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The Nightfly #2015.03 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 19-25, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
We honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear excerpts of his sermons, speeches, and interviews, along with funk, soul, jazz, gospel, and field recordings from the African-American civil rights movement.
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In this edition of The Nightfly, we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear excerpts of his sermons and speeches, along with funk, soul, jazz, gospel, and field recordings from the African-American civil rights movement.
The Nightfly #2015.05 - Big Chief Bo Dollis Tribute - February 2-8, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
We pay tribute to New Orleans legend Big Chief Bo Dollis, hear a set of Motor City tunes, featuring sisters Erma and Aretha Franklin, and experience the delightfully surreal and occasionally incomprehensible Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
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In hour 1, we pay tribute to the late, great Big Chief Bo Dollis, who passed on January 20, 2015. We'll also hear a set of Motor City tunes, featuring sisters Erma and Aretha Franklin. In hour 2, we'll continue with the funk, soul, and jazz, including the delightfully surreal and occasionally incomprehensible Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
The Nightfly #2015.05 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Injuns Here They Come"
Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Coconut Milk"
Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Hell Out The Way"
Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Ho Na Nae"
Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Angola Bound"
Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Indian Red"
Magnificent Sevenths Brass Band "Wake Service: As I Lay My Burden Down"
New Birth Brass Band "I'll Fly Away"
6th Ward Allstars "Didn't He Ramble"
Aretha Franklin "I Will Survive (The Aretha Version)"
Yusef Lateef "Bishop Schools"
Erma Franklin "Don't Wait Too Long"
Hour 2
Ground Hog "Bumpin' Parts I&II"
Billy Preston "Go Now"
Otis Redding "Fat Gal"
Cooking Bag "This is Me"
Black On White Affair "A Bunch Of Changes"
Calender "Hypertension"
Screamin' Jay Hawkins "The Feast of the Mau Mau"
The Budos Band "Black Venom"
Marsha Gee "Peanut Duck"
Geraldo Pino "Right in the Centre"
James Brown "Try Me"
Soul Swingers "Brighter Tomorrow"
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators "My Four Leaf Clover"
Roosevelt Grier "Hard to Forget"
The Monophonics "Like Yesterday"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"
The Nightfly #2015.07 - Mardi Gras Parade - Carnival Spectacular 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
It's Carnival Time! The Nightfly gives you a seat in the reviewing stand as the Mardi Gras parade rolls by. We'll bring you big noise from brass bands and watch the Mardi Gras Indians march. Get out your beads, cut yourself a slice of king cake, and join the parade!
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It's Carnival Time! This week on The Nightfly, we give you a seat in the reviewing stand as the Mardi Gras parade rolls by. We'll bring you big noise from the Rebirth, New Birth, and Soul Rebels brass bands...and many more! We'll watch the Mardi Gras Indians parade as we hear funky sounds from late, great Big Chief Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias, White Eagles, and of course, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux. Get out your beads, cut yourself a slice of king cake, and join the parade! Each hour can stand alone or can be aired together.
If your station is airing The Nightfly as a weekly series, this episode would be for the week of 2/15. Since it's a Mardi Gras show, it can air anytime between 1/6/15 and 2/17/15. If you air The Nightfly on 2/18/15 or after, I suggest picking up an old show (perhaps #2015.01 - http://www.prx.org/p/139444 ), since once Ash Wednesday comes, the Carnival season is over, and we have to pack up our beads until next year!
The Nightfly #2015.06 - Carnival Time - February 9-15, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
We bring you a slew of Crescent City tunes to take you on a virtual trip to Carnival in New Orleans. We'll bring you old favorites from Irma Thomas, Shirley & Lee, and Jessie Hill, classic tunes from the legendary Louis Armstrong, Eddie Bo, and Professor Longhair, plus plenty of brass, Mardi Gras Indian music, and, of course, those funky Meters.
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In this episode of The Nightfly, we bring you a slew of Crescent City tunes to take you on a virtual trip to Carnival in New Orleans. We'll bring you old favorites from Irma Thomas, Shirley & Lee, and Jessie Hill, classic tunes from the legendary Louis Armstrong, Eddie Bo, and Professor Longhair, plus plenty of brass, Mardi Gras Indian music, and, of course, those funky Meters.
