The Black Cap's reopening gives this interview its urgency and its payoff.
John Bowd's conversation with Alex Green is anchored by the reopening of the Black Cap in Camden, and that hard-won outcome gives the piece its shape.

Radio replays with soul, funk, reggae, and dance.
Trax The Original Pirates is a replay feed for music-led radio shows from the Trax FM world. Its episodes move between summer soul, funk flashbacks, reggae selections, dance-party starters, house sessions, and request-driven older grooves.
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Trax The Original Pirates is a music-first replay feed drawn from the Trax FM orbit. It behaves less like a conventional podcast and more like a shelf of radio sets waiting to be dropped into the day. The talk is functional. The records do the work. Across the sampled episodes, the station moves through soul, funk, reggae, disco, dance, house, and older club selections with an emphasis on continuity and feel. Linda Law’s Soul Show sets one of the clearest tones: warm weather, fewer interruptions, deep cuts, classic rhythm, and pure soul. Ramsey Lewis, Stone, Starpoint, Fred Keith and Marcus, Leon Haywood, Lenny White, GQ, the Manhattans, Bernard Wright, Cleek, Atlantic Star, and Sierra Sellers all sit inside that relaxed summer lane. Lancey B’s The Function is broader and busier, mixing funk, soul, disco, new material, album highlights, and a weekly Roots of Soul flashback. That flashback pulls from names like Junior Walker and the All Stars, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Four Tops, and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas before returning to newer tracks. Karen’s Roots & Toots Reggae Show is direct and compact in the excerpts, focused on roots, lovers, dub, and dancehall reggae. Lee Everett’s Dance Party Weekly aims straight for movement, opening with a big-room invitation and a Lana Del Rey track choice. Relax With Rendall shifts the pace toward smoother evening radio. Andrea Godin’s Fresh and Wild brings a house-show frame, led by house selections and a strong branded intro. Music Mick’s Vibez Show has the feel of someone working through disco, soul, requests, older 12-inch versions, and the occasional live technical hiccup. The feed’s appeal is its variety. It can sound polished, homespun, nostalgic, or dance-ready depending on which replay is next. It is best for listeners who still like presenters naming tracks, artists, years, requests, labels, and web addresses between songs. It is not built around interviews, narrative storytelling, or debate. It is built around staying in the groove.
Made for: For listeners who want music radio as a discovery habit: soul fans, funk collectors, reggae listeners, disco nostalgics, and dance-floor browsers. It especially suits people who like presenters naming records and keeping the set moving.
What sets it apart: The feed gathers several distinct Trax FM replay strands in one place, so the sound can shift from summer soul to Motown flashbacks, reggae, house, dance, and request-led older grooves. Its charm comes from real radio pacing: short links, track lists, requests, and records queued back to back.
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A radio dial in podcast clothing, ready when your mood swerves from underground hip-hop to Camden queer history.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
The Black Cap's reopening gives this interview its urgency and its payoff.
John Bowd's conversation with Alex Green is anchored by the reopening of the Black Cap in Camden, and that hard-won outcome gives the piece its shape.


Fast morning chaos, trimmed to highlights.

John Bowd interviews Alex Green about the successful reopening of Camden's historic Black Cap pub after an 11-year community campaign.
Lee Everest presents Dance Party Weekly with club classics, current anthems, listener shout-outs, Tune of the Week, and Battle of the Bangers.
Stephen Howey's Grooveline on 26 July 2026 presents two hours of soul, jazz, funk, acid jazz, and soulful house, opening with Ezra Collective and Olivia Deen's 2024 track No One's Watching Me.
Trax The Original Pirates' 24 July 2026 replay surveys new underground hip-hop albums, EPs, and singles from artists including Concrete Slugs and Supreme Cerebral.