We'll celebrate those born in Taurus with Cannonball Adderley, spin a set of Afrobeat from Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, The Lijadu Sisters, and Ebo Taylor, Jr., and head to Soulville with Aretha Franklin and Woodstock with Sly & the Family Stone.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
UpFront Soul #2024.15 Playlist
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black!
ENDRECHERI "Nuruttetai" from GO TO FUNK
Sly & The Family Stone "You Can Make It If You Try" from The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
Aretha Franklin "Soulville" from The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years 1960-1965 Disc 2
Rasputin's Stash "Dark Moon" from Hidden Stash on Athens of the North
Ahmad Jamal "M.A.S.H. Theme" from M*A*S*H (Soundtrack)
Don "Sugarcane" Harris "Tears are Made of Dreams" from Sugarcane
Raphael Saadiq "Movin' Down the Line" from Stone Rollin'
Reuben Wilson "The Cisco Kid" from Killer Jazz Funk From Groove Merchant Vault - Return of Jazz Funk
Tanika Charles "Two Steps" from Soul Run
Santiago "Feelin' Good" on Athens of the North
Blackbuster "Old Man" from Funk Mode
Rasheed Ali "We Got Soul" from 1968 Black Power on Digital Rain Factory
The Famous Davis Sisters "Jonah" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol. 1
Fats Domino "Every Night About This Time" from The Complete Hits 1950-62, Vol. 1
Syl Johnson "We Do It Together" from The Complete Twinight Singles
Ebo Taylor Jr. "Children Don't Cry" from Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983
The Lijadu Sisters "Amebo" from Danger on Knitting Factory
Cannonball Adderley "Taurus" from The Soul Zodiac
Kahil El'Zabar Quartet "We'll Get Through This" from A Time for Healing
Voices of East Harlem "Right On, Be Free" from Right On, Be Free
Melvin Sparks "Get Down with the Get Down" on Rocafort
Nikki Giovanni "This Little Light of Mine (Second Rapp Poem)" from The Truth Is On the Way
Curtis Mayfield "Move On Up" from Curtis
King Curtis "The Weight" from Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
Chuck Bridges "Keep Your Faith" from SuperFunk 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... Tonight another live broadcast from a New Orleans music club from the theater district of your mind. I'm substituting for Black Mold so we'll keep it closer to his sound.