We'll sample a reissue from Eastern Nigeria courtesy of The Apostles, groove with The Maytals, and catch up with Jessica Care Moore and Talib Kweli.
UpFront Soul #2017.20 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M The Maytals "Sweet and Dandy" from "The Harder They Come Soundtrack" C. K. Mann "Okuan Tsentsen Awar" from "Ghana Funk" The Apostles "Faith Luck and Music" from "Faith Luck and Music" on Cultures of Soul Joan Armatrading "No Love for Free" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Idris Muhammad "Hey Pocky A-Way" from "The Soul Jazz Legacy - CTI: The Master Collection Volume 2" Popsicles "U I Remember" from "U I Remember" on Athens of the North Nataani Means "Genocide" from "2 Worlds" Butcher Brown "Tambourine Gypsy" from "GrownFolk" Jessica Care Moore "Catch Me If You Can ft Talib Kweli" from "The Legend of Jessi James" Cannonball Adderly "Taurus" from "Soul Zodiac" on Capitol Hour 2 The Glories "No News" from "Soul Legend" Al Green "I'm Reachin' Out" from "Back Up Train" The SCLC Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir "Nobody Knows" from "On the Case" Barbara Lewis "My Mama Told Me" from "Hello Stranger" on Atlantic Clara Ward and Her Singers "I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with Jesus" from "Come In the Room" Sam Cooke "Send Me Some Lovin'" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" on RCA The Watts Prophets "Trippin'" from "When the 90's Came" Yusef Lateef "Brother" from "The Complete Yusef Lateef" on Rhino Nancy Dupree "Tears" from "Letters To Young Sisters And Other Poems by Nancy Dupree" Fela Kuti "Ginger Baker & Tony Allen (Drum Solo)" from "Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker" Michele Thomas "Higher Ground" from "Messenger" JD And The Evil's Dynamite Band "Beer, (So Nice) Right On" from "Truth & Soul presents Soul Fire : The Majestic Collection" on Truth & Soul Curtis Mayfield "Move On Up" from "Curtis [Remastered]" Licky "African Rock" from "Disco Juice" Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA