We'll hear a soulful tune from Joy Oladokun, plus new music by Samm Henshaw, Jimmy Riley & Bosq. We'll reach back for a Curtis Mayfield cover by The Dynamics, and travel to Ghana for some funk from the Cutlass Dance Band.
UpFront Soul #2015.44 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" Joy Oladokun "Keeping You Around remix" from "Keeping You Around remix" Interpretations "Trippin'" from "Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend" Jimmy Riley, Bosq "Change" from "Celestial Strut" The Suffers "Stay" from "Make Some Room - EP" Butcher Brown "Knock One Back (For SG and Iggy Francs)" from "GrownFolk" Samm Henshaw "Autonomy (Slave)" from "The Sound Experiment - EP" Nina Simone "Go To Hell" from "Silk & Soul" Bernard "Pretty" Purdie "Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool)" from "Soul Drums (With Bonus Tracks)" The Dynamics "Move On Up" from "Version Excursions" Sam Cooke "Somebody Have Mercy" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy "Night Time (Is the Right Time)" from "The Fire This Time" Cutlass Dance Band "Accra Makola" from "Ghana Funk" Cassandra Wilson "What A Little Moonlight Can Do" from "Coming Forth by Day" Cecile Mclorin Salvant "Womanchild" from "WomanChild" Hour 2 Al Green "Guilty" from "Back Up Train" Solomon Burke "Words" from "Home In Your Heart" Original Five Blind Boys "I'm A Soldier" from "Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol.1" LaVern Baker "Bumble Bee" from "Bumble Bee" Jay Hines and the Boys "Funky Bumble Bee" from "Funky Bumble Bee" JC Davis "Coconut Brown" from "A New Day! The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings of JC Davis" Nina Simone "Poppies" from "Emergency Ward" Moondog "Lament I, "Bird's Lament"" from "Moondog" Joan Armatrading "Let's Go Dancing" from "Back to the Night" Pastor TL Barrett & The Youth for Christ Choir "These Are the Words" from "Like a Ship" Nancy Dupree "What Do I Have" from "Ghetto Reality" Pookey Blow "Get up (And Go to School)" from "Get up (And Go to School)" Drew Kid & the Ooh Child Ensemble "Rebirth Featuring Big Rube" from "Rebirth" Bonerama "Whipping Post" from "Live From New York" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963"