This week's episode of UpFront Soul is dedicated to the memory of George Floyd, with songs of struggle and hope from Rasheed Ali, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Gil Scott-Heron, Amerigo Gazaway, Curtis Mayfield, and Corona Cypher presented by Julian Gosin featuring ERION Williams, Paul Robertson, Winston Turner and Manuel Perkins Jr.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2020.23
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1 Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! Anthony Branker "Ballad for Trayvon Martin" from Uppity! Marcus Shelby "We're a Winner" from Soul of the Movement Curtis Mayfield "Power to the People (demo)" from Curtis The Impressions "Keep On Pushing" from People Get Ready Peter Tosh "Get Up, Stand Up" from Equal Rights (Legacy Edition) The Chosen Brothers "March Down Babylon" from March Down Babylon Macka B "Caught on Camera" from Black Songs Matter Michael Franti & Spearhead "Show Me Your Peace Sign" from Stay Human Vol. II The Freedom Singers "Ain' Scared of Nobody" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 1 Isley Brothers "Fight the Power" from The Heat Is On Andre Cymone "Black Man in America" from Black Man in America The Freedom Singers "Wade in the Water" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 1 SCLC Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir "Nobody Knows" from On the Case Mahalia Jackson "Precious Lord" from Mahalia Jackson Sings The Best Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ben Williams "March On (feat. Wes Felton)" from I Am A Man T.G.C. "I Am Trayvon Martin" from Brown Bag Special Stokely Carmichael "So Much Strength" from Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 1 Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey on the Moon" from The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from Forever Young, Gifted and Black Allen Hoist "Makes Me Wanna Holler" from Soul's Back Again! Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" from What's Going On Corona Cypher presented by Julian Gosin featuring ERION Williams, Paul Robertson, Winston Turner and Manuel Perkins Jr. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come" from Ain't That Good News Jerry Lawson "Peace Like a River" from Just a Mortal Man Amerigo Gazaway "Don't Shoot" Gregory Porter "1960 Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub" from 1960 What? The Remixes Rasheed Ali "A Badge & a Gun" from 1968: LSD (Love, Soul & Devotion) Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M