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UpFront Soul #2024.17-May 7-13, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Omar
We'll hear from Omar, the godfather of UK soul, as well as reissued soul from Rasputin's Stash and a set of Latin grooves, sending you off to the d...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KZUM and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
Episode #731 - Jesse Belvin
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
"Juke In The Back" is proud to dedicate an entire show to Jesse Belvin, one of greatest talents to come out of LA in the 1950s. After meeting Marvi...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Kicking off Stevie Wonder Month!
From: KMUW
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It’s Stevie Wonder Month on Soulsations! We celebrate the legendary musician who turns 74 on May 13th. We’ll enjoy his music and stories about him ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, KSLU and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
Blue Dimensions M18: Alice Coltrane "The Carnegie Hall Concert" 1971
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Alice Coltrane in concert at Carnegie Hall in 1971 with Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Archie Shepp, Pharaoh Sanders, and many others

Bought by KMXT, KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
UpFront Soul #2024.16-April 30-May 6, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Reuben Wilson
We'll open up with a rare gem from Lady Soul...Miss Aretha Franklin, hear a super fly set of Curtis Mayfield tunes from Reuben Wilson, Young Holt U...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Georgia Public Broadcasting, WOUB, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
Episode #730 - Elmore James: 1951-55
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Elmore James never tried to have crossover success. He was a bluesman through and through; an ambassador of the Mississippi Delta Blues with a mode...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, RadioFreePalmer, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Blue Dimensions M17: The Salerno Concert — Bob Mover & Walter Davis, Jr. in concert in 1989
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Salerno Concert" — an album of a 1989 concert featuring saxophonist Bob Mover and pianist Walter Davis, Jr.

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KMXT, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
TSSAAPR240424 The Soul Show's regular eclectic brew
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Mike Canton, Host/Producer of The Soul Show
This is not your grandparents' soul show :)

Bought by KCHW


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #729 - The R&B of RCA
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Like Columbia and Decca, RCA Victor released some stellar Rhythm & Blues during the late 1940s into the early 1950s, before the label signed Elvis ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.15-April 23-29, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Seun Kuti
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...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, KAAD-LP, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions M16: Melissa Aldana's "Echoes Of The Inner Prophet"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana's new album "Echoes Of The Inner Prophet"

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Episode #728 - Groove Records
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
In late 1953, RCA Victor launched a new subsidiary to focus on the Rhythm & Blues market, called Groove Records. It's hard to imagine, but Piano Re...

Bought by WHRV, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, KCSM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.14-April 16-22, 2024- Poetry Month Special
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Gil Scott-Heron
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...

Bought by KSTK, WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KAAD-LP, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
TSSAAPR240410 The Soul Show's regular R&B potpourri
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Mike Canton, Host/Producer of The Soul Show
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Bought by KCHW


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #727 - Lil Greenwood
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" pays tribute to the great R&B vocalist, Lil Greenwood. You'll hear her greatest early recordings from 1950-1954, before she ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KCSM, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.13 - April 9-15
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Smokey Robinson
We'll spin songs of love, emotion, and devotion from Smokey Robinson, Joan Armatrading, and Pharaoh Sanders, and hear songs of brotherhood from Cur...

Bought by WOMR, KAAD-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions M14: New Hill Country Blues From Cedric Burnside
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from Mississippi's hill country from Cedric Burnside, and a new live album from folk-blues artist Eric Bibb

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
UpFront Soul #2024.12 - April 2-8
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Kool and the Gang
We'll warm up with toasty tracks from Kool & the Gang, James Reese & the Progressions, and The Hesitations, hear sweet love songs from Joan Armatra...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOMR, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
Episode #726 - Percy Mayfield: 1949-60
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Some songwriters and singers just know how to tap into deepest regions of sadness, passion and truth. Such is the musical prowess of Percy Mayfield...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
TSSAAPR240327 The Soul Show: Celebrating Estelle Axton, Founder of Stax Records
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Join host Mike Canton for this WHM-relevant but evergreen celebration of Estelle Axton, who co-founded the label that launched Otis Redding's caree...

Bought by KCHW and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dimensions M13: A Band Of Two Bassists, Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new album with a band consisting of just two bassists, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KMUW, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
UpFront Soul #2024.10 - March 19-25
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Betty Davis
We'll dive deep into the funk as we go Walkin Up the Road with Betty Davis, Bump with the Webb People, and Get Down with Melvin Sparks. We'll also ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:04
Episode #725 - Guitar Slim
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Eddie Jones grew up in Hollandale, MS, pickin' cotton and dreaming of a better life when ambition and musical talent plucked him from his situation...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KCSM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Blue Dimensions M12: Rhapsody In Blue Re-interpretted by banjoist Béla Fleck
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Banjoist Béla Fleck's take on "Rhapsody In Blue" — differing ideas from him and pianist Ethan Iverson about the piece

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11

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