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Aswad

Aswad is a group from the UK, active since 1975.

Group GB since 1975 british uk london
TOTAL PLAYS
1,047
SONGS PLAYED
79
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-24 12:58 · 6 Music — "Roots Rocking (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "Shine"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
100 75 50 25 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 506 48%
6 Music 390 37%
1Xtra 135 13%
Radio 1 16 2%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Shine 282 2026-05-12
2 Don't Turn Around 248 2026-05-04
3 Warrior Charge 80 2026-05-10
4 Roots Rocking 39 2025-01-27
5 Kool Noh 34 2022-07-12
6 Natural Progression 32 2020-08-29
7 Back To Africa 29 2025-11-09
8 Ethiopian Rhapsody (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) 16 2025-08-11
9 Can't Stand The Pressure (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) 14 2025-08-12
10 Give A Little Love 14 2025-06-25
11 Ethiopian Rhapsody - BBC Session 10/08/1976 14 2013-03-02
12 Natural Progression (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) 12 2025-10-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-12 04:06 Shine Radio 2
2026-05-10 05:42 Warrior Charge 6 Music
2026-05-04 01:18 Don't Turn Around Radio 2
2026-04-30 07:33 Shine Radio 2
2026-04-22 01:43 Shine Radio 2
2026-04-13 04:20 Don't Turn Around Radio 2
2026-04-12 04:03 Don't Turn Around 1Xtra
2026-04-05 13:03 Don't Turn Around 1Xtra
2026-03-28 11:11 Don't Turn Around Radio 2
2026-03-24 05:03 Shine Radio 2
2026-03-18 02:49 Shine Radio 2
2026-03-15 17:44 Don't Turn Around Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

79 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
54 46 — 1 ▶
54-46 (That's My Number) — 1 ▶
54-46 Was My Number — 1 ▶
54-56 (was My Number) — 1 ▶
African Children — 10 ▶
African Children (Live) — 3 ▶
Babylon — 1 ▶
Back To Africa — 29 ▶
Back To Africa (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 3 ▶
Back To Africa BBC Session 10/08/1976 — 1 ▶
Back To Africa (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 7 ▶
Back To Africa - BBC Session 10/08/1976 — 12 ▶
Boom Boom Carnival — 1 ▶
Bubbling — 3 ▶
Calling — 1 ▶
Can't Stand The Pressure (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 3 ▶
Can't Stand The Pressure (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 14 ▶
Can't Stand The Pressure - BBC Session 10/08/1976 — 11 ▶
Candles (Janice Long BBC Session) — 2 ▶
City Lock (Breakage Remix) — 2 ▶
City Lock (feat. Sweetie Irie) — 5 ▶
Day By Day — 1 ▶
Don't Turn Around — 248 ▶
Don't Turn Around - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 9 ▶
Don't Turn Around 1988 — 3 ▶
Dub Charge — 2 ▶
Dub Eye Fire — 2 ▶
Dub Fire — 7 ▶
dubfire — 4 ▶
Ethiopian Rhapsody (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 16 ▶
Ethiopian Rhapsody - BBC Session 10/08/1976 — 14 ▶
Give A Little Love — 14 ▶
Hey Jah Children — 3 ▶
Hooked On You — 1 ▶
Intro Medley - Kush/Ease Up/Your Love/Old Fire Stick — 2 ▶
It's Not Our Wish (BBC Peel Session, October 1978) — 2 ▶
Kool Noh — 34 ▶
Kool Noh (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Love Fire (Crown Dubplate style) — 1 ▶
Mosman Skank — 1 ▶
Musman Skank — 1 ▶
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Glastonbury 1995 — 1 ▶
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 8 ▶
My Baby Just Cares For Me 1988 — 2 ▶
Natural Progression — 32 ▶
Natural Progression (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 2 ▶
Natural Progression (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Natural Progression (Radio 1 Session, 10 Aug 1976) — 12 ▶
Natural Progression (Radio 1 Session, 10th Aug, 1976) — 1 ▶
Natural Progression - BBC Session 10/08/1976 — 11 ▶
Next To You — 1 ▶
Pass The Cup - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Pressure (John Peel Session 10/08/76) — 1 ▶
Pressure - BBC Session 10/08/1976 — 2 ▶
Pull It - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 9 ▶
Pull It 1988 — 2 ▶
Rainbow Culture — 12 ▶
Rockers Medley — 4 ▶
Rockers Medley (Live) — 4 ▶
Rockers Medley (Vinyl) — 1 ▶
Rockers Medley: Ease Up/Your Love's Got a Hold On Me/Revolution/Water Pumping (L — 1 ▶
Roots Rocking — 39 ▶
Roots Rocking (BBC session) — 5 ▶
Roots Rocking - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 9 ▶
Roots Rocking 1988 — 2 ▶
Set Them Free - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 9 ▶
Set Them Free 1988 — 2 ▶
Shine — 282 ▶
Smokey Blues (Live) — 2 ▶
Soca Rumba (Live) — 1 ▶
That Feeling - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 9 ▶
That Feeling 1988 — 1 ▶
Three Babylon — 1 ▶
Truth — 1 ▶
Warrior Change - Manchester Apollo 1988 — 9 ▶
Warrior Charge — 80 ▶
Warrior Charge 1988 — 2 ▶
Warrior Charge Revelation sample (Wassida Dub) (feat. Jah Shakka) — 2 ▶
Ways Of The Lord — 1 ▶