The Nightfly #2015.06 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Wild Magnolias "New Suit"
Big Al Carson "All In a Mardi Gras Day"
The Baby Dodds Trio "My Indian Red"
George Lewis and His New Orleans Music "Yacka Hula Hickey Dula"
Wild Tchoupitoulas "Meet De Boys on De Battlefront"
Irma Thomas "Save a Little Bit For Me"
Professor Longhair "Her Mind Is Gone"
The Meters "Funky Miracle"
Shirley & Lee "Let the Good Times Roll"
Bo Dollis "Coconut Milk"
Treme Brass Band "Cabaret"
Eddie Bo "Hey Bo"
Hundred & One Runners "Old Black Johnny"
The Dirty Dozen Brass band "Charlie Dozen"
Hour 2
Rebirth Brass Band "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
Monk Boudreaux "Sew, Sew, Sew"
Bonerama "The Wizard"
Wardell and The Sultans "I'm Broke"
Dejan's Olympia Brass Band "No It Ain't My Fault"
Louis Armstrong "Boy From New Orleans"
The Flaming Arrows "Shallow Water"
Monk Boudreaux "Katie Mae"
The Magnificent Sevenths "Joyous Send Off: Feels So Good"
Jessie Hill "Oogsey Moo"
Idris Muhammad "Hey Pocky A-Way"
Bob James "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
The Nightfly #2015.08 - Black History Month - February 23-March 1, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:58:00
We feature funk, soul, and jazz designed to inspire and empower from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Gil Scott-Heron, interspersed with the voices of civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and many more.
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We feature funk, soul, and jazz designed to inspire and empower from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Gil Scott-Heron, interspersed with the voices of civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and many more.
The Nightfly #2015.08 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Nina Simone "To Be Young, Gifted And Black"
Nancy Dupree "What Do I Have?"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16 1967)"
The Temptations "Message from a Black Man"
Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses"
Nat Turner Rebellion "Tribute to a Slave"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16 1967) Excerpt"
Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
Ben Branch and The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra "Hard Times"
Unknown "In The Mess (excerpt)"
Unknown "Want My Freedom"
Core Freedom Singers "Get Your Rights, Jack"
Oscar Brown Jr. "40 Acres and a Mule"
Unknown "In The Mess (excerpt)"
Gil Scott-Heron "Black History/ The World"
Hour 2
Curtis Mayfield "Wild and Free"
Freedom Singers "Freedom Medley--Freedom Chant--Oh Freedom--This Little Light of Mine"
Fannie Lou Hamer "The Day of Registration (Speaker)"
Richard "Groove" Holmes "Soul Power"
Nerukhi "Black Lives Matter"
Syl Johnson "Is It Because I'm Black?"
Kathleen Cleaver "Change It"
Intelligent Hoodlum "Black and Proud"
Roy Ayers "Black Family"
Unknown "We Need You Here"
The Commodores "Rise Up"
Fela Kuti "2000 Blacks Got to be Free"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"
The Nightfly #2015.15 - Poetry Month Special - April 13-19, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll hear from Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Gil Scott-Heron, and many more!
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We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop... poetry with a beat. We'll hear from Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Gil Scott-Heron, and many more!
The Nightfly #2015.15
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Blackalicious "Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni"
Margaret Walker "For My People"
Reuben Wilson "Inner City Blues"
The Last Poets with Bernard Purdie "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle"
Ballad Of Birmingham "Jerry Moore"
Claude McKay "If We Must Die"
Yusef Lateef "Russell And Eliot"
Arrested Development "Freedom"
Cassandra Wilson "Strange Fruit"
Countee Cullen "Heritage"
Miles Davis "Once Upon A Summertime"
Maya Angelou "Africa"
Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
Langston Hughes "I Too"
Eddie Harris "1974 Blues"
Peabody & Sherman "They've Always Known"
Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey On The Moon"
Nina Simone "Backlash Blues"
Nikki Giovanni "Beautiful Black Men"
Harlem Underground Band "Fed Up (Instrumental)"
Hour 2
Sweet Honey In the Rock "On Children"
Nikki Giovanni & The New York Community Choir "Like a Ripple on a Pond"
Sterling Brown "Ma Rainey"
Bobby Broom "D's Blues"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "I Am Somebody"
Oscar Brown Jr "40 Acres and a Mule"
Arna Bontemps "The Daybreakers"
Horace Silver "Doodlin'"
Gwendolyn Brooks "Song of the Front Yard"
Duke Ellington "C Jam Blues"
A Tribe Called Quest "After Hours"
Intelligent Hoodlum "Black and Proud"
Jasmine Mans "Birmingham"
Nikki Giovanni "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"
Lecrae "Welcome to America"
Sonia Sanchez "When Ure Heart Turns Cold"
Brand Nubian "Love Vs. Hate"
Lauryn Hill "Final Hour"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"
The Nightfly #2015.10 - Women's History Month - March 9-15, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
We celebrate Women's History Month with the iconic voices of Aretha Franklin and Eartha Kitt, pioneering instrumentalists like Bobbi Humphrey, and poets like Maya Angelou, as well as the words of women who've worked for justice and equality, like Shirley Chisholm and Fannie Lou Hamer.
