In hour 1, we'll sample some Latin soul, dig into some Ethiopian jazz, and blast off into space with R&B tricksters The Marathons (aka The Vibrations, aka The Jayhawks, originators of Stranded in the Jungle). In hour 2, you'll hear perhaps the only Nigerian cover of The Temptations' "My Girl" ever committed to wax, take another stroll down New Orleans way, and wrap up with the eloquence of Barbara Jordan.
Nightfly 2013.47 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" Willie Colon "Willie Whopper" Wqlj "Nothin' Doin' But Waitin' on Leon" The Chambers Brothers "Funky" The Marathons "Chicken Spaceman" JC Davis "Don't Ever Leave Me" Mulatu Astatke "Yekemo Sew" The Gospel Clouds "He's Sweet I Know" The Headhunters "God Make Me Funky" Gulf Stream "Sophisticated Soul" Norman Connors "The Creator Has a Master Plan" Geraldo Pino "Right in the Centre" Miles Davis "Here Come De Honey Man" Hour 2 The Glories "Dark End of the Street" King Curtis "The Lone Prairie" Orlando Julius "My Girl" Ike Turner "Prancing" The Juke Jumpers "Horn Street Bounce" Dick Dale & the Del-Tones "Night Rider" Wardell and The Sultans "I'm Broke" Dejan's Olympia Brass Band "No It Ain't My Fault" Louis Armstrong "Boy From New Orleans" Stevie Wonder "Black Man" Barbara Jordan "Excerpt from Richard Nixon's Impeachment Hearing, 7/25/74" The Budos Band "Raja Haje" Marvin Gaye "Right On" The Chi-Lites "For God's Sake Give More Power to the People" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"