DJ Hughie..............the story so far! Hello Peeps, I am a regular salsa dancer and the presenter of 2 weekly radio shows on the internet. MONDAY NIGHTS - SALSA & SOUL RADIO AT ITS VERY BEST. Every Monday night I present my ‘Mixed Bag Radio Show’ on ‘Jazz Funk Soul Radio’ from 10pm (UK time) until 12 midnight. The shows are packed with soul, salsa, Latin & jazz music, so if you choose to log onto www.jfsr.co.uk/listen.htm and listen live then your company will be my pleasure. Even if you don’t catch the show now, then you can always listen to the podcast via my website www.djhughie.co.uk at any time. WEDNESDAY NIGHTS - SALSA & LATIN RADIO AT ITS VERY BEST! Every Wednesday night I present my ‘Latin Explosion Show’ on 'colourfulradio.com' from 10pm (UK time) until 1am. That is 3 hours of non-stop salsa and Latin jams packed into the show - pure back to back music . If you choose to log onto 'colourfulradio.com' click the 'play' button next to where it says 'On Now', then you will be streaming the show live. Your company will always be my pleasure. You can also tune in live using the ‘tunein radio’ app on your smart phone, tablet, laptop or PC. Just search for ‘Colourful’ and the station will appear. You can also text me during any of my live shows to ‘80818’ – start your message with ‘Colourful’, leave a space – then send your message. You can listen to the podcast at any time to suit you via www.colourfulradio.com - just click on 'Presenter' go to me (DJ Hughie) and press the podcast button (the white arrow in the green box). Once you have logged on or created an account, you will then be able to click onto any of the 1 hour long links for any of my past shows. MORE ABOUT DJ HUGHIE DJ Hughie had his first salsa dancing lesson during January 2001 (he wishes to thank J for that), and has been a regular dancer on the salsa scene ever since. Hughie’s first salsa DJing gig was during 2005, and he has since played at several events for major UK based salsa promoters, and has not looked back since. Hughie listens to salsa, Latin, Soul and Jazz music all of the time and currently presents a weekly salsa show on the internet radio station www.jfsr.co.uk. DJ HUGHIE BEFORE SALSA DJ Hughie has always had a natural love of music, which he has possessed since he was a toddler. He is (just) a little bigger now, and he loves all forms of music with a melody. DJ Hughie has been DJing since 1981 when a friend had an emergency at a party, and had to leave to borrow a back-up amplifier after the one he was using had blown. Hughie was left to hold the fort using the underpowered household amplifier, a roll of insulation tape, a box of scratched vinyl 7" singles and 12" albums (thankfully his copy of '1000 Volts Of Holt' was in good condition), 2 very dodgy turntables, a temperamental mixer, an unsteady trestle table, and the wobbly floorboards in the rear room of a Victorian house which caused the records to jump every time someone walked into the room, let alone when people were dancing. IT WAS A GREAT PARTY!!!!!!!! This gave Hughie a flavour for even more, and his music policy was, and still is to play the highest quality salsa & Latin music, but when he is called upon to do so, to play top quality classic soul, rhythm & blues, gospel, funk, jazz, rare groove, jazz-funk, two-step chillers, ska, rocksteady, fusion, world music, reggae, zouk & lovers rock. Growing up, Hughie’s favourite genre of music was 1970's soul but at that time growing up in London during the 1970's, there was a dearth of black music to be heard on the radio unless it was Motown or Stax. The only way to listen to the music that Hughie loved was for him to hit the few clubs that were sprouting up around London and the Home Counties including the occasional foray to the early days of the Caister soul weekender in Great Yarmouth in the UK. The pirate radio stations of the 1980’s were playing the very best quality black music around at the time. This eventually led to Hughie having his own show on the pirate station 'Radio Horizon' and he also completed a 3 year stint presenting a hospital radio soul music show. Until recently, Hughie’s dulcet tones could be heard on the internet radio station Stage Radio Live. Look out for functions that I play at, and come along....you are guaranteed to enjoy the very best salsa around! DJ Hughie