In hour 1, we'll dish up some Native American soul from Martha Redbone, Ethio-jazz from Mulatu Astatke, and multi-instrumental insanity from Roland Kirk. In hour 2, we'll continue with the funk, soul, and jazz, and break for a set hosted by late, great WERU dj Charlie Oldham.
The Nightfly #2015.02 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" Tony Allen & the Chimes "Nite Owl" Billy Preston "Drown' in My Tears" D'Angelo and The Vanguard "Prayer" Martha Redbone "Children of Love" Jimmy Smith "The Big Bowl" Barry White "I've Got The World To Hold Me Up" Femi Kuti "1, 2, 3, 4" Mulatu Astatke "Yekatit" Don Sugarcane Harris "Don't You Think I've Paid Enough" Roland Kirk "One Ton" Eartha Kitt "I Want To Be Evil" Hour 2 Nina Simone "The Other Woman" Reverend Gatemouth Moore and His Gospel Singers "In The Morning" James Brown "Super Bad" Conway Twitty "What Am I Livin' For?" Don & Dewey "Justine" Ted Taylor "I'm Just a Crumb in Your Breadbox of Love" Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers "Any Day Now" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "The Composer" Aretha Franklin "Hard Times (No One Knows Better than I) [#]" Bootsy Collins "Wide Track" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"