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We celebrate Women's History Month with the iconic voices of Aretha Franklin and Eartha Kitt, pioneering instrumentalists like Bobbi Humphrey, and poets like Maya Angelou, as well as the words of women who've worked for justice and equality, like Shirley Chisholm and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Nightfly #2015.10 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Joan Armatrading "Barefoot And Pregnant"
Dorothy Ashby "Soul Vibrations"
Diana Ross "When We Grow Up"
Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"
Maya Angelou "Still I Rise"
Shirley Chisolm "First African American Woman Elected To Congress"
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings "This Land Is Your Land"
Isis "Get Crazy"
Bobbi Humphrey "Blacks and Blues"
Martha Redbone "God Created Woman"
Sweet Honey In the Rock "We Are The Ones"
Odetta "Got My Mind on Freedom"
Doreen Rappaport, Susan Kempler "Sojourner Truth"
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm "Galvanising"
Bobbye Hall "Voyeur"
Hour 2
Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert "Harriet Tubman"
Nancy Dupree "Self-Praise"
Nina Simone "New World Coming"
Eartha Kitt "I Want To Be Evil"
Blanche Calloway "It Looks Like Susie"
Hazel Scott "Honeysuckle Rose"
Melba Liston "Pow!"
Mary Lou Williams "Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
Alice Coltrane "Lovely Sky Boat"
Mahalia Jackson "Elijah Rock"
Fannie Lou Hamer "The Day of Registration"
Sister Rosetta Tharpe "Come By Here"
Leontyne Price "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
Zora Neale Hurston "Oh Buford"
The Staple Singers "I'll Take You There"
Miriam Makeba "Mama (Mama Been and Over)"
The Nightfly #2015.13 - In Memory Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - March 30-April 5, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and commemorate the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from Dr. King in his own voice, as well as soul, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop tributes to Dr. King from Nina Simone, Smokey Robinson, and many more.
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This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and commemorate the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from Dr. King in his own voice, as well as soul, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop tributes to Dr. King from Nina Simone, Smokey Robinson, and many more.
Nightfly #2015.13 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Chris Kenner "Memories of a King (Let Freedom Ring) pt 1"
Martin Luther King, Jr "Excerpt From Speech The Day Before His Death"
Nancy Dupree & a Group of Rochester, NY Youngsters "Docta King"
Ben Branch and The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
George Perkins "Cryin' In the Streets pts 1 & 2"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "Abraham, Martin and John"
Nina Simone "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)"
Otis Spann "Hotel Lorraine"
Gregory Porter & Opolopo "1960 What Oplolopo Kick & Bass Rerub"
Hour 2
Common "A Dream"
Sweet Honey In the Rock "Eyes On The Prize ('Hold On')"
Mahalia Jackson "There Is A Balm in Gilead"
Brother Kirk and Pete Seeger "The Ballad of Martin Luther King"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Sermon: Drum Major Instinct"
The Freedom Singers "We Shall Overcome"
The Freedom Singers "Calypso Freedom"
The Destruments "Freedom"
Norman Connors "The Creator Has a Master Plan"
Edo G "Wishing feat. Masta Ace"
Marcus Shelby Orchestra "Memphis (I Am a Man)"
Aretha Franklin "How I Got Over"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"
The Nightfly #2015.13 - In Memory Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - March 30-April 5, 2015
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage) series | 01:57:59
This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and commemorate the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from Dr. King in his own voice, as well as soul, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop tributes to Dr. King from Nina Simone, Smokey Robinson, and many more.
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This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and commemorate the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from Dr. King in his own voice, as well as soul, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop tributes to Dr. King from Nina Simone, Smokey Robinson, and many more.
