We'll kick off with political tunes from Nerukhi and Soul Basement, hear a great rerelease of Nigerian afrobeat from SJOB Movement, and hear the uplifting anthem "I Will Survive" as only Aretha Franklin could perform it.
UpFront Soul #2017.04 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Nerukhi "Welcome to Zombieland" from "Welcome to Zombieland" Butcher Brown "Neighborhood Watch" from "GrownFolk" Soul Basement Feat. Jay Nemor "Noise Pollution" from "What We Leave Behind" SJOB Movement "Friendship Train" from "Friendship Train" on Cultures of Soul Lonnie Smith "I Feel the Earth Move" from "Mama Wailer" Licky "African Rock" from "Disco Juice" Michele Thomas "Higher Ground" from "Messenger" O'DONEL LEVY "Living for the City" from "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" AJ & the Jiggawatts "The Drop" from "The Drop" The Suffers "Dutch" from "The Suffers" on The Suffers Music Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers "Ire" from "African Party" on Freestyle Stevie Wonder "I Believe" from "Talking Book" Hour 2 Sam Cooke "Love Will Find a Way" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" on RCA Richard Berry "One Little Prayer" from "Get Out of the Car" on Flair Mahalia Jackson "Troubles of the World" from "Moving On Up a Little Higher" on Shanachie Miriam Makeba "Samba" from "A Promise" Willie Bobo "Keep That Same Old Feeling" from "Hell Of An Act To Follow" Nina Simone "Let It Be Me" from "Emergency Ward" Aretha Franklin "I Will Survive (The Aretha Version)" from "Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics" Yusef Lateef "Bishop Schools" from "Yusef Lateef's Detroit" Erma Franklin "Don't Wait Too Long" from "Erma Franklin: Piece of her Heart - The Epic and Shout Years" D'Angelo and The Vanguard "The Door" from "Black Messiah" on RCA Burgess Gardner & the Soul Crusaders "Think About It" from "Think About It" on More Soul The Gospel Clouds "Warm Feeling" from "Keep On Praying" Mulatu Astatke "Kasalefkut Hulu" from "Mochilla Presents Timeless: Mulatu Astatke" Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA