Music Policy

100% good-time vintage Black music for the dancefloor

Discover some of the uplifting sounds spun by the DJs at the Right On club night in London. This is music that will keep you dancing all night long.

  • blues
  • soul
  • jazz
  • funk
  • boogaloo
  • mambo
  • salsa
  • merengue
  • cumbia
  • samba
  • calypso
  • goombay
  • ska
  • reggae
  • spouge
  • rumba
  • kwela
  • jive
  • highlife
  • Afrobeat

Resident DJ Dr Séculaire and guests play these and other foundational genres of Black music from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s on vinyl and shellac. You will hear the selectors highlight the diversity of African-American, Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean, and African musical traditions, while connecting the dots between them.

Depending on the DJs, other genres you may hear include benga, biguine, bomba, cha-cha-chá, compas (konpa), gospel, makossa, mento, méringue, pachanga, plena, rock ’n’ roll, rocksteady, soca, son montuno, and soukous.

Non-electronic dance music

Right On is a celebration of non-electronic dance music from across the Black diaspora. There are no computerised beats added to the mix, and you won’t hear genres like house, techno, digital dancehall, reggaeton, drum & bass, jazztronica (nu jazz), or broken beat (bruk). But this is no anachronism – this is music that continues to resonate across generations and across borders.