In hour 1, we'll be spinning the Skull Snaps, The Cougars, and the great Mahalia Jackson. We open hour 2 with perennial backup group The Blossoms, and continue with funk, soul, and jazz, plus a guest appearance by the late great WERU dj Charlie Oldham.
The Nightfly 2014.18 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" The Cougars "I Wish It Would Rain" Erma Franklin "I Don't Want No Mama's Boy" The Skull Snaps "It's a New Day" Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth for Christ Choir "Like a Ship" Nina Simone "Isn't It A Pity" Mahalia Jackson "Out of the Depths" Stevie Wonder "Black Man" Parliament "Chocolate City" Village People "Just Give Me What I Want" John Coltrane "Like Someone in Love" Hour 2 The Blossoms "Soul & Inspiration" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "My Love for You" Aretha Franklin "Little Brown Book (#)" Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died" Johnny Thunders "Born to Lose" The Verbs "Flowers on the Wall" Terry Callier "People Get Ready/Brotherly Love" Sam Block "Freedom Train" Richie Havens "Freedom (adapted from Motherless Child)" Willie Peacock "Calypso Freedom" S.O.U.L. "Tell It Like It Is" Kathleen Cleaver "Change It" David Bowie & the Rebels "Revolutionary Song" Pat Rhoden "Living for the City"