We'll hear a Gil Scott-Heron cover from Penny Goodwyn, serve up some Cold Bologna with the Isley Brothers, and hear Nikki Giovanni's poem for Aretha Franklin.
UpFront Soul #2020.39 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Penny Goodwyn "Lady Day and John Coltrane" from "Lady Day and John Coltrane" on Athens of the North Billy Preston "Let Me Know" from "Don't Let Me Catch You Crying" The Isley Brothers "Cold Bologna" from "Givin It Back" Rasheed Ali "We Got Soul" from "1968 Black Power!" on Digital Rain Factory Ramon Morris "Wijinia" from "Sweet Sister Funk" on Groove Merchant Nina Simone "Go to Hell" from "Silk & Soul" Nikki Giovanni "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Poem for Aretha)" from "The Truth Is On The Way" on I AM Kamasi Washington "Miss Understanding" from "The Epic: Radio Edits" Aretha Franklin "Cry Like a Baby" from "The Queen in Waiting: the Columbia Years 1960-1965" 1619 Bad Ass Band "Love to Love" from "1619 Bad Ass Band" Hidden Cost "Vibrations (Long Version)" from "Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend" Ohio Players "Summertime" from "Love Rollercoaster - Anthology 1967-1988" Deni Rosa "Reach" from "Like That" Hour 2 Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers "Any Day Now" from "Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story" on SAR The Kingdom Bound Singers "Standing By the Way" from "Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol. 2" The Glories "No News" from "Soul Legend" Aretha Franklin "Maybe I'm A Fool" from "Sunday Morning Classics" Abbey Lincoln "Long As You're Living" from "abbey is blue" on Riverside Benny Spellman "I'm In Love" from "Benny Spellman Selected Favorites" Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "When the Other Foot Drops, Uncle" from "100 Days, 100 Nights" on Daptone/VME Sugarman & Co. "Down to It" from "Daptone Gold" Miriam Makeba "We Got to Make It (The Question)" from "A Promise" Jackie Shane "Sticks and Stones" from "Live At The Sapphire Tavern" Artie Christoper "Stoned Soul" from "Stoned Soul" on Atlantic Eugene Church "That's What's Happenin'" from "Pretty Girls Everywhere" Joe Tex "Hand Shakin', Love Makin', Girl Talkin', Son-of-a-Gun from Next Door" from "Come in This House. The 1955-1962 Recordings" JC Davis "Buttered Popcorn" from "A New Day! The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings of JC Davis" Patrinell Staten "I Let A Good Man Go" from "Wheedle's Groove - Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75" Charles Bradley (feat. Menahan Street Band); "Heart of Gold" from "Heart of Gold" Mickey & The Soul Generation "Chocolate" from "Iron Leg" on Quannum Projects Geraldo Pino "Let Them Talk" from "Heavy Heavy" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA