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The Word is a series of interviews hosted by broadcaster, Miranda Rae. Miranda’s drive is to give a voice to the voiceless and platform to people that all too often go unheard, from the streets to the board room from politicians to performers, from authors to activists. Miranda has presented on national, regional and local radio for over 30 yrs inc a weekly show on BBC Radio 5 for which she won a Sony Award. Miranda was also on Galaxy Radio for almost 10 years (now Kiss) where she trailblazed the then emerging dance music scene giving a platform to genres previously never played on the legal airwaves before... Awards also include Best Documentary in the British Podcast Awards, Best Doc in the European Lovie Awards, Honouree Winner in the global Webby Awards & nominated for the ARIAS (Oscars of Radio) all for the series ”Our Journey”. Miranda won Presenter of The Year in the regional MMG Awards & currently runs Ujima Radio and Sound Women SW Network aka Sound women Bristol CIC which is a non profit support network and in the last 3 years has taught over 1000 women and girls in a range or radio, podcasting and media skills. You can find out more about Miranda on her website here: https://mirandarae.co.uk/ And more about Sound Women SW on the website here: https://soundwomensw.com/ Please feel free to support and donate via PayPal: mirandarae007@gmail.com But most of of all listen and enjoy!
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Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
DJ-ing for more than 4 decades is a rare and unique position to be in so Miranda and Deli Gee share their stories and look back at their days when they were both on Galaxy Radio one of the first Dance radio stations in the UK.
Some people are part of a scene’s architecture though, and Bristol’s Deli-G is one of them. “My DJ career goes back to the 70s,” he says, “helping in record shops and setting up soundsystems. I did my first party at Bannerman Road Junior School.” Deli built his first soundsystem in Kingston, Jamaica, where he lived from 1977 – 1985, returning home with a box full of the new U.S club sounds. At that time the Bristol scene’s key players were “The Wild Bunch, FBI Crew, Soul Twins, Dirty Den…
Check out Deli Gee on Ujima Radio with his show "True Definition" 4-6pm and also on BCFM every Saturday for "The Touch" 8-10pm.
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