We'll start Poetry Month with pieces by Nikki Giovanni and Gil Scott-Heron, hear from Joan Armatrading, who's just started the US leg of her last major tour, and celebrate Passover with Joshua Nelson, the Prince of Kosher Gospel, and Easter with Mahalia Jackson.
Nightfly #2015.14 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" Joan Armatrading "Mama Mercy" Billy Preston "Steady Getting" Sam Cooke "Talkin' Trash" Nikki Giovanni "This Little Light of Mine (Second Rapp Poem)" Lonnie Smith "I Feel the Earth Move" Sly & The Family Stone "Soul Clappin' II" Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger" Eddie Bo "Solid Foundation" Delores Lynn "Just Tell It Like It Is" Gil Scott-Heron "Plastic Pattern People" Cannonball Adderley Quintet "Sticks" Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Nobody's Baby" Joe Bataan "Chicka Boom" Lionel Hampton "Psychedelic Sally" Femi Kuti "Wey Our Money" Hour 2 Joshua Nelson & The Klezmatics "Elijah Rock" Mahalia Jackson "He Was Alone" Geraldo Pino "Right in the Centre" James Brown "Try Me" Soul Swingers "Brighter Tomorrow" Nina Simone "The Pusher" Los Sospechos "Mirror Door" Jackie Shane "Sticks & Stones" Question Mark "Freaking Out" Curtis Mayfield "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" The Bar-Kays "Freakshow On the Dance Floor" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"