"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-ME

How am I 50???? Well I am, and I celebrated in Miami, including djing several happy hour sets at Better Days...where they give me the musical freedom to record mixes like this! (Thank you Will and team)  The first half starts off chill, a little lovers rock remixes, lots of rn'b, 90's hip hop, some old school and retro (you know me, nice and eclectic - hell, I start with a slow Adele song!) and then gets into some old scho...

My apologies, I've really neglected updating the podomatic page, despite being current over on Mixcloud.

Back in April I knew I was going to record a "so this is 50" mix for my birthday at the end of the month in Miami, but I wouldn't be able to post it in time for April. I was pretty happy with my set that Friday at Kasa Moto, so I figured I'd use it for April. It's a nice mix of new and old house music, some nu-di...

Ugh, I'm so behind on posting mixes on Podomatic. Please note that I'm up to date on Mixcloud if you want to listen to the new mixes (while I catch up here)

Here is my annual lounge music recap from the past year. Usually it's the February mix, but this year I'm a month behind because the 18yr Anniversary mix got pushed to January, and the house recap became February. Anyway, this is all the non-house stuff, filled ...

The last instalment of the 2023 Cottage Mix Series, the "Sunday Morning" edition (unless I decide to make a live recording from Kasa Moto or Black & Blue into a 2023 Summer Home In Mykonos edition ;-)

Soul Shack fans should still enjoy (it's still based on my personal taste in music) but this one is the more chill background vibes and has a much wider audience, so please, if you appreciate this mix, share the link! ...

Sorry for the delay in posting, I kept missing my window to upload a new mix before I went over my bandwidth limit, but here it is, the return of the very popular "Saturday Afternoon Edition" from the Cottage Mix Series. This mix was recorded live at the Thursday Ladies Night residency I was doing and it's pure retro nostalgia for the grown folks! (There's even a little freestyle set snuck in with some of my favourites)

I'm bringing back the Cottage Mix Series for 2023! July (it was posted earlier on Mixcloud) is the Friday Night Edition, recorded live at a "Retro Attic" party, where all of the song selections had to be at least 10 years old, so nothing but throwbacks! Recording it live at a gig like this I had to keep it pretty mainstream, so no obscure gems here, but definitely some guilty pleasures lol! (Next up will be a new Saturday ...

So back in the winter when places finally started opening up again, I recorded a 2022 Bar Promo mix, thinking I'd use it to try and get some gigs...and then got so busy that I never gave it to any venues! It's a great mix, so I figured I should use it as a Soul Shack mix before the year ends! Here's the full live recording with the "first half of the night" being a mix of funk, soul, retro, hip hop, rn'b, indie alternative...

So April 2020 at the start of Covid I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario was going into yet another 4 week lockdown and I got nostalgic again, posting a hip hop from my twenties mix. This year I figured I'd keep with this new tradition of nostalgia for April and am posting a Throwback rn'b mix! This mix is more mainstream than my usual more "neo soul" rn'b vibes, inspired h...

So last April I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario is going into our latest 4 week lockdown and I'm getting nostalgic again, but this time for the hip hop from my twenties. There will be a second "street" edition, but part one here is (for lack of a better word) more of the "backpack" stuff. Still boom bap, but not the street, club or radio stuff... this is the jazz samplin...

To celebrate the 15 year anniversary of the Soul Shack next month, for the first time ever, we’re doing a Soul Shack t-shirt give away! To enter you have to follow me on Instagram dj_j_me (), post a screenshot of any Soul Shack episode on your phone, tag me in your Instagram post and comment on when you discovered or started listening to The Soul Shack. If a friend introduced you to the podcast, tag them too! This givea...