This week, we'll hear Latin soul from Joe Bataan, travel to Ghana with the Bokoor Band and Nigeria with Femi Kuti, and sample some old-school funky soul with Don Covay. Plus, we'll serve up some Watermelon (Man) and Monkey Hips and Rice!
#2015.29 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" 1619 Bad Ass Band "I Am Mine" from "1619 Bad Ass Band (Digitally Remastered)" Richard "Groove" Holmes "Oklahoma Toad" from "Welcome Home! Soul Jazz Masters" Leon Bridges "Better Man" from "Coming Home" Joe Bataan "Too Much Lovin" from "Joe Bataan Anthology" Bokoor Band "There Is Time" from "Bokoor Beats" Martha Redbone "Heaven" from "Home of the Brave" Femi Kuti "Na so We See Am" from "No Place For My Dream" Black Rock "Bad Cloud Overhead" from "Bad Cloud Overhead - Single" Don Covay "If There's a Will There's a Way" from "Serious Funk - [The Dave Cash Collection]" The Five Royales "Monkey Hips and Rice" from "Monkey Hips and Rice" Monk Higgins "Watermelon Man" from "Watermelon Man" Bo Diddley "Say Man" from "Bo Diddley: The Chess Box Disc 1" The Isley Brothers "Tango" from "The Complete UA Sessions" The Cellos "Rang Tang Ding Dong" from "Rang Tang Ding Dong" James Brown & His Famous Flames "Two Hearts in a Tangle" from "Two Hearts in a Tangle" Benny Spellman "'T'ain't It The Truth" from "Benny Spellman Selected Favorites" Hour 2 Sam Cooke "There! I've Said It Again" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" King Curtis "Midnight Ramble" from "Have Tenor Sax, Will Travel" Aretha Franklin "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" from "The Queen in Waiting" Bill Withers "Harlem" from "Just As I Am" JD & The Evils Dynamite Band "Everglades" from "Truth & Soul presents Soul Fire" Chocolate Milk "My Mind is Hazy" from "Action Speaks Louder Than Words" Parliament "Mothership Connection" from "Parliament's Greatest Hits" Grover Washington "Masterpiece" from "Soul Box" Ohio Players "Fire" from "Pure Funk" Erma Franklin "Love is Blind" from "Erma Franklin: Piece of her Heart - The Epic and Shout Years" Sam Cooke "Let's Go Steady Again" from "The Man Who Invented Soul Disc 1" Al TNT Braggs "A Little Bit Closer" from "A Little Bit Closer" Charles Earland "Key Club Cookout" from "Living Black!" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963"