We'll kick off with a track from Carlton Jumel Smith's new album, hear great new soul with a powerful message from Bassel & the Supernaturals, remember Dr. John, celebrate Juneteenth with the Nat Turner Rebellion, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach, and Fontella Bass, and get dancing with new tunes from FSQ & Dolette McDonald, Shafiq Husayn, and Khu.eex'!
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
Pharoah Sanders "The Creator Has a Master Plan"
The Ohio Players "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" from Love Rollercoaster-Anthology 1967-1988
Bernard Purdie "On the Outskirts of Minitown" from Soul Drums
The Isley Brothers "Nothing to Do But Today" from Givin' It Back
Sam Reed "True Value" from This Is Love
Butcher Brown "Bank Robbery" from Grown Folk
Curtis Mayfield "If I Only Were A Child Again" from Superfly and More
Khu.eex' "Captain Cook Gets It" from Heen
Shafiq Husayn feat. Coultrain "Message in a Bottle" from The Loop
FSQ with Dolette McDonald "Shaking My Damn Head"
Mahalia Jackson "Elijah Rock" from Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting With Mahalia Jackson
Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses" from Quiet Fire
Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Fontella Bass "Talking About Freedom" from Soul Brothers and Sisters-Hit Grooves and Funk Hits
Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln "Freedom Day" from 1960 - 2010: Candid 50th Anniversary
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Where Do We Go From Here speech"
Nat Turner Rebellion "Tribute to a Slave" from Laugh to Keep From Crying
Professor Longhair "Junko Partner" from Big Easy Strut: The Essential Professor Longhair
New Birth Brass Band "I'll Fly Away" from The Reality Of My Surroundings
Dr. John "Bald Head" from Voodoo Hex
Fishbone "Everyday Sunshine" from The Reality Of My Surroundings
Galactic "Something's Wrong With This Picture" from Vintage Reserve
George Clinton "Atomic Dog" from Ultimate Funk- Volume 2
Bassel & the Supernaturals "Stepping Back in Time"
King Curtis "I Was Made to Love Her" from Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
Carlton Jumel Smith "Woman You Made Me" from 1634 Lexington Avenue
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M