British Basketball! We Got History …We Got Game

Welcome to a new series of classic British Basketball photographs on mikeshaft.com, under the slogan 'We got history...We got game.'

NBA Basketball Comes To Manchester

See Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka and the Oklahoma City Thunder take on Jrue Holiday, Evan Turner and the Philadelphia 76ers on October 8th at the Manchester Arena in the first ever NBA pre-season game in Manchester. You'll want to be there!

New Regular Soul Night To Take Centre Stage

Starting this Thursday and every Thursday from then on, we are bringing you a regular night of Soul Funk and Jazz at Courtney's Lounge, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester. Mike SHAFT will be spinning the tunes all night. This is going to be well worth a visit on a Thursday night soon!

Soul Night Out Un-Official Photo Album

Friday the 17th of MAY saw the BBC Radio Manchester Soul Night out at Courtney's Lounge Manchester,. Many thanks to you if you were there. We do hope you enjoyed the night.

BBC Radio Mchr, Sunday Breakfast. Gospel Hour Passes the 200 Mark.

Back in 2002 during the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, I got a phone call from the manager of BBC GMR asking if I was available to present their Sunday Breakfast programme as holiday cover. Read the story of my start on the Sunday Breakfast programme and see up-to-date playlists here.

The Mike SHAFT Soul Show – Still Takin’ Care of Business

Still Takin' Care Of Business.

Basketball Beats Documentary Takes To The Air.

For the past few months I have been working on a radio documentary on the British Basketball scene to be broadcast on The New SUNSET Radio. The programme is now available to listen on YouTube. Any feedback will be gratefully received.