In hour 1, we lay upon you several soulful and, and in some cases, slightly strange covers from Della Reese, Richie Havens, and Louis Armstrong, drop in on a New Orleans jazz funeral, and stretch out with Pharoah Sanders. In hour 2, we hear a rollicking version of Amazing Grace courtesy of Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers, tour the world with stops in Guinea Conakry, Nigeria, Brazil, and Trinidad, and hear a set hosted by late great WERU dj Charlie Oldham.
The Nightfly #2014.05 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" Della Reese "It Was a Very Good Year" King Curtis & The Noble Knights "Mr. Crow" Bobby Marchan "Chickee Wah Wah" Dyke & The Blazers "We Got More Soul" Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Western Michigan University 12/18/63" Geraldo Pino "Power to the People" Richie Havens "Ooh Child" Voices of Jordan "It's Getting Late" Magnificent Sevenths Brass Band "Funeral Procession: Lead Me Savior" Eskew Reeder "The Flu" Louis Armstrong "Everybody's Talkin'" The Meters "Pungee" Richard Berry "Crazy Lover" Pharoah Sanders "Kumba" Antibalas "Obanla'e" Hour 2 Erma Franklin "Don't Blame Me" Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers "Amazing Grace" Donnie Elbert "Wild Child" Rockpile "If Sugar Was As Sweet As You" O.v. Wright "Drowning on Dry Land" Barrance Whitfield & the Savages "Caveman" Omoba d'Eru Ri [Yoruba] "Tunji Oyelana" Grandmaster Flash "The Message" Erasmo Carlos "Maria Joana" Lou Bond "That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be" Joan Armatrading "What Do You Want" Bala & Ses Baladins "Moi Ca Ma Fout" The Mighty Shadow "Poverty Is Hell" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"