We'll hear new music from Nicole Willis and Rasheed Ali, check out some Indigenous sounds from Prolific the Rapper and A Tribe Called Red, and celebrate soul with Dyke & the Blazers.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2017.12 Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Nicole Willis, Jimi Tenor & Jonathan Maron "Tear It Down" from "Tear It Down" on Persephone Records Roy Ayers "Coffy Sauna" from "Coffy" Rasheed Ali "Do You Remember" from "1968 Love Power!" Prolific the Rapper feat. A Tribe Called Red "Black Snakes" from "Black Snakes" Butcher Brown "Bailar" from "GrownFolk" Martha Redbone "Medicine Man" from "Skintalk" on Blackfeet Productions LLC Weather Report "Teen Town" from "Heavy Weather" on COLUMBIA/LEGACY Cannonball Adderly "Sticks" from "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Live at "The Club"" The Watts Prophets "Searchin" from "When the 90's Came" The Adelians "We're In Need" from "We're In Need" on Q-Sounds Recording Larry Willis "Out on the Coast" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk" SUM "Last Prayer for a Change" from "SUM" on Belvilus Entertainment Music Cassandra Wilson "Until" from "New Moon Daughter" on Blue Note Hour 2 Carla Thomas "B-A-B-Y" from "Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration" on Stax Big Maybelle "Gabbin' Blues" from "OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957 (Disc 2)" Prof. Alex Bradford & the Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir "I Want To Ride That Glory Train" from "Shakin' The Rafters: Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir Under The Direction of Professor Alex Bradford" Dyke & The Blazers "We Got More Soul" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution" on shout! factory King Curtis "Soulin'" from "Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis" on razor & tie Babatunde Lea "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from "Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas" on Mot?ma Music Joe Bataan "Chicka Boom" from "Call My Name" on Vampi Soul Lionel Hampton "Psychedelic Sally" from "Killer Jazz Funk From Groove Merchant Vault - Return of Jazz Funk" Femi Kuti "Wey Our Money" from "No Place For My Dream" on Knitting Factory Records Charles Bradley "Crying in the Chapel (feat. Menahan Street Band)" from "Victim Of Love" on Daptone JD And The Evil's Dynamite Band "Sunday Kind Of Love" from "Truth & Soul presents Soul Fire : The Majestic Collection" on Truth & Soul Bill Withers "Kissing My Love" from "Discover Beyond" on Sony Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA