This week's "Put This In Your Mouth" segment we paid a discussed a bunch stuff:Drake's new single “Toosie Slide” which all started with a DM, Damien Lamar recaps watching the Instagram Livestream of "Girls with Guitars" curated by HER Music, B

S3 EP 15 Introducing Che Forreign - Lyricist, Writer, Vocalist & Activist

Mar 6th, 2020 32m 2s

New podcast alert! We're kicking off #womenshistorymonth and it's "All About Che" (pronounced CHEE)!Lyricist, writer, vocalist, activist who is no stranger to the word “Expressionism”. She considers herself an expressionist, which, by definiti

S3 EP15 Introducing Vocalist, Songwriter & Educator Kiaya Cash

Mar 2nd, 2020 35m 35s

Taste Test Live is your music digestion podcast! Hosted by singer, radio presenter & producer, Damien Lamar along with his co-host, Blue Franswa, photographer and serial-entrepreneur & songstress, MJbaker. Taste Test Live features in-depth mus

S3 EP14 PUT THIS IN YOUR MOUTH featuring commentary by guest Kiaya Cash

Feb 27th, 2020 31m 35s

Taste Test Live is a weekly music review podcast series hosted by @damien.lamar along with m co-@BlueFranswa & @mjbakermusic . The show features a revolving cast of local creatives, artists, singers, entrepreneurs, story-tellers and more to dis

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BONUS: DJ Mas Appeal - Sound Bending Sensai (Taste Test Mix)

Feb 20th, 2020 33m 28s

Taste Test Live podcast is back! We've returned for the latest pop culture and music entertainment news. Taste Test Live features in-depth music discussion, passion-filled opinions, and interviews by creatives, change-makers, exclusive tracks a

S3 EP12 Sound-Bending Sensei DJ Mas Appeal

Feb 20th, 2020 38m 44s

Emcee/Radio Host/ Event Organizer and #Soundbenders, Mas Appeal is a living legend among Northeast Florida’s independent artist’s community. His accomplishments boast contributions from some of independent music's most sought after Beatmakers

S3 EP11 PUT THIS IN YOUR MOUTH "The Puh and Fuh" featuring commentary by guest DJ Mas Appeal

Feb 18th, 2020 18m 56s

Oh – it’s really “Taste Test Live!” – you’ll definitely want to hear this week’s music digestion session. This week’s “Put This In Your Mouth” segment is sexy, funny and filling. Dig into the news like a chunk of chocolate cake with the latest

S3 EP10 Singer-Songwriter Emanuel Jackson

Feb 13th, 2020 37m 41s

This weekly music digestion podcast features in-depth discussions on culture, the influence of music, passion-filled opinions and hot topics along with interviews by creatives, change-makers, and artisans. This week's guest is singer/songwriter

S3 EP9 Celebrating Black History Month with Dancethropologist Christa Fatoumata Sylla

Feb 8th, 2020 52m 12s

Taste Test Live podcast is back! We've returned for the latest pop culture and music entertainment news. To kick off Black History Month, we were joined in the studio with Jacksonville-based African Dance Instructor and culture contributor, Chr

S3 EP8 Some Honeys Don't But This Honeydo with guest Colette Bing

Jan 30th, 2020 44m 15s

Welcome back to another installment of your favorite music digestion podcast! This week, we had a special dedication to the late, basketball great and influencer, Kobe Bryant and discussed how he impacted each of us. During our Put This In Your

S3 EP6 Civics Lessons with Lashonda "LJ" Holloway

Jan 28th, 2020 36m 10s

Lj Holloway (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 5th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary on August 18, 2020. She stopped to discuss her campaign, and candidly

S3 EP5 Multi-Grammy Award-winning drummer and percussionist Ulysses Owens Jr.

