs to mind was a test pressing of a new Rodney Franklin LP he’d got on a recent US visit that contained an instrumental which already had a dance associated with it at the Goldmine. The dance was “The Freeze”, the song “The Groove” and without his initial influential push it may well have not gone any further than being an import album track. I think I would be right in saying Chris was the head honcho within the Soul Mafia and they really did back and push certain new records and in some cases were responsible for those songs becoming proper hits. Chris also worked at Ensign records signing Light of the World, Incognito, David Bendeth and Galaxy - maybe Eddy Grant too, the latter i’m not sure of. He was a good business man with great ears. In a varied career Chris co produced a few tunes in the 70s, best being the Mascara LP “See You In L.A” featuring Luther Vandross. He also had a couple of pop hits as an artist with novelty songs “Renta Santa” and “Bionic Santa”. When house music came along it was a train Chris wasn’t interested in boarding, he didn’t like the sound and stuck with what he loved. Fair play to him, we all have a point which we don’t want to go beyond. Safe onward journey Mr Hill X

14/09/2025

And that concludes my wedding season for 2025 Thank you Supersounds Entertainments

07/09/2025

Soul Survival Show 6pm GMT or listen again channelradio.co.uk/listen-again talking you backwards and forwards with 🗣

28/08/2025

It is nice to be in such fine company. Getyagrooveon Radio

26/08/2025

https://player.autopod.xyz/998382 The Bank Holiday Disco special thank you Fast Road Conversions Ashford Channel Radio All the talk at Juice talks Your Partnerships

17/08/2025

It's time for a Soul Survival Show live from for 🗣

29/06/2025

Soul Survival Show with playing new music from #38 and with a great cover and with 🗣

14/06/2025

Morning coffee waiting on Tristan tonight