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A weekly Sunday wake-me-up with host Aric S. Queen, focusing on old gospel, funk, soul, r&b and tolerable jazz.
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Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
From a tiny island south of South Korea, it's probably the best Sunday Morning wake-me-up show featuring old gospel, jazz, funk and blues coming to you from a tiny island south of South Korea. Some Pacific religion, feel-good Doris Day, songs about rain, Algerian gems from the 50s, a big baby talkin' bout struggle and much more. So sit back, sip back and let us handle this for the next 20 or so minutes. Rough Sundays, you heard!
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
High above the Mekong in the gorgeous old town of Luang Prabang, Laos comes 25 minutes of a proper Sunday morning wake-me-up, featuring not one, but two Queens of New Orleans, gay black British poets, some gospel from 1917, a recently lost voice and much, much more. So sit back and let us handle things for the next half-an-hour, would'ya?
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Coming to you from high atop the Pokhara Mountains, Nepal, it's totally Rough Sundays, you guys! We dive into much goodness—including France's last great troubadour, the lady who made Bob Dylan, old Trinidadian Calypso by way of a 1940s Harlem, as well as the Queen of Havana, the two deaths of Sam Cooke, outlaw country and much, much more.
So sit back. Sip black. Hit play. And let us start your Sunday morning off the way it should be... by you doing absolutely nothing.
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Coming to you from the famed Apostle Studios in Pokhara, Nepal, it’s your hopefully favorite Sunday Morning wake-me-up show! We start with some new Haitian, go back 102 years to New Orleans, a track you only know from the sample, a little ticklin’ from Taj, plus the late great Cameroonian doing his own voodoo… plus much more. It’s Rough Sundays! You’re in the right place! Huzzah!
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Hardly a show to set your clock to—our first in five months and second in the past year—but still probably the best Sunday Morning wake-me-up coming to you from the Northern suburbs of Kathmandu.
We start with a bit of French influenced pop from a sunny 1960s California, diving into some Nepalese Afrofunk, a visit from the inimitable Dasha who introduced us to the Ukrainian LELÉKA, some boogaloo from Queens, as well as some sounds from an Everest Base Camp trek...
Plus a whole lot more.
So sit. Coffee. Press play. And enjoy. Because who knows when the next show will be?
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
What was thought to have been 4 months since the last show has actually been 7—the last episode coming from Namibia—and who knows why it started back up again this morning… but here we are. A newer track to kick things off, a bit of half-French pop, some Irish melancholy, Brazil’s Queen, some New Jersey collab, New Orleans gospel and much more.
It’s the 68th chapter of your favorite (albeit, unpredictable) show, Rough Sundays!
Available in Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts and more.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
From a theres-a-mamba-on-the-loose campsite in a tiny strip of land that borders five countries, it’s a proper (African) wake-me-up, featuring 1960’s Guinean orchestras, Senegalese serenades, one of Ethiopia’s best performing live in Paris, a politically-charged Zimbabwe track and a style of music that was illegal up until the 1980s in a tiny island off the coast of Madagascar… plus a whole lot more. So pour that coffee. Find somewhere comfortable. And let us handle the next half-hour or so. Rough Sundays, hooray!
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
From Namibia’s infamous Skeleton Coast, it’s the greatest Sunday morning podcast coming from Namibia’s infamous Skeleton Coast! We kick things off with some Cape Town Flowers via Abdullah Ibrahim, and then get back into the magic of Soweto, the parallel line from African-to-Cuban music, Super Mama’s and Africa’s cutest and most talented couple... plus much more. It’s 33 minutes of pure audible gold!
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
From the empty, confusing, captivating and gorgeous land of Namibia—thus the three-day delay—it's your favorite (we're assuming) wake-me-up, featuring some of the best vintage tracks that Africa has to offer, including the Bad Girl of Pop doing gospel, three (yes) songs with ties to Soweto, some Benga Blues out of Kenya, a Malian + Guinean duet, and the catchiest Kwaito tune we've heard in ages—maybe even years. And while we normally say "Sit back", this show is incredibly upbeat, so... stretch. Coffee. Boogie. Things like this. Alright.
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Think having Covid and being stuck near the Namibian border would keep us from having a show THINK AGAIN—and despite not *quite* being there isn’t going to stop us from starting an introduction to Namibian music either. From the Voice of the Resistance to the 1996 Song of the Year, Namibian reggae and the very first “Kwaito” track ever to sneak into the studio (currently: a canvas cover sticking out of the Defender). All of that, plus a Dolly Parton duet with one of Africa’s best guaranteed to melt your cold, cold heart. It’s Rough Sundays!