We'll spin a new release of a classic by The Apostles, plus we'll hear from Little Jackie and the Lijadu Sisters!
UpFront Soul #2017.19 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M The Apostles "Banko Woman" from "Banko Woman" on Cultures of Soul Jimmy Reed "Funky Funky Soul" from "I Need It Bad" Little Jackie "It's Like That" from "Queen of Prospect Park" on Plush Moon Records Nancy Dupree "Tears (Poem)" from "Letters to Young Sisters and Other Poems" Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker& Tony Allen "Drum Solo" from "Fela Ransome Kuti and the Africa '70 with Ginger Baker" The Clarence Mack Express "Runaway Train" from "Wheedle's Groove - Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75" on Light In The Attic Records Joan Armatrading "Dry Land or No Love for Free" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Parliament "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" from "Parliament's Greatest Hits" The Excitements "The Hammer" from "Sometimes Too Much Ain't Enough" on Penniman Rufus Thomas "Sister's Got a Boyfriend" from "Sister's Got a Boyfriend" on Stax Rasheed Ali "I Confess" from "1968 Love Power!" on Digital Rain Factory Ramon Morris "Lord Sideways" from "Sweet Sister Funk" on Groove Merchant 1619 Bad Ass Band "Step Out" from "1619 Bad Ass Band" The Lijadu Sisters "Come and Dance" from "Sunshine" Hour 2 Sam Cooke "Cupid" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" on RCA Al Green "Guilty" from "Back Up Train" Mahalia Jackson "Keep Your Hand on the Plow" from "Move On Up a Little Higher" on Shanachie Little Sister "Somebody's Watching You (Full Band Version)" from "I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-1970" Dr. Lonnie Smith "Trouble Man" from "Jungle Soul" on Palmetto Bill Withers "I Don't Want You On My Mind" from "Discover Beyond" on Sony Saun & Starr "Big Wheel" from "Look Closer" on Daptone Richard Groove Holmes "No Trouble On the Mountain" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "All Here and Now (excerpt)" from "Great Audio Moments, Vol.41: Martin Luther King" Cody Chestnutt "Experiment Number One" from "Experiment Number One" on Vibration Vineyard B.B King "Help the Poor" from "Talent, 30 Original Songs: B.B. King" Les James Trio "Joe's Thing" from "Alive" on Century Bobby McFerrin "25:15:00" from "SpiritYouAll" on Masterworks Grant Green "Freedom March (Sunday Morning)" from "Jazz Classics: The Best of Grant Green" Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA