The
entire concept of Modern Soul Sauce, like many good things in life, started
small and innocently. Program manager Jerome Dumortier of Paris-based Internet
eclectic mix station, Radio Kaos Caribou (RKC - http://rkc.noip.me), reached
out to Denver (Colorado)-based producer and host Kathryn Ballard Shut (prn.
/shoot/) and asked if she could record a podcast of all of the new jazz and
soul that she was discovering in her musical life as owner of her jazz and soul
agency, TIMKAT Entertainment.
However,
since the show's launch on RKC on October 20, 2012, this tiny podcast has
expanded to become a fan-favorite monthly show and has since picked up the
syndicated support of 8 additional Internet radio stations, making it one of
the Internet's best-kept secrets for listeners to discover world-class soul,
R&B, acid jazz, funk, and all genres "jazzy". Together with RKC,
the 8 partner stations that reserve a regular show slot around the world
include Jazzy Soul Radio, 40 Foot Hole Studio, Soul City Radio, Stomp Radio,
WDGP Radio, Urban Soul Radio, Shartnet Radio, and HOT FM Smooth Grooves, with
plans to premiere soon on a tenth station, Smooth Soul Radio.
Ballard
Shut, daughter of late soul music artist Tim Ballard, is herself a music
industry producer, songwriter, jazz pianist, and former host of 80's station
"RetroXana's Time Warp" (Live365), envisions Modern Soul Sauce to
continue as a trusted source to highlight excellence in independent artistry.
The show has already featured sounds from over 100 worldwide independent
artists since its inception, commercial and fee-free.
In the
course of the program, new and emerging jazz and soul artists such as Gregory
Porter, Camera Soul, Tess Henley, American Idol's SuCh (Su Charles), Kenya
(McGuire Johnson), Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, J.C. Brooks and the Uptown
Sound, DeRobert and the Half-Truths, and many more stellar talents have been
discovered and enjoyed, as well as shared for rotation among the show's radio
partners for even greater airplay for the artists outside of show broadcasts.
Some of these same artists have since been discovered on major broadcast
networks such as Sirius-XM and BBC Radio.
Regarding
the success formula for Modern Soul Sauce (#ModSoul on Twitter), Ballard Shut
says, "This show is different than many conventional programs in that I
don't play music from a listing based on whatever's hit an album sales chart.
Instead of 'chasing after what's cool', I scout the Internet and industry
contacts to trend-set what 'should be cool' - what's emerging from the
independent underground -- and with that, I hope to help further careers of
independent artists whose sounds are often lost in the shuffle."
The One
Year Anniversary celebration of Modern Soul Sauce can be heard on the station
that started it all, RKC, world-premiering on Sunday, October 13, 2013 and will
encore on October 14 with live Twitter chat with Ballard Shut directly
@modernsoulsauce. All artists, station listings, and times can be found at http://www.modernsoulsauce.com.
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