We'll welcome 2021 with New Year tunes by Joseph Washington, Jr., Sun Ra, & The Coolbreezers, hear Ray Charles give 2020 the boot, and celebrate freedom and new beginnings with Andreya Triana, Fontella Bass, and the Mike Carr Quartet.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2021.01
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! Orlando Julius "Else Rere" from Super Afro Soul Black Sugar "Viajecito" from Black Sugar Fela Kuti "Ololufe Mi" from The Underground Spiritual Game Fela Kuti "Intro" from The Underground Spiritual Game Rasheed Ali "Twenty-Four Seven" from 1968: Soul Power! on Digital Rain Factory Jamison Ross "Set Us Free" from Jamison Syl Johnson "Concrete Reservation" from The Complete Twinight Singles on Numero Joyce Dunn "A New Change of Address" from The Lost Soul Sisters Jimmy McGriff "The Bird" from Jimmy McGriff - Unreleased Saun & Starr "Gonna Make Time" from Saun & Starr Mahalia Jackson "Move On Up a Little Higher" from Move On Up a Little Higher The Gospel Clouds "He's Sweet I Know" from Steamin' Aretha Franklin "The Old Landmark" from Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 Solomon Burke "Everybody Needs Somebody" from Live at the House of Blues The Original Blues Brothers Band "Don't Go No Further" from Last Shade of Blue Before Black Bo Diddley "Hey! Bo Diddley" from The Chess Box Disc 1 Mike Carr Quartet & Trio "Freedom Song" from Good Times & The Blues Ben Branch and The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra "Hard Times" from The Last Request on Chess LP (1968) Fontella Bass "Talking About Freedom" from Soul Brothers and Sisters-Hit Grooves and Funk Hits The Three Degrees "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" from The Roots of Philadelphia Funk & Soul: 17 Classics Andreya Triana "Freedom" Damian Marley "We're Gonna Make It" from Welcome to Jamrock Lee Scratch Perry "Rise Again" from Rise Again Jimmy Cliff "The Harder They Come" from The Harder They Come Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses" from Quiet Fire Miriam Makeba "Goodbye Poverty" from Country Girl Ray Charles "Hit The Road Jack" from The Genius Hits The Coolbreezers "Mr. New Year" from Hipsters' Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics Sun Ra "Happy New Year to You" from The Sounds of Sun Ra 1956-1961 Joseph Washington Jr. "New Year" from Merry Christmas to You Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M