Joy Retro Disco presents What a Wonderful World by Axwell & Bob Sinclair feat. Ron Carroll

Joy Retro Disco presents
Uplifting Tunes for your Weekend

I must have first heard this tune when I was having a really bad day, as I recall my initial thoughts of it being “bloody useless hippy crap”. 
However, my bad day passed and after hearing this 2008 dance anthem a few more times, I really really warmed to [...]

Joy Retro Disco presents I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash

Uplifting tunes for your weekend.
 
 
Oh, it was tough to decide which version of this uplifting tune to go with this week, but I had to go with the original by the dude who actually wrote and performed the original hit, Johnny Nash. Nash had a number one hit with I Can See Clearly Now in [...]

Joy Retro Disco presents Shackles (Praise You) by Mary Mary

Uplifting tunes for your weekend

Take those shackles off my feet so I can dance.
Okay, I may not be about to praise “him” because I’m, like, an atheist, and as a feminist, I would have difficulty believing in a patriarchal all-loving, all-condemning god. But. 
I love this song because it taps into a joyful hope that is [...]

Joy Retro Disco presents H.A.P.P.Y. Radio by Edwin Starr

Uplifting tunes for your weekend!

Soul singer Edwin Starr might be more well-known for his 1970 classic, War (What is it good for), but it’s this little 1979 stomper that I love.
I’m not sure what it is about this tune but it has been well and truly stuck in my head all week. It’s infectious and [...]

Can’t Stop Moving by Sonny J

Joy Retro Disco presents:
Uplifting tunes for your weekend!
 

I thought I’d get a little bit modern with this weekend’s tune and play something new(ish).
This little sampled leg-shaker from Sonny J is one of the most infectious pop-dance tracks I’ve heard in recent years. I’m not sure if it’s because it samples one of my favourite musical [...]

Time to start enjoying your work?

Is consciousness around work finally beginning to shift?
Could we be starting to see work as something that doesn’t have to be a drudge or a means to a financial end?
Perhaps.
The uncertainty of the current economic climate seems to be influencing people’s decision to stay in jobs they are not happy in. It has been a [...]

Valentine tune: You + Me = Love by Undisputed Truth

Joy Retro Disco presents:
Uplifting tunes for your weekend!

Twas the night before Valentines and all through the house, not a creature was sleeping, not even a mouse. 
Oh, it’s been a frantic V Eve here at Club C’ran. With the day of the valentine tomorrow, we’ve been a-looking for a festive tune to bring in the new [...]

Proud by Heather Small

Joy Retro Disco presents:
Uplifting tunes for your weekend

“What have you done today to make you feel proud?” asks Ms Small, in this anthem to self-belief and the power of positive change.
I thought this was a fitting tune for this weekend as the show that made it a mainstream earworm, The Biggest Loser, is back on [...]

The first disco record? Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango

Joy Retro Disco presents:
Uplifting tunes for your weekend

Could there be a better way to start off the weekend than with the tune that is often credited with being the first disco record in town?? I’d never heard of the 1972 hit, Soul Makossa by Cameroon sax player, Manu Dibango, but it only takes one listen [...]

Bouncing back: Choose your response to adversity

Getting a little bit of perspective on your situation is one of the best ways to help you bounce back in hard times. But what else can help you become more resilient?
I was speaking with a friend yesterday who was telling me how she’d recently started having mild panic attacks over really small things. [...]