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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 Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
From a locked-down + Ramadan-ing Istanbul, it is PURE SUNDAY GOODNESS in aural form—featuring two old school gospel tracks, Ella + Ray, doo-wop and a new selection of old New England tracks brought to you by Race Point Seltzer. Plus much, much more. Click play, make coffee and enjoy your Sunday how they're supposed to be.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
From the greatest hotel in the world — the Grand Londres in Istanbul, it's 28 minutes guaranteed to wake up and get you moving in the most delicious of ways: gospel, funk, soul, more gospel, some Motown and a brand new section of New England tracks brought to you by Race Point Seltzer.
Make coffee. Click play. Clap your hands. And subscribe in Spotify!
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Despite occasionally veering off into doo-wop, hip-hop, surf rock and more, the basis of this show will always be old gospel tracks, so to celebrate Easter, we revisit those roots with nearly an hour of 80% live gospel music from way back, as well as a story (plus recordings) of being in the First African Baptist Church in Savannah a few years back for Easter.
So put on the coffee.
A big hat and handkerchief.
Because we taking you to church this Sunday.
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Our last show from Macedonia and our second-to-last show from the Balkans and it's probably the best one so far. We get back to our gospel roots with two old-time tracks, then go to Haiti for some feel-goodness, then to Mama Soul and a discussion as to if she was the greatest backup singer of all-time, a few other surprises and - most importantly - what will become (or already is) your Spring/Summer 2021 song.
All that and more! Hit play! And hooray for Rough Sundays!
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
This week's episode shocks listeners by being both recorded in North Macedonia, but having absolutely nothing to do with North Macedonia! And that's not all. We start with a Donny Hathaway live track, move back-and-forth from gospel to New Orleans, back to Motown, some teenage Sam Cooke and then an absolute banger to get you moving... plus an accidental tea recipe.
It's Rough Sundays! Hit play and be joyous.
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
The third and final show from Kosovo, featuring Voodoo priests, better covers of a famous track, some proper old-time gospel, Nigerian High Life music and a discussion about the newest film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"... plus a lot more. Make coffee. Click "play". Be happy.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Bit of a deviation from our normal show format, but well worth it. Five years ago, while host Aric S. Queen was living on his sailboat in the Bahamas, he and his editor Sun produced a pilot for an investigative NPR-like travel show called "Journey Cakes". In the first episode, he sailed around nearly all of the country's islands trying to track down the history, secrets, darkness and mystery of its national snack "Johnny Bread".
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
The second show from Kosovo and probably the best podcast you've ever heard from Kosovo with the name "Rough Sundays". This week, we dive back into some old Cuban classics, Mr. and Mrs. Candi Staton, songs about crawfish and the Bahamas + stories about crawfish and the Bahamas, plus we pay tribute to a reggae legend we lost this week. AND we have fun. So sit back, sip that coffee, ignore the kids, pretend you haven't been sitting in that same chair for over a year and let us handle 33.28 minutes of your Rough Sunday(s).
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Look, we don't want to brag, but this is probably the first gospel music-based podcast from Kosovo that you've ever heard, so if for no other reason to listen this week...
However, if you need a bit more of a push, we've got the High Priestess of Soul, the Thunderbolt of the Midwest, two from France's naughtiest crooner and one of the most famous actors of all-time donning a Caribbean accent for his virtually-unknown Calypso album... and a lot more.
It's Rough Sundays.
FROM Kosovo.
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Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
What do oysters + wine + 2am, two notable deaths, a 17-year old deejay from Tulsa and friends of both Thomas Edison & Mark Twain have in common?
It's all part of the 14th (yes) episode of Rough Sundays.
Make coffee.
Have a seat.
And let us handle things for half-an-hour.
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