New Music Zone - MOBO Special

To celebrate the MOBO Awards coming to Glasgow, Laura McCrum presents a mix of Music of Black Origin performed and enjoyed across Scotland. RUNNING ORDER Timings are approximate and given in hours and minutes from the start of the zone. 0.04 BIG TAJ / BLUHNT (Archive session from 2007) The boys join Laura McCrum in an archive edition of Blackstreet, to talk about their music and play some live tracks. 0.41 PROFISEE (Archive session from 2008) The Edinburgh rapper joins Vic Galloway in the Radio 1 studio for a chat and to play some live session tracks. 1.05 CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ Jane Graham presents the story of two Dundee rappers who hatched an audacious scam in a bid to find fame – and ended up living a lie. 1.37 L-MARIE (Archive interview from 2007) Scotland’s first lady of soul joins Laura McCrum in the studio to talk about her influences, and chooses some of her own tracks. 2.12 CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: Average White Band Davie Scott unravels the story behind AWB’s debut ‘White Album’, and discovers why these six funky white men from Dundee enjoyed massive international success. 2.44 RAFF COROLLA (Archive session from 2007) Vocalist Raff joins Laura McCrum in the studio to perform some live tracks and talk about the music he loves. 3.19 SUMMER OF DISCO Philip Differ travels back to the late seventies, when Scotland was in the grip of Disco fever; and hears the stories of the music and fashions from those who were there. 3.53 JAE P (Archive session from 2008) The rapper joins Vic Galloway in the Radio 1 studio to drop some live tracks. 4.27 THE RAB REMIX Some of Scotland’s best loved new music makers, including Frog Pocket and MC Loki join Janice Forsyth to put a new spin on the work of the Great Bard. 4.55 STEG G. & THE FREESTYLE MASTER (Archive interview from 2007) The boys join Laura McCrum in the Blackstreet studio to select some of their own tracks and talk musical influences.