On Saturday August 30th 2008, Manchester District Music Archive (www.mdmarchive.co.uk) presented a very special event at Islington Mill in Salford, to celebrate Manchester’s Electro-Funk and B Boy heritage.

There is no doubt in my mind that the world is finally changing. The shocking killing of George Floyd in the States seems to have ignited something around the world which I believe will be difficult to stop. The Black Lives Matter campaign is now resonating across the world from the US to the UK to Australia to Africa and all countries in between. We are heading for a new normal! We should not miss this opportunity to make the world a better place.

Welcome to a brand new feature here on mikeshaft.com. It's called Mike Shaft People.

Each and every weekday I am absolutely delighted to bring you the very best in Soul, Jazz, Gospel, Chill Zone and much much more on Colourful Drive on Colourful Radio. The show goes out between 4pm and 6pm UK and is available worldwide at www.Colourfulradio.com and on TuneIn Radio

As a concept, the Chill Zone was born some years ago. The idea was to play some of the more laidback tracks in the collection. It has become something rather special because of the quality of the tunes we play and the variety. We are now attempting to document all the Chill Zone tracks that we have played from Day 1 on Colourful Drive on Colourful Radio. We have now decided to add our Colourful Jazz Break tracks as well.

A couple of months ago I had a contact from Kofi at Colourful Radio asking if I would be available to present the Colourful Drive show on Colourful Radio. I have to say I jumped at the idea. Every so often I hope to publish the playlist from the shows to give you an idea of what we are playing.

A couple of months ago I had a contact from Kofi at Colourful Radio asking if I would be available to present the Colourful Drive show on Colourful Radio. I have to say I jumped at the idea. Every so often I hope to publish the playlist from the shows to give you an idea of what we are playing.

A couple of months ago I had a contact from Kofi at Colourful Radio asking if I would be available to present the Colourful Drive show on Colourful Radio. I have to say I jumped at the idea. Every so often I hope to publish the playlist from the shows to give you an idea of what we are playing.

Welcome to the New Look playlists for my show Colourful Drive on Colourful Radio. I hope you get a sense of the quality tunes that we are playing each and every week!

Welcome to the New Look playlists for my show Colourful Drive on Colourful Radio. I hope you get a sense of the quality tunes that we are playing each and every week!