We'll hear Winston Turner of Brassaholics and Julian Gosin of The Soul Rebels remix that timeless ode to social distancing, Don't Stand So Close to Me, hear the first single from Bettye LaVette's upcoming album, Blackbirds, and pay tribute to the recently departed legendary drummer and co-founder of Afrobeat, Tony Allen.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2020.18
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 Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider Village People "Just Give Me What I Want" Parliament "Chocolate City" from Parliament's Greatest Hits Stevie Wonder "Black Man" from Songs in the Key of Life Liz Vice "Truly Today" from There's a Light Ahmad Jamal "Carnival in Panama" from Macanudo Gospelaires of Dayton "Nowhere to Run" from Greg Belson's Divine Disco on Deano Sounds Jah Hammed "I Spy" from Jah is Everything Bob Marley & the Wailers "Simmer Down" from Trenchtown Days: The Birth Of A Legend Desmond Dekker & the Aces "Isrealites" from It Mek The Como Mamas "Count Your Blessings" The Glories "Stand By I'm Coming Home" Sam & Dave "Soothe Me" from The Best of Sam & Dave Kahil El?Zabar?s Spirit Groove ft. David Murray "In My House - Radio Edit" on Spiritmuse Records Tony Allen "Moving On" from Film of Life Darrell Kelley "The Coronavirus" Mike James Kirkland "Hang on In There" from Hang on In There Neruhki "Just Go Within" Mavis Staples "All In It Together" Lee Fields & the Impressions "My World Is Empty Without You (Instrumental)" from My World (Instrumental) Bettye Lavette "I Hold No Grudge" from Blackbirds on Verve The Specials "Ghost Town" from Stereo-Typical Idris Muhammad "Hard to Face the Music" from House Of The Rising Sun Winston Turner of Brassaholics & Julian Gosin "Don?t Stand So Close To Me (Remix)" Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M