Nightfly #2015.13 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Chris Kenner "Memories of a King (Let Freedom Ring) pt 1"
Martin Luther King, Jr "Excerpt From Speech The Day Before His Death"
Nancy Dupree & a Group of Rochester, NY Youngsters "Docta King"
Ben Branch and The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
George Perkins "Cryin' In the Streets pts 1 & 2"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "Abraham, Martin and John"
Nina Simone "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)"
Otis Spann "Hotel Lorraine"
Gregory Porter & Opolopo "1960 What Oplolopo Kick & Bass Rerub"
Hour 2
Common "A Dream"
Sweet Honey In the Rock "Eyes On The Prize ('Hold On')"
Mahalia Jackson "There Is A Balm in Gilead"
Brother Kirk and Pete Seeger "The Ballad of Martin Luther King"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Sermon: Drum Major Instinct"
The Freedom Singers "We Shall Overcome"
The Freedom Singers "Calypso Freedom"
The Destruments "Freedom"
Norman Connors "The Creator Has a Master Plan"
Edo G "Wishing feat. Masta Ace"
Marcus Shelby Orchestra "Memphis (I Am a Man)"
Aretha Franklin "How I Got Over"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"
UpFront Soul #2015.18 - Joan Armatrading Interview Special
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
We start the show with an interview with Joan Armatrading, who is currently on her last major world tour. (Rest assured, she's not retiring!) We'll round out the show with humor from jazz saxophone legend Eddie Harris, brand-new soul from Allen Stone, and old and new tracks from Little Jackie, plus more funk, soul, and jazz than you can safely lift.
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We start the show with an interview with Joan Armatrading, who is currently on her last major world tour. (Rest assured, she's not retiring!) We'll round out the show with humor from jazz saxophone legend Eddie Harris, brand-new soul from Allen Stone, and old and new tracks from Little Jackie, plus more funk, soul, and jazz than you can safely lift.
UpFront Soul is the new incarnation of The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage. We've been bringing you 120 minutes of soulful sounds every week since 2011. The music remains the same... only the name has changed. For Nightfly archives, visit http://www.prx.org/series/34144-upfront-soul-formerly-the-nightfly-with-sanguine
UpFront Soul Playlist #2015.18
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night"
Joan Armatrading "Join the Boys"
Yusef Lateef "Russell and Elliot"
Eddie Harris "Eddie Atlantic"
Little Jackie "Go Hard or Go Home"
George Fenton And Jonas Gwangwa "The Funeral (September 25, 1987)"
Allen Stone "Upside"
Joan Armatrading "Close To Me"
Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses"
Hour 2
The Cougars "I Wish It Would Rain"
The Simms Twins "That's Where It's At"
Little Jackie "It's Like That"
Raphael Saadiq "Keep Marchin'"
Billy Preston "I Am Coming"
The Impressions "Keep on Pushing"
Nina Simone "Oooh Child"
The Menahan Street Band "The Crossing"
William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You've Got"
Dyke & The Blazers "We Got More Soul"
King Curtis "Soulin'"
Babatunde Lea "The Creator Has a Master Plan"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"
Joan Armatrading interview - 4/10/15
From Susan Dickson-Smith | Part of the Interviews series | 23:45
Susan Dickson-Smith interviews Joan Armatrading at WERU 4/10/15. Joan discusses her last major world tour, her life in music, and her love of comedy. Originally aired as part of UpFront Soul. Raw interview.
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Susan Dickson-Smith interviews Joan Armatrading at WERU 4/10/15. Joan discusses her last major world tour and her background in music. Originally aired as part of UpFront Soul.
Oh Freedom! #2016.01 - Ashley Bryan
From Susan Dickson-Smith | Part of the Oh Freedom! series | 59:00
Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan talks about his new book, “Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life,” his experiences as a stevedore in WWII at Normandy and Omaha Beach, and his life as an artist.
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- Oh Freedom! #2016.01 - Ashley Bryan
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Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan talks about his new book, “Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life,” his experiences as a stevedore in WWII at Normandy and Omaha Beach, and his life as an artist.
UpFront Soul #2019.17- April 29- May 5 - Pete Seeger Centennial
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:58:29
We'll celebrate Pete Seeger on his centennial with funk, soul, gospel, & hip-hop takes on songs Pete wrote or frequently sang and helped to popularize around the world. We'll hear from Isaac Hayes, Mavis Staples, The Freedom Singers, Earth, Wind and Fire, Billy Preston, and more! It's Pete as you've never heard him before!
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UpFront Soul #2019.17 Playlist
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 1.
