Born in South London to very laid back Guyanese parents, Raggy got immersed in Jazz in the early eighties listening to radio stations like Radio Invicta, Solar Radio, Horizon and LWR. Most of Raggy's school friends ventured down the electro path following sounds like Hashim and Africa Bambaataa, but Raggy's ears were bending left towards Judy Roberts, Atmosfear and Freeez!

First and foremost, Raggy is a record collector with 25 years of record collecting to treat you to. Desperate to collect and find the records that were changing his life, Raggy spent every available penny on cutouts and 12" singles. His tireless enthusiasm for music in the mid 80s kicked up a gear in 1992 when he was introduced to the dangerously expensive and underground world of the jazz record dealer. Years of secret rendezvous with some of the best worldwide record dealers enhanced his continual search for those elusive, obscure rarities to add to his extensive vinyl collection.

After a few years of weekly radio shows on the world famous, original Solar Radio & soul24-7.com, Off Limits can now be DOWNLOADED right here. Just click on PODCAST above.

On the shows you'll hear a wide variety of music; obscure 60s & 70s independent jazz in all its expressive forms; private press soul; new jazz; weird downtempo obscurities; Brazilian funk right through to offbeat folk-funk. If you like RARE jazz & soul vinyl, check the shows called "Sack Full Of Dreams" when I play 100% vinyl from my record collection.

Simply join the fan club to start receiving the exclusive mailout notifying you when each new show is available. Don't forget that the "Sack Full Of Dreams Show" track lists won't be posted anywhere on the web, they're only available if you join the fan club!



Raggy's Off Limits Radio Show supports YOU the independent musicians & producers, to help create a better musical space because there's so much creative talent out there that never gets the platform it deserves on commercial radio. You'll hear everything from Pharoah Sanders to Spacek, Marcos Valle to Meshell Ndegeocello, Phil Ranelin to Hajime Yoshizawa, Sahib Shihab to Stereolab...

You can also listen to the Off Limits Radio Shows ON-DEMAND via our good friends across the globe:



Raggy also writes LP reviews for Shook and previously for the legendary mag Straight No Chaser.