We'll ring in the New Year with new music from Joseph Washington, Jr., hear a new single from Star Quake (on the super-soulful Athens of the North label), and take a trip to New Orleans with Professor Longhair.
UpFront Soul #2018.01 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading / Back to the Night / Back to the Night / A&M Joseph Washington, Jr. / New Year / Merry Christmas To You / Numero Group Black On White Affair / Auld Lang Syne / Wheedle's Groove - Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75 / Light In The Attic Records Coolbreezers / Hello Mr. New Year / Hipster's Holiday - Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics / Star Quake / Don't You Know I Love You / Don't You Know I Love You / Athens of the North Herbie Hancock / People Music / Secrets / Billy Paul / Am I Black Enough For You / Black Power: Music of a Revolution / Shout Factory Maxine Brown / I Wish It Would Rain / Out of Sight / Sony Japan Eugene Blacknell & The New Breed / The Trip / Bay Area Funk / Luv & Haight Jackie Wilson / I'll Be Satisfied / I'll Be Satisfied / Fats Domino / Wigs / Getaway with Fats Domino / The Meters / The Mob / Look-Ka-Py-Py / Rounder Professor Longhair / Her Mind Is Gone / Crawfish Fiesta / Alligator Soul Survivors / Explosion (In Your Soul) [Extended Version] / Expressway To Your Heart / Dyke & The Blazers / We Got More Soul / Black Power: Music of a Revolution / shout! factory The Showmen, Inc. / The Tramp (From Funky Broadway) Parts 1 & 2 / The Tramp (From Funky Broadway) Parts 1 & 2 / Aretha Franklin / Evil Gal Blues / The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years / Columbia Hour 2 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / Going to a Go-Go / 35th Anniversary Celebration / Carla Thomas / Let Me Be Good To You / Stax 50th Anniversary / Eddie Harris / That Is Why You're Overweight / That Is Why You're Overweight / Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime / Silk & Soul / Bernard "Pretty" Purdie / Fickle Finger Of Fate / Soul Drums (With Bonus Tracks) / Samm Henshaw / Only Wanna Be with You / The Sound Experiment - EP / Saun & Starr / Another Love Like Mine / Saun & Starr / Dap-Tone Black Sugar / Understanding / Black Sugar / Munster Billy Paul / Magic Carpet Ride / Going East / Cassandra Wilson / Don't Explain / Coming Forth by Day / Legacy Recordings Ahmad Jamal / Sugar Load At Twilight / Macanudo / Miriam Makeba / Maobe Guinee (Original single 1970) / Maobe Guinee / Teya Teya / Richie Havens / Medley: Run Shaker Life/Do You Feel Good / Resume: the Best of Richie Havens / Rhino Bob James / Night Crawler / Heads / CBS Sam Cooke / Havin' a Party / Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 / RCA