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
UpFront Soul #2020.23- June 8-15
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
This week's episode of UpFront Soul is dedicated to the memory of George Floyd, with songs of struggle and hope from Rasheed Ali, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Gil Scott-Heron, Amerigo Gazaway, Curtis Mayfield, and Corona Cypher presented by Julian Gosin featuring ERION Williams, Paul Robertson, Winston Turner and Manuel Perkins Jr.
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- UpFront Soul #2020.23- June 8-15
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Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
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!
Anthony Branker "Ballad for Trayvon Martin" from Uppity!
Marcus Shelby "We're a Winner" from Soul of the Movement
Curtis Mayfield "Power to the People (demo)" from Curtis
The Impressions "Keep On Pushing" from People Get Ready
Peter Tosh "Get Up, Stand Up" from Equal Rights (Legacy Edition)
The Chosen Brothers "March Down Babylon" from March Down Babylon
Macka B "Caught on Camera" from Black Songs Matter
Michael Franti & Spearhead "Show Me Your Peace Sign" from Stay Human Vol. II
The Freedom Singers "Ain' Scared of Nobody" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 1
Isley Brothers "Fight the Power" from The Heat Is On
Andre Cymone "Black Man in America" from Black Man in America
The Freedom Singers "Wade in the Water" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 1
SCLC Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir "Nobody Knows" from On the Case
Mahalia Jackson "Precious Lord" from Mahalia Jackson Sings The Best Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ben Williams "March On (feat. Wes Felton)" from I Am A Man
T.G.C. "I Am Trayvon Martin" from Brown Bag Special
Stokely Carmichael "So Much Strength" from Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 1
Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey on the Moon" from The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from Forever Young, Gifted and Black
Allen Hoist "Makes Me Wanna Holler" from Soul's Back Again!
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" from What's Going On
Corona Cypher presented by Julian Gosin featuring ERION Williams, Paul Robertson, Winston Turner and Manuel Perkins Jr. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come" from Ain't That Good News
Jerry Lawson "Peace Like a River" from Just a Mortal Man
Amerigo Gazaway "Don't Shoot"
Gregory Porter "1960 Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub" from 1960 What? The Remixes
Rasheed Ali "A Badge & a Gun" from 1968: LSD (Love, Soul & Devotion)
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M
UpFront Soul #2020.47-November 23-29, 2020 - Native American Heritage Month Special
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:34
November is Native American Heritage Month! We'll celebrate with two hours of Indigenous funk, soul, jazz, and hip-hop! We'll hear from Khu.eex, John Trudell, Geo Neptune, Redbone, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Nataanii Means, Russell Means, Martha Redbone, Jim Pepper, Kinnie Starr, Silla+Rise, and more!
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Khu.eex "Captain Cook Gets It" from Heen
Khu.eex "Shell No" from Heen
Komplex Kai "Rise Up"
Nataani Means "Genocide" from 2 Worlds
AK Rebel "ANWR (And Now We Rise)"
Litefoot "Different People" from Inhumanity
Julian Taylor Band "Never Gonna Give You Up" from Never Gonna Give You Up
Jimi Hendrix "Cherokee Mist" from Both Sides of the Sky
Martha Redbone "Children of Love" from Skintalk
Robbie Robertson "Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me" from Hal Willner Presents Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus
The Ponies "Stupid Pony" from Link Wray: Slinky! The Epic Sessions: 1958-1960
The Chieftones "Rang Dang Do" from Early Canadian Rockers Vol. 3
John Trudell & KWEST "Using's Like a Habit" from Like Broken Butterflies
Silla & Rise "Maujaraq ? Snow Dub" from Debut
Geo Neptune "Passamahottie"
Russell Means "Indian Cars Go Far" from Electric Warrior
Shawn Bernard "NDN Car Remix (feat. Keith Secola, Joey Stylez)[Remix]" from Collabonation
John Trudell "Rockin' the Rez" from The Best Of Mountain Stage - Vol. 5
Tom Bee "Reservation of Education" from XIT Silent Warrior
Buffy Sainte Marie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" from Coincidence and Likely Stories
Redbone "We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee" from Already Here
Jim Pepper "Witchi Tai To" from Pepper's Pow Wow
Kinnie Starr "Come" from Sun Again
A Tribe Called Red "Land Back (Feat. Boogey The Beat & Chippewa Travellers)"
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M
UpFront Soul #2021.04-January 25-31, 2021
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
It's a new dawn and we're moving on with songs of strength and celebration from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, John Legend, Beyonce, Earth, Wind and Fire and Sister Sledge, plus we’ll spin a couple of sets of women artists, featuring Aretha Franklin, Gizelle Smith, Bobbi Humphrey, and Nikki Giovanni.
