We'll remember Ronnie Spector and Rachel Lee Nagy of the Detroit Cobras, hear new music from Khu.eex, and Rise Up with the Commodores.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2022.04 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 1Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Kashmere Stage Band "Do Your Thing [Instrumental]" from Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 Endrecheri "Ai Scream" from Go To Funk Maxine Brown "Sugar Dumplin'" from Out of Sight Bernard Purdie "Funky Donkey" from Soul Drums Roberta Flack "Compared to What" from First Take The Impressions "Keep on Pushing" from People Get Ready Billy Preston "I Am Coming" from Don't Let Me Catch You Crying Raphael Saadiq "Keep Marchin'" from The Way I See It on Sony 2008 Harlem Underground Band "Fed Up (Instrumental)" from Harlem Underground Band Nikki Giovanni "Beautiful Black Men" from Legacies: The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit Nina Simone "My Father/Dialog" from The Very Best Of Nina Simone 1967-1972 - Sugar In My Bowl Joy Harjo "Once The World Was Perfect" from I Pray For My Enemies Joan Armatrading "When I Get It Right" from Walk Under Ladders FSQ ft Dolette McDonald "I Zimbra - Alternate Mix" Mahogany Brass Band "Medley for Thy Lord" from Mahogany Brass Band Eddie Bo "You're The Only One" from Rare Soul Authentic Vinyl Editions Betty Harris "I Don't Wanna Hear It" from Betty Harris: The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul Sons of Kemet "To Never Forget the Source" from Black to the Future Khu.eex "Receiving Alien Transmission" from WOOch The Isley Brothers "Fight the Power, Pt 1" from Black Power- Music of a Revolution Yusef Lateef "Bishop Schools" from Yusef Lateef's Detroit Martin Luther King, Jr. "We Shall Overcome" from Martin Luther King, Jr: We Shall Overcome on SpeechWorks Commodores "Rise Up" from Blame It on the Dogg: A Southern Blues & Soul Compilation Vol. 2 Orlando Julius "Psychedelic Afro Shop" from Super Afro Soul JC Davis "A New Day is Here at Last" from A New Day! The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings of JC Davis Joe Tex "Meet Me in Church" from The Funk Collection: Vol. 4 Joe Bataan "I'm Satisfied" from Joe Bataan Anthology Mickey & the Soul Generation "Mystery Girl" from Iron Leg Gary U.S. Bonds "Trying To Get To My Baby" from Certified Soul (Digitally Remastered) The Detroit Cobras "I Wanna Holler" from Baby King Curtis "This is Soul [*]" from Instant Soul Ronnie Spector & the E Street Band "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" from Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Spector Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M