We'll spin reggae from Jimmy Cliff, Alpha Blondy, and The Dynamics, plus an Eek-A-Mouse super set, then hear the soulful, jazzy side of Willie Nelson and friends! We'll also hear about the zombie apocalypse from Nerukhi, and sample new soul from Carlton Jumel Smith and Tanika Charles.
UpFront Soul #2019.25 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
Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider
Meklit "Supernova" from When the People Move, the Music Moves Too
The Abyssinian Baptist Choir "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow" from Shakin' The Rafters
Genie Brooks "Fine Time" from South Side of Soul Street
Benny Spellman "Talk About Love" from Benny Spellman Selected Favorites
The Mahotella Queens & the Soul Brothers "Hamba Phepha Lami" from Jive & Soul: The Very Best Of
The Headhunters "Daffy's Dance" from Survivial of the Fittest
Gil Scott-Heron "Waiting for the Axe to Fall" from Real Eyes
The Happyland Singers & the Blind Boys of Alabama "I've Been Born Again" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol. 2
Nina Simone "Nobody" from Protest Anthology
Al Green "Guilty" from Back Up Train
Mahalia Jackson "I Want My Crown" from Sings the Gospel Right Out of the Church
Tanika Charles "Dans les Nuages" from The Gumption
Carlton Jumel Smith "I'd Better" from 1634 Lexington Avenue
Chuck Bridges "Keep Your Faith Baby" from Superfunk 1
Wynton Marsalis Septet & Willie Nelson "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It" from Two Men With The Blues
Willie Nelson & Ray Charles "Seven Spanish Angels" from The Essential Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson & Mavis Staples "Grandma's Hands" from To All the Girls?
Alpha Blondy "Apartheid is Nazism" from Apartheid is Nazism
Nerukhi "Welcome to Zombieland"
Harry Nilsson "It's a Jungle Out There" from Duit On Mon Dei
Eek-A-Mouse "I Love Weed"
Eek-A-Mouse "Modern Day Slavery"
Eek-A-Mouse "Peeni Walli" from The Very Best of Eek-A-Mouse
The Dynamics "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from Version Excursions
Johnnie Osbourne "African Wake" from Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974
Jimmy Cliff "Many Rivers to Cross" from The Harder They Come
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M