Fenster’s Funky Sevens

Ep 45 - Spoken Word House Music (1940 - 2001))

Taking the tune "Song For Shelter" by Fatboy Slim featuring Roland Clark (also known as "I Get Deep") from 2000 as a focal point. I go back and trace the development of t

Ep 44 - Dublin's Housing Crisis (1726 - 2026)

Dublin City in Ireland is currently experiencing one of the worst housing crises in the world, Property prices have increased so much that only a handful of working peopl

Ep 43 - Bataa Jambaldorj and The Heists: Mongolian Throat Singing meets Alaska Bluegrass

If your Instagram algorithm is tuned to serve you wholesome musical moments, you might have seen a video recently of an Alaskan bluegrass band (The Heists with Josh Forte

Ep 42 - Songs of Quiet Dignity

In the last episode, I inadvertently took a turn into the realm of true crime podcasting, and while I'm not intentionally planning this, it seems this episode could be fi

Ep 41 - Ghost Memories

I'm not exactly sure what this episode is, I guess it's a kind of audio essay based on seven "ghost songs" (songs with the word ghost in the title) and how they relate to

Ep 40 - Miles Davis in his New York Apartment 1986

About a year ago, an Instagram account called the Jazz Dispensary shared a photo titled "Miles Davis in his New York apartment 1986". The picture was taken from a book ca

Ep 39 - A History of the Remix (1955 - 1992)

A history of the remix; from the avant garde tape loop experiments of the 50s, to the creative expansion of the standard three minute song in the late 60s. And the innova

Ep 38 - Dude Hop Revisited

An update of episodes 24 and 26, where I introduced the genre of Dude Hop, mid 90s alternative rock infused hip hop made by white dudes with hangovers, with some more dud

Ep 37 - Novelty Rap of the 80s

A selection of sometimes cringe, sometimes cool comedy rap tunes from the early to mid 80s, featuring tunes from England, Scotland, Ireland and The Netherlands

Ep 36 - The Grove Social Club (1967 to 1997)

The Grove was a teenage disco in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland that ran for 30 years, from 1967 to 1997.  and thanks to Cecil Nolan, who was the DJ for that entire tim

Ep 35 - CRASH!!

Just in time for Halloween, I cover a dark subject in this episode; the stories of seven plane crashes and the famous musicians who lost their lives in them.

Ep 34 - Spelling Songs

Seven songs thar feature spelling in the lyrics

Ep 33 - From Motown to Boystown: A History of Hi-NRG (1957 to 1989)

From Motown to Boystown: A History of HI-NRG (1957-1989)   In this episode I look at the genre of electronic dance music known as Hi-NRG, and how innovators like Giorgi

Ep 32 - Sound System Culture and its influence on British Music - 1950 to 1991

Jamaican Sound System Culture and its influence on British Music 1950 - 1991  Using Soul II Soul's massive 1989 hit Back to Life as a starting point we trace how Sound S

Ep 31 - The Evolution of Dubstep; 1991 to 2011

The story of how dubstep developed; from US Garage to UK Garage, through speed garage, two step, break step and on into grime and dark garage until the underground dubste

Ep 30 - The Origins of Disco: 70s Boston Gay Club Scene

In this episode we explore the origins of disco music in the early 1970s, in the gay dance clubs of Boston; The Other Side and the 1270.  The episode features excerpts f

Ep 29 - The Ancient World

What we're gonna do here is go back... back to first evidence of human artistic expression, back to the dawn of civilisation and back to the enduring human need to be, bo

Ep 28 - A History of House Music (1974 to 1986)

Fenster's Funky Sevens- Ep 28 - A History of House Music Covering the time period between two UK pop chart entries;  George McCrae's number one "Rock Your Baby" in June

Ep 27 - Irish Hip Hop History Update

An update to episode 19 - Irish Hip Hop - 1979 to 1999   Some exciting revelations about Ireland's first ever rap record and an overlooked vibes man supreme

Ep 26 - Beyond Dude Hop

A continuation of Ep 24, where I retroactively created a genre called Dude Hop. Dude Hop is a particular type of indie rock influenced hop hip that was made by white dude