Jan 28th, 2020 38m 52s

Heralded as a “powerhouse of a showman” (Glide Magazine), a “legitimate jazz triple threat” (Critical Jazz) and a drummer who “take[s] a back seat to no one” (The New York Times), performer, producer, and educator Ulysses Owens Jr. goes the lim

S3 EP4 Just Playing Games with Barbara Colaciello

Jan 28th, 2020 40m 31s

We're back with a show we taped on January 14th, but just in time for our guest's birthday! Happy Birthday, Babs!We started off the show with our "Put This in Your Mouth" segment where Blue Franswa admitted that he's starting to realize his wo

S3 EP3 Community Organizer & Cultural Maven Shawana Brooks

Jan 10th, 2020 45m 7s

Back for our third show with the most interesting black woman in Jacksonville, Shawana Brooks. She joined the Taste Test Live crew to discuss her recent career change and starting a new chapter with JAMS (JAMS - Jacksonville Arts & Music School

S3 EP2 Jacksonville Piano Man Michael Murphy

Jan 7th, 2020 32m 23s

Happy New Year! The Taste Test Live crew is back! Taste Test Live features in-depth music discussion, passion-filled opinions, along with interviews by creatives, change-makers, and artisans. This week, we welcome guest Michael Murphy discussin

S3 EP1 First Taste of 2020

Jan 7th, 2020 40m 12s

Happy New Year! The Taste Test Live crew is back! Taste Test Live features in-depth music discussion, passion-filled opinions, along with interviews by creatives, change-makers, and artisans. We have a new opening show and theme music and are g

S2 EP 16 Singer and Multi-Instrumentalist Chris Williams Teases New Single Ahead of Album Release

Dec 14th, 2019 42m 1s

Our good friend Chris Williams - @chrissoulsinger joined us to spill his new single “Come and Get Your Man” dropping on 01/01/2020 and teases his sophomore album "Soul Power Revolution". We were graced with a #TasteTestLive exclusive, y’all an

S2 EP15 -Spoken Word Artist and Poet Trinity Estelle

Dec 12th, 2019 14m 51s

Join Damien Lamar and his co-host MJbaker who were joined in the studio with 19-year old, Spoken Word Artist, Speaker, Writer and Poet and Yoga Instructor, Trinity Estelle. She dropped by during her mid-term week to share some words for young s

S2 EP14: The Life of Robert Arleigh White

Dec 12th, 2019 27m 6s

We're back for another solid week of tasty interviews with a brand new post-Thanksgiving music digestion session with Artist Advocate and Educator, Robert Arleigh White. MJbaker discussed the alternative music set she provided for her family on

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BONUS: Have a Taste of "Art Nuggets" at CoRK Open Studios 7

Nov 24th, 2019 29m 10s

We went LIVE at Have a taste of “captured essence!” We popped open the cork and decided to spontaneously record a few conversations and interview a handful of our favorite “movers and shakers.” The atmosphere at CoRK Open Studios - Year 7 was

S2 EP12 Introducing Producer Bishop Jones

Nov 23rd, 2019 1h 7m

Taste Test Live is a weekly music review podcast series hosted by Damien Lamar and his co-hosts Blue Franswa & MJbaker. The show features a revolving cast of local creatives, artists, singers, entrepreneurs, storytellers and more to discuss the

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S2 EP11 The Return of the Balance King

Nov 20th, 2019 27m 33s

S2 S10: Emmy Award Winning News Producer and Author Nikeshia Elise Williams

Nov 15th, 2019 33m 15s

“I’M A BLACK WOMANWHO WRITES FOR BLACK WOMENABOUT BLACK WOMEN.PERIOD.”— Nikeshia Elise WilliamsDamien Lamar was compelled to speak more with this week’s guest who he originally met at a PB&J (Party Benefit & Jam) Jam Session at the Nonprof

S2 S9: Who Really Let the Dogs Out?

Nov 13th, 2019 51m 57s

Producer, songwriter and music lover with deep roots in Northeast Florida, Joe Gonzalez aka Papa Wheelie shares his story behind the song "Who Let the Dogs Out," which became a hit for the Bahamian group Baha Men in 1998. “Sunshine is all it

S2 EP8: "Put This In Your Mouth"

Nov 11th, 2019 19m 6s

Taste Test Live is your music digestion podcast! Hosted by singer, radio presenter & producer, Damien Lamar along with his co-hosts, Blue Franswa, photographer and serial-entrepreneur & songstress, MJbaker. Taste Test Live features in-d