We'll have a Very Good Year with Della Reese, spin a tune from New Orleans favorite Ernie K-Doe, and get down with Nigerian saxophone legends Fela Kuti and Orlando Julius.
UpFront Soul #2024.18 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" Leon Bridges "Coming Home" from "Coming Home" Bernard Purdie "Hap'nin'" from "Lialeh: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" Curtis Mayfield "Get Down" from "Roots" Somi "Love Juju #1" from "The Lagos Music Salon" Ahmad Jamal "Haitian Market Place" from "Macanudo" Saun & Starr "If Only" from "Saun & Starr" Fela Kuti "Intro" from "The Underground Spiritual Game" Fela Kuti "Ololufe Mi" from "The Underground Spiritual Game" Black Sugar "Viajecito" from "Black Sugar" Orlando Julius "Else Rere" from "Super Afro Soul" Al Green "Stop And Check Myself" from "Back Up Train" Billy Preston "Low Down" from "The Very Best of Billy Preston" Fats Domino "Heartbreak Hill" from "Getaway With It" Hank Ballard & The Midnighters "Get It" from "Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters" Soul Children "Highway" from "Finders Keepers" The Headhunters "Mayonnaise" from "Straight From The Gate" Hour 2 Ernie K-Doe "Te Ta Te Ta Ta" from "Burn! K-Doe! Burn!" Solomon Burke "Doodle De Doo" from "Soul Arrives! 1955 - 1961" 1619 Bad Ass Band "Nothing Can Stop My Loving You" from "1619 Bad Ass Band" Maxine Brown "Harry Let's Marry" from "Hits Anthology" Geater Davis "Don't Marry a Fool" from "Don't Marry a Fool" Eddie Spencer "If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)" from "Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974" Della Reese "It Was a Very Good Year" from "It Was a Very Good Year" King Curtis & The Noble Knights "Mr. Crow" from "Soul Twist" Bobby Marchan "Chickee Wah Wah" from "Bobby Marchan" The Flaming Arrows "Shallow Water" from "Here Come The Indians Now" Monk Boudreaux "Katie Mae" from "Mr. Stranger Man" The Magnificent Sevenths "Joyous Send Off: Feels So Good" from "Authentic New Orleans Jazz Funeral" Bettye Swann "Make Me Yours" from "Kent's Cellar of Soul" The Soul Vibrations "The Dump" from "Funky 16 Corners" Stevie Wonder "Big Brother" from "Talking Book" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963"