We'll hear the latest from Laura Mvula, celebrate Black History Month with Rasheed Ali, and hear a Fela Kuti/De La Soul mashup.
UpFront Soul #2016.07 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Village People "Key West" from "Macho Man" Vercky's et L'Orchestre Veve "Sex Veve" from "Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978" on Analog Africa Lucinda Slim "Whirlpool" from "Lucinda Slim" Syl Johnson "Concrete Reservation" from "The Complete Twinight Singles" on Numero Jamison Ross "Set Us Free" from "Jamison" Rasheed Ali "Twenty-Four Seven" from "1968: Soul Power!" on Digital Rain Factory Toussaint St. Negritude "All Green Lights" from "All Green Lights" Idris Muhammad "I Know You Don't Want Me No More" from "House Of The Rising Sun" on Epic/Legacy Hank Ballard "Blackenized" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 1" Laura Mvula feat. Nile Rogers "Overcome" from "Overcome" on Sony Yaaba Funk "Gyae Me Na Mendwen (James Brown)" from "My Vote Dey Count" Fela Kuti/De La Soul/Prod. Amerigo Gazaway "Trouble In The Water" from "Fela Soul" The Soul Singers "Something's Got A Hold On Me" from "Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol 2" Hour 2 Ray Charles "Tell All The World About You" from "The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959 [Disc 3]" Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles "I Walked Right In" from "Doo-Wop Groups and Crooners: 20 Great Tracks" The Delacardos "She's The One I Love" from "60s Soul Sensations - The Rare 45 RPM Collection" Pharrell Williams, Fela Kuti, DJ 100 Proof "Happy Mentality" from "Happy Mentality" Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "You'll Be Lonely" from "Give the People What They Want" on Daptone Records Hot 8 Brass Band "Sexual Healing" from "Butter Soundtrack" Staff Benda Bilili "Avramandole" from "Tres Tres Fort" on Crammed Disc Geraldo Pino & the Heartbeats "Black Woman Experience" from "Heavy Heavy Heavy" Deerhoof, Kasai Allstars "Travel Broadens the Mind" from "Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers - Alternative Takes on Congotronics, Vol. 1" JC Davis "Shelly (unreleased)" from "A New Day! The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings of JC Davis" Soul Swingers "Ca'-Ba'-Dab" from "Wheedle's Groove - Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75" Bokoor Band "Maya Gari" from "Bokoor Beats" on Otrabanda Marcus Strickland "It's a Man's Man's World" from "Of Song" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985