We'll gear up for Carnival with New Orleans musicians The Soul Rebels, The Meters, Professor Longhair, and The Young Olympians, plus well hear new music from Khu.eex and Cha Wa, and songs of positivity and power from Alicia Keys, Beyonce, and Joan Armatrading.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2021.05
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 The Soul Seven "Southside Funk" from The Funky 16 Corners Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! Hustlers Brass Band "Movin' On Up" from Second Line Soul Geo Neptune "Passamahottie" Redbone "Already Here (Brujo)" from Already Here Khu.eex "Ten Thousand Generations" from WOOch Joe "Groundhog" Richardson "Take It Off" from Soul-Funk-Popcorn Party Brothers "Ground Hog" on Revue Records Groundhog "Bumpin' and Stompin'" Clifton Chenier "Party Down (At the Blue Angel Club)" from The Best of Clifton Chenier: The King of Zydeco & Louisiana Blues Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers "Better Go Get It" from Up in Flames Major Handy "Te Ni Nee Ni Nu" from 100 Proof Zydeco The Young Olympians "Jesus is on the Mainline" from Ultimate Street Parade: New Orleans Brass Bands June Victory & the Bayou Renegades "Down on the Bayou" from June Victory & the Bayou Renegades Professor Longhair "Her Mind Is Gone" from Way Down in New Orleans Stevie Wonder "I Wish" from Songs in the Key of Life Kenya Hall "Z Game" Beyonce "BLACK PARADE" Curtis Mayfield "Miss Black America [demo]" from Curtis Alicia Keys "More Than We Know" from HERE Alicia Keys "You Glow (Interlude)" from HERE The La Mont Zeno Theatre "Tell Them They Are Beautiful" from Black Fairy Joan Armatrading "Loving What You Hate" from Not Too Far Away Raheem DeVaughn "The Greatness" from The Love & War MasterPeace - Deluxe Version 1968 featuring Rasheed Ali "When I Get Down" from 1968: LSD (Love, Soul and Devotion) Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Mr. Diva" from Medaho The Soul Rebels "Greatness" from Poetry in Motion Julian Gosin "Lift Every Voice and Sing" The Meters "Funky Miracle" from Look Ka Py Py Cha Wa "My People" from My People Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M