We'll hear new music from Gyedu-Bley Ambolley, Nerukhi, and Saigon Soul Revivial! Plus new Taraab music from Zanzibar with the enchanting voice of Siti Muharam, a set inspired by rain with tunes by The Ronettes and Mahalia Jackson, and the latest from Rasheed Ali.
UpFront Soul #2020.02 Playlist
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
Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider
Flipside "Music Gets Me High" on Athens of the North
Grant Green, Jr. "Selma March"
Melvin Sparks "If You Want My Love" on Rocafort
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "Doggone Right" from The 35th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
Ramon Morris "Lord Sideways" from Sweet Sister Funk
Joan Armatrading "Let It Last" from To The Limit
Aaron Myers featuring Pacman Slim "Black Lives Matter" from The Lion's Den
Daley Diggers "I Can Dig It" from Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend
Rasheed Ali "A Badge and A Gun" on Digital Rain Factory
Mahalia Jackson "Didn't It Rain" from Moving On Up A Little Higher
Jackie Shane "Raindrops (Live)" from Any Other Way on Numero Group
The Ronettes "Walking in the Rain" from Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Spector
Eek-A-Mouse "Ganja Smuggling" from Eek a Mouse / Michigan & Smiley - Live at Reggae Sunsplash
Jackie Mittoo "Legalize It" from The Jackie Mittoo Anthology
John Holt "Police in Helicopter" from The Reggae Artists Gallery Platinum Edition
Nerukhi "De Wakaman"
Siti Muharam "Ashikibaya feat. Tamar Collocutor (Sam Jones Construct)"
Saigon Soul Revival "Hao Hoa feat. Blacka" from Hoa Am Xua
Rasheed Ali "I'm Comin'" from 1968: The Other Side of Town
Curtis Mayfield "Future Shock" from Back to the World
Raheem DeVaughn "Bulletproof" from The Love & War MasterPeace - Deluxe Version
Gyedu-Bley Ambolley "I No Dey Talk I Do Dey Lie" from 11th Street, Sekondi on Agogo Records
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Goyit" from Mdaho on Ubiquity
Penya Na Msafiri Zawose "Penya Safari" from Penya Safari EP on On The Corner Records
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M