Professor Eddy

Two weeks ago we took a boat trip, now it is time to take the Summer Soul Station airplane! To be honest, I have a little fear of flying, just like former Dutch soccer player Dennis Bergkamp. Comedienne Kirstin Wiig shows us to what this fear might lead to in the funny movie Bridesmaids . But to overcome the fear, I have selected quite a few happy and joyful songs about taking a plane, although there are some dark tracks in it as well (from Albert Hammond and The Motors). I chose Art Garfunkel after hearing the track on one of the superb ‘Ready 4 Airplay’ podcasts from Flashlites Productions . Great song it is!  And doesn’t Goldfrapp sound a tiny little bit like Donna Summer’s ‘I feel love’? Judge for yourself!  One of the biggest fans of Donna Summer were The Human League . 'Sky' is their very cool new single! It's time to take off now... Ladies and gentlemen, Captain Eddy hopes you all have a pleasant flight! Picture from Jo Jo Balla . Tracklist: Bennson – Fly H...

This is a downtempo/funky chill mix for the early hours to sunrise, when you’re waiting for sleep to come with Summer Soul Station on, your favourite radio station, of course… ;-) These are soft tunes to make you feel comfortable, when you’re alone in your bed and music is your only company. ‘Don’t you forget about me’ from the movie ‘The breakfast club’ was first offered to Bryan Ferry in the 1980s, but he refused. He still regrets his refusal to this day, because it was his chance to have a breakthrough hit in the US. Billy Idol didn’t want to record the song either. Finally the Simple Minds accepted the track and it’s their bestselling song until this day… The version I included is from the album 'Hollywood, mon amour', a project from Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague). The new Washed Out album lacks good songs, but I like the Lovelock remix of their new single ‘Eyes be closed’. Enjoy these songs that accompany sunrise! Pictures from pulcinoassassino . If you want to hear some ...

Welcome to the Summer Soul Station yacht! And one of the best places to sail to is the southern part of France, of course. Canadian singer Zwol discovers an interesting thing there. According to him ‘the ladies wear no pants’ at that particular part. Listen to the lyrics and you know what I mean… ;-) I like 'Stop still' from Dutch guy Allan Jeffers that I play in this mix. It went to #24 on the Dutch charts in 1978. The original is from the Chi-Lites, as Nicolas Drosos told me. The cover version from Allan Jeffers was produced by Martin Duiser. He would work with Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Joe Cocker, Gary Brooker, Toto, Simple Minds and Alan Parsons later on in his career. 'Rise' from Herb Alpert is a great disco track! He made a jazz album together with his wife Lani Hall not long ago. The Breakaway track is from my favourite compilation album of the moment, ‘ Americana Rock Your Soul ’. Check it out, if you can! Next time the theme will be 'Aurora, soundtr...

This is part 5 of Summer Soul Station . The first track of this mix, ‘I’ll look around’ from Esperanza Spalding, is from a brand new Billie Holiday tribute on StormVox that came out this week. ‘The bottle’ is another cover version. It was written by soul innovator and spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron, who passed away on the 27th of May. I included a version of Maysa Leak, one of the singers of Incognito. She gives the song an up-tempo, more optimistic feel. And I always like Señor Coconut, his music gives me the perfect summer feeling. You have to check out his song about the Tour de France (the world's biggest cycling event that is taking place now). It is a Latin version of the Kraftwerk classic. I put in a track from Brazilian jazz funk band Azymuth, teaming up with Jazzanova this time. I will play a track from the new Azymuth album ‘Aurora’ very soon. Enjoy! Picture from Calvin Dexter . Tracklist: Esperanza Spalding – I’ll Look Around (2011) Bootsy Collins (Feat. Phil A...

Here is another episode of Summer Soul Station , the radio station that sounds best in your (fictitious) car on your way to the beach! ;-) I only recently discovered the album ‘Calling all hearts’ from Keyshia Cole (shame on me…) but it is so good! She has a very powerful voice and the lyrics of the songs are always clever. I played a track from her album a few weeks ago and there’s another one today. I like the new Musiq Soulchild album, called ‘Musiqinthemagiq’, and ‘befriends’ is about not being each other’s friends, when passion is involved between man and woman. The track from Tender Leaf can be found on ‘ Americana Rock Your Soul ’, a very cool new soft rock compilation that is out now. ‘Zoom’ from FLB is included for Swazification. So let’s ease down the road with ‘just a friend', to quote Biz Markie and Booker T. Jones! The song isn't on the new album from Booker T. Jones, which is a pity, because it's very funny. Tracklist: Bobo Mr. Soul – Hitch Hike To Heartb...