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Vula Malinga is the Rewind Selector!

Feel-good tunes to make you groove! Plus Vula Malinga chooses the tracks that take her back to the dance floors of her youth in Rewind Selector.

Feel-good favourites, hidden gems and fresh tunes to make you groove. DJ Spoony serves up a brilliant selection of soulful house, classic soul, disco, RnB, UK Garage, Reggae, hip-hop, doo-wop, funk, dance remixes, and much more.

Vula Malinga is our Rewind Selector this week, taking us back to the dance floors and records that shaped her early sound.
Born in Texas but raised in Hackney, she grew up immersed in gospel music and song. In fact, it was singing in the church choir that led to her becoming one of the lead singers for the London Community Gospel Choir.
She first broke through lending her vocals to MJ Cole and had a Top 10 hit with Basement Jaxx in 2005 with ‘Oh My Gosh!’. She then stepped fully into the spotlight as a solo artist, releasing her debut album ‘VULA’ in 2008.
She’s collaborated with Incognito, Dizzee Rascal, and DJ Oliver Heldens to name a few… And most recently, she’s been working as the Vocal Musical Arranger and Director on the Quincy Jones Orchestral project birthed from the BBC Proms series in 2015, with Jules Buckley, as well as directing the vocalists as featured on the ‘Ibiza Classics’ with legendary UK dance DJ Pete Tong. Vula also lead the six-person vocal team for the successful BBC Northern Proms in July 2023 and was a featured artist in 2024’s BBC Disco Proms.
She joins us ahead of playing four shows at Ronnie Scott’s in London, in the coming few months...

Our genial host also wraps things up with a ‘Midnight Feast’ track. Think big production, lush orchestration, and the best voices in the business!

To get in touch with the show text 88291, WhatsApp 08000 288 291 or e-mail spoony@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.
  • Heatwave

    Too Hot To Handle

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1977 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 17.
  • Daft Punk

    Digital Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Quincy Jones

    Turn On The Action

    • The Dude.
    • A&M.
    • 9.
  • Kate Bush

    Why Should I Love You?

    • The Red Shoes (2018 Remaster).
    • Noble & Brite Limited.
    • 11.
  • Stevie Wonder

    All I Do

    • Hotter Than July.
    • Motown.
  • RAYE

    Goodbye Henry. (feat. Al Green)

    • THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE..
    • Human Re Sources.
    • 10.
  • Tom Misch

    It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul)

    • Geography.
    • Beyond The Groove.
  • Salt‐N‐Pepa

    Shoop

    • FFRR.
  • Kehlani

    Back and Forth (feat. Missy Elliott)

    • Back and Forth (feat. Missy Elliott).
    • TSNMI / Atlantic.
  • Lucy Pearl

    Without You

    • Lucy Pearl.
    • Beyond Records.
    • 8.
  • Robert Glasper

    Over (feat. Yebba)

    • Black Radio III.
    • Loma Vista Recordings.
    • 5.
  • Change

    The Glow Of Love (feat. Luther Vandross)

    • The Essential Luther Vandross.
    • Epic.
  • The Brand New Heavies

    Midnight At The Oasis

    • (CD Single).
    • ffrr.
  • MJ Cole & Vula Malinga

    Wondering Why (Radio Edit)

    • Cut To The Chase.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 3.
  • Artful Dodger

    Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Letta Mbulu

    Nomalizo

    • In The Music The Village Never Ends.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 2.
  • Janet Jackson

    Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)

    • Control.
    • A&M.
    • 9.
  • Kristine Blond

    Love Shy

    Remix Artist: Tuff Jam.
    • Love Shy.
    • Armada Music.
    • 4.
  • Cameo

    Find My Way

    • Cardiac Arrest.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 5.
  • The O’Jays

    My Favourite Person

  • Tank and the Bangas

    Move (feat. Lucky Daye)

  • Alicia Keys

    Wreckless Love

    • As I Am (Expanded Edition).
    • J Records.
    • 7.
  • Barbara Acklin

    Am I The Same Girl

    • Sixties Girls.
    • Crimson.
    • 9.
  • Freddie McGregor

    Push Come To Shove

    • Freddie McGregor: The Anthology.
    • VP Records.
    • 3.
  • Jessie Reyez & Stormzy

    PALO $ANTO

    • $TILL PAID.
    • FMLY / Island Records.
    • 5.
  • Erykah Badu

    Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) (feat. Common)

    • Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop).
    • MCA.

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