Cork’s Stevie G is serving up some southern soul

CORK DJ Stephen Grainger (aka Stevie G) is launching his own record label, Soul Jamz Records, with its maiden release being a double A-side 7” vinyl single.

Three weeks ago, Grainger was signing off on the details of its digital release when a giddy notion overtook him. “It caught me by surprise,” he says with a bemused grin. “I was filling out one of these things and it was like, ‘Your money will be…’ so I was like, ‘Jesus, there actually might even be one or two monies coming in from it’. I might actually sell one or two of them, which is kinda funny. And I was thinking then I could do another one’.”

A veteran club and radio DJ in Cork city for 20 years, Grainger has been around the business long enough to know that the dream of hitting financial pay dirt is the last reason to start a record label.