We'll pay tribute to the late Brazilian composer and conductor Letieres Leite, hear sweet soul from a recently rediscovered band, Coast to Coast, and spin a track from Small Island Big Song, a collaboration of islander artists for environmental and cultural justice.
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
UpFront Soul #2021.44 Playlist
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! Gene Poo Poo Man Anderson "Put Your Face Mask On" Endrecheri "Mitsu" from GO TO FUNK Sly & the Family Stone "Everybody Is A Star" from Anthology Jazz Soul Seven "Superfly" from Impressions of Curtis Mayfield Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra "Alafia" from Virtual Birdland IF? "Quintessncia (Feat. Letieres Leite)" from Ijexa Funk Afrobeat Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz "Honra ao Rei" from A Saga da Travessia Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson "We Got Our Bag" from Lover's Holiday The Nitty Gritty Sextet "Say Listen" from The Nitty Gritty Sextet Nerukhi "Put Ya Phone on Silent" Johnny "Guitar" Watson "It's About the Dollar Bill" from The Funk Anthology Disc 1 Coast To Coast "Love is the Same" from The Coast To Coast Band Idris Muhammad "Crap Apple" from Turn This Mutha Out The Escorts "Look Over Your Shoulder" from Low & Slow (Classic Low Rider Jams) Saigon Soul Revival "Gia?y Phu?t Cu?i Tu'?n feat. Mai L?? Huy?n" from H?a ?m X?a Meklit "Kemekem (I Like Your Afro)" from We Are Alive Small Island Big Song feat Emlyn & Putad "Listwar Zanset" Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir "It's Me O Lord" from Like a Ship (Without a Sail) Slim Willis Band "I Sayed That" from Light: On the South Side 1619 Bad Ass Band "Step Out" from 1619 Bad Ass Band The Grease Traps "Residue" from Solid Ground The Jimmy Castor Bunch "Psyche" from 16 Slabs of Funk Willie Hutch "You Gotta Try" from Soul Portrait Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night