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- UpFront Soul #2021.04-January 25-31, 2021
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It's a new dawn and we're moving on with songs of strength and celebration from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, John Legend, Beyonce, Earth, Wind and Fire and Sister Sledge, plus we’ll spin a couple of sets of women artists, featuring Aretha Franklin, Gizelle Smith, Bobbi Humphrey, and Nikki Giovanni.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2021.04
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 1
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
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!
The Freedom Singers "We Shall Overcome" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 2
Ben Williams "March On (feat. Wes Felton)" from I Am A Man
Kamasi Washington "Change of the Guard (Radio Edit)" from The Epic
Lucille Spann "Women's Lib" from Light: On the South Side
Kathleen Cleaver "Change It" from Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 1
Gizelle Smith "Working Woman (Kenny Dope Mix)" from Working Woman
Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" from Platinum & Gold Collection
Isis "Ain't No Backin' Up Now"
Blackalicious-Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni- Nia-Quannum Projects Label "Blackalicious-Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni- Nia-Quannum Projects Label" from Blackalicious-Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni- Nia-Quannum Projects Label
Shirley Chisholm "First African American Woman Elected To Congress" from The Ultimate Black History Collection
Bobbi Humphrey "Home-Made Jam" from Freestyle
Aretha Franklin "How I Got Over" from Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2
Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach "Freedom Day" from We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
The Freedom Singers "Dogs" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 2
Billy Porter "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" from Billy Porter Presents: The Soul of Richard Rodgers
Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come"
Beyonce "Lift Every Voice and Sing" from HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM
Passamahottie "My Sisters Were Born This Way"
Evelyn "Champagne" King "Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine In" from The Essential Evelyn "Champagne" King
Sister Sledge "We Are Family" from Greatest Hits - Live (Digitally Remastered)
Earth, Wind and Fire "Mighty Mighty" from Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 1
John Legend & The Roots "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" from Wake Up!
The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir "On My Way" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Disc 2
Marie Knight "The Storm is Passing Over" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol 2
Jerry Lawson "Peace Like a River" from Just a Mortal Man
Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses" from Quiet Fire
Nina Simone "Feeling Good" from I Put a Spell on You
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M
UpFront Soul #2021.25 June 22-28 - Pride Spectacular
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
We'll celebrate Pride in style with powerful tracks from Billy Porter and Passamahottie, plus we'll hit the dance floor with disco legends Sylvester and the Village People and get down with Janelle Monae, Big Freedia & the Soul Rebels, and Frenchie Davis. We'll also observe Juneteenth with Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, and Burning Spear.
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We'll celebrate Pride in style with powerful tracks from Billy Porter and Passamahottie, plus we'll hit the dance floor with disco legends Sylvester and the Village People and get down with Janelle Monae, Big Freedia & the Soul Rebels, and Frenchie Davis. We'll also observe Juneteenth with Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, and Burning Spear.
UpFront Soul #2021.25 June 22-28 - Pride Spectacular playlist
UpFront Soul #2021.46 November 23-27 Native American Heritage Month
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
November is Native American Heritage Month! We'll celebrate with two hours of Indigenous funk, soul, jazz, and hip-hop! We'll hear from Khu.eex, John Trudell, Geo Neptune, US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, A Tribe Called Red, Redbone, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Russell Means, Martha Redbone, Jim Pepper, Kinnie Starr, Jesse Ed Davis, and more!
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November is Native American Heritage Month! We'll celebrate with two hours of Indigenous funk, soul, jazz, and hip-hop! We'll hear from Khu.eex, John Trudell, Geo Neptune, US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, A Tribe Called Red, Redbone, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Russell Means, Martha Redbone, Jim Pepper, Kinnie Starr, Jesse Ed Davis, and more!
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 #2021.46 Playlist
UpFront Soul #2019.17- April 29- May 5 - Pete Seeger Centennial
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:58:29
We'll celebrate Pete Seeger on his centennial with funk, soul, gospel, & hip-hop takes on songs Pete wrote or frequently sang and helped to popularize around the world. We'll hear from Isaac Hayes, Mavis Staples, The Freedom Singers, Earth, Wind and Fire, Billy Preston, and more! It's Pete as you've never heard him before!
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UpFront Soul #2019.17 Playlist
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 1.
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA