We'll hear new music from The Adelians and SUM, Shake it Out with Grace Love & the True Loves, and hear Babatunde Lea's tribute to Leon Thomas' masterpiece, The Creator Has a Master Plan.
UpFront Soul #2016.52 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M The Adelians "Reach Out to Me" from "Reach Out to Me" Ramon Morris "First Come First Served" from "Sweet Sister Funk" on Groove Merchant SUM "Funk Hip Nasty" from "SUM" on Belvilus Entertainment Music Grace Love & the True Loves "Shake it Out" from "Grace Love & the True Loves" Richard Groove Holmes "Blues for Big Fred" from "Welcome Home! Soul Jazz Masters" Rasheed Ali "Do You Believe" from "1968 Black Power!" on Digital Rain Factory Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators "Together We Climb" from "Happiness in Every Style" on Timmion Junior Walker "Gimme That Beat Pts 1 &2" from "Gimme That Beat Pts 1 &2" Black Sugar "Too Late" from "Black Sugar" on Munster Jamison Ross "Sack Full of Dreams" from "Jamison" Mahogany Brass Band "Blackbird Special" from "Mahogany Brass Band" Tony Allen "Tony Wood" from "Film of Life" on Harmonia Mundi Hour 2 Otis Redding "Hey Hey Baby" from "These Arms of Mine" Mary Love "Lay This Burden" from "Lay This Burden" on Modern Mahalia Jackson "There's Been a Great Change in Me" from "Moving On Up a Little Higher" on Shanachie Sam Cooke "Twistin' In The Old Town Tonight" from "Twistin' the Night Away" Billy Preston "Shotgun" from "Don't Let Me Catch You Crying" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "Come On Do the Jerk" from "Come On Do the Jerk" The Ovations feat. Louis Williams "Won't You Call" from "Goldwax Recordings" The New Birth "Afro Strut" from "Soul Goes Psychedelic" O.C. Smith "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" from "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" Nina Simone "The Other Woman" from "Black Gold" on RCA Reverend Gatemouth Moore and His Gospel Singers "In The Morning" from "Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol.1" James Brown "Super Bad" from "20 All Time Greatest Hits!" on Polydor Babatunde Lea "Creator Has a Master Plan" from "Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas" on Motema Music Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA