We'll hear new soul from Rasheed Ali, hear the latest from The Suffers, and pay tribute to the late Billy Paul.
UpFront Soul #2016.18 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Rasheed Ali "We Got Soul" from "1968 Black Power" on Digital Rain Factory Blackbuster "Old Man" from "Funk Mode" Santiago "Feelin' Good" from "Feelin' Good" on Athens of the North The Suffers "Peanuts" from "The Suffers" on The Suffers Music King Curtis "Sack O' Woe (Twist)" from "King Of The Sax" The Isley Brothers; Jimi Hendrix "Testify (Parts 1 & 2)" from "West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology" Billy Paul "Magic Carpet Ride" from "Going East" Joe Thomas "Thank You (Fall etin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)" from "Birth of the Cool Funk - Vintage Jams and Serious Grooves, Vol. 3" Abdoulaye Ciss "A Son Magni (Voodoocuts Edit)" from "A Son Magni (Voodoocuts Edit)" on Rocafort Records The Chambers Brothers "Funky" from "Time Has Come: The Best of the Chambers Brothers" on COLUMBIA/LEGACY Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators "Vulture's Prayer" from "Happiness in Every Style" on Timmion Soul Rebels Brass Band "Rock With You" from "Nothing But Love - EP" Nina Simone "How Long Must I Wonder" from "Here Comes The Sun" Hour 2 Otis Redding "I Can't Turn You Loose" from "Very Best of Otis Redding" on Atlantic Bernard Purdie, Reuben Wilson, Grant Green, Jr., Bill Easley; "You Send Me" from "3" Barry White "I've Got The World To Hold Me Up" from "Come On In Love" The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" from "Greatest Hits" Coolbone Brass Band "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" from "Coolbone Swing Troop" Mahalia Jackson "Come On Children, Let's Sing" from "Mahalia Jackson In Concert Easter Sunday, 1967" on Sony Nina Simone "The Pusher" from "It Is Finished" Miriam Makeba "Quit It" from "A Promise" Curtis Mayfield "No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)" from "Superfly" on Curtom Sam Cooke "If I Had You" from "The Man Who Invented Soul Disc 2" Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Tell Me" from "Daptone Gold" on Daptone The Unforgettables "Too Much Trouble" from "Bay Area Funk" on Luv 'n' Haight Kamasi Washington "Cherokee" from "The Epic" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985