The Sweet Spot Radio Show

East New York’s own Mr. Reed joins us to discuss his philosophy of soul, music and life and brings along plenty of sounds that illustrate why this hard working musician is a jewel in the crown of new…

One of the most accomplished and distinctive voices that transcends genre, Dionne Warwick is a true legend.  The Sweet Spot was beyond thrilled to speak to her about her decades of hits, her partner…

January is a perfect time to heat it up in the studio! So we had our fave Brazilian Musical Auntie come by with a dose of modern Brazilian tunes. Jen Nascimento (Tia Jenny) is a percussionist focusin…

2019 marks an incredible 50 years of the seminal jazz/funk/r&b band Kool & the Gang and we were beyond thrilled to have Robert “Kool” Bell in the studio to play some of the deeper cuts from the bands…

Special guest DJ Funmi Ononaiye brought friends Frank Lacy, Justin Robinson and Evan Sherman to the show to pay tribute to a great musician and dear friend. The music community suffered a devastating…

There’s an old saying that you can tell a man by the company he keeps and if this is indeed true Cassio Ware is a real gem! The House Music legend rolled up in our Brooklyn studios with some of Jerse…

Fonda Rae’s most iconic record may be “Over Like A Fat Rat” but that is just scratching the surface of this illustrious vocalist’s and multi-instrumentalist’s career. We were thrilled to have her in …

Enjoy this short but action packed piece taken from our first day in Detroit - this was at the Queen of Soul’s memorial at The Charles H Wright museum. Aretha was BELOVED by Detroit and Detroit was b…

Aretha's talent transcended the written word and defied description. This is part one of a two part series focused mostly on the Atlantic years as there is no way to pack over six decades of music in…

New Orleans Queen of the rare groove DJ Soul Sister is also a funky professor!  Host of the long running WWOZ rare groove staple "Soul Power" this powerhouse vinyl queen is also moonlighting earning …

We were honored to have the fabulous, effervescent Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters on the show to share some of the highlights of her long lived and well deserved show biz career. The Sisters cat…

For our November show, we got a chance to link with prolific much loved disco singer Christine Wiltshire - all the way from Amsterdam! Check out Hans R. de Vries bio below for all the facts on the mu…

Joshie "Jo" Armstead is truly a soul music renaissance woman with a career that includes being one of the original touring Ikettes on the road with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, writing hit songs fo…

In the words of one of the baddest, funkiest bass players around, Mr. Verdine White, "Earth Wind and Fire is more than just a band, it is an energy force". Please take a listen above as Baby K interv…

Alfa Anderson blessed us with her sweet sounds in the studio in this episode with the premiere of a track off her new release "From the Heart".  We spent two hours in the studio with Alfa in a journe…

The "Music Behind the Message" Brian Jackson is responsible for some of the most moving and profound  political and social albums of the 70's along with his partner Gil Scott-Heron. It was truly a pl…

For all you've done for us Mr. Nelson... In the studio with Kyle and musicians Shelley Nicole and Ben Tyree.