We'll hear new music from British soul singer Tony Momrelle, plus brand-new sounds from Kemi Ade, Columbia Nights, and Drew Kid, and the craziest Afrobeat cover you'll ever hear!
UpFront Soul #2015.45 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" Tony Momrelle feat. Talib Kweli "Keep Pushing" from "Keep Pushing" Butcher Brown "Moist" from "Grown Folk" Bosq, Kaleta "Take Over" from "Celestial Strut" Eskorzo Afrobeat Experience "El Muro" from "Hypnotic Covers EP" Drew Kid with the Ooh Child Ensemble "Diko's Groove" from "Rebirth" Barbara Acklin "I Can't Do My Thing" from "I'm a Good Woman, Vol. 3" Apagya Show Band "I Am Black" from "Ghana Funk" Brothers of Hope "Nikol Nikol" from "Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend" Cassandra Wilson "Billie's Blues" from "Coming Forth by Day" Kemi Ade "Dreams" from "The Coffee Shop" Christian McBride "Brother Mister" from "Kind of Brown" Hour 2 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters "It's Love, Baby (24 Hours a Day)" from "Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters" The Pandoras "I Could Write A Book (About My Baby)" from "Girls With Guitars" Sam Cooke "You Were Made For Me" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" Aretha Franklin "Only The One You Love" from "A Bit Of Soul" The Abyssinian Baptist Choir "I Want To Ride That Glory Train" from "Shakin' The Rafters: Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir Under The Direction of Professor Alex Bradford" Mel Carter "When A Boy Falls In Love" from "The SAR Records Story Disc 2" Maxine Brown "All In My Mind" from "Hits Anthology" Bobby Hollaway "Cornbread, Hog Maw, and Chitterlin's" from "Cornbread, Hog Maw, and Chitterlin's" Breakwater "Do It Til the Fluid Gets Hot" from "Do It Til the Fluid Gets Hot" Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Get Up & Get Out" from "Give the People What They Want" Joan Armatrading "Steppin' Out" from "Back to the Night" Leon's Creation "Confusion" from "This is the Beginning" Us3 "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" from "Hand on the Torch" Soul Rebels Brass Band "Living for the City" from "Nothing But Love - EP" A Tribe Called Quest "I Left My Wallet in el Segundo" from "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" Columbia Nights "Glide feat. Vaughan Octavia" from "In All Things" Somi "Four.One.Nine" from "The Lagos Music Salon" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963"