G-town Radio would like to extend our sincerest thanks to the fine people of ASIAC. We were the recipients of a lot of great office furniture in the wake of their move to a new office. ASIAC is a non-profit 501(c)3 community based organization dedicated to providing culturally sensitive and language appropriate HIV and other related services to Asians & Pacific Islanders (APIs) and their partners, family members, friends and service providers in the Philadelphia area. 

The bottoms of our programmers and their guests also offer their thanks.

Let's face it, music is a better way to connect the world than any politician's promise of a global economy.  Join me at the Junction Wednesday night for records from around the world, including spiritual jazz from Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics, classic reggae from Bunny Wailer, and fuzzy African grooves from Manu DiBango. 

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
www.GtownRadio.com
People make the world go 'round.

February 29, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Fever"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together (King/Secret Stash)

"Struttin' With Some Barbecue"  Ed Thigpen  Out of the Storm  (Verve)

"Morning Prayer"  Pharaoh Sanders  Thembi  (Impulse)

"Mandala"  Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics  OST  (Strut)

"Vibe from the Tribe"  Build An Ark  Peace With Every Step  (Kindred Spirits)

"(I Believe) I've Been Blue Too Long"  B.B. King  L.A. Midnight  (ABC)

"Booger Bear"  Charles Williams  Trees & Grass & Things  (Mainstream)

"Classic Funke"  Brother Jack McDuff  Who Know What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring?  (Blue Note)

"Ashley's Roach Clip"  The Soul Searchers  12 Inch  (Alpha Omega)

"Can't Live Without You"  Jimmy Cliff  Strugglin' Man  (Mango)

"Oboe"  Jackie Mittoo  The Keyboard King at Studio One  (Studio One/Soul Jazz)

"Blackheart Man"  Bunny Wailer  Blackheart Man  (Island)

"Africa"  Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba  Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba  (Honest Jons)

"Ifa"  Tunji Oyelana & The Benders  Love's A Real Thing:  The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa (Stonesthrow/Luaka Bop)

"New Bell"  Manu DiBango  12 Inch  (Octopus Breaks)

"Trans Amazonica/Gujamara"  Giulio Camarca & Trinidad  Samba do Amigo  (Deja Vu)

"Kabaluere"  Antonio Carlos & Jocafi  Mudei de Ideia  (RCA)

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Electric jazz and psychedelic soul from all of the world this Wednesday at the Junction.  Got music to bring your way from talents as diverse as John Klemmer, Funkadelic, Horst Jankowski, and Lo Borges.  It just sounds better on vinyl!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
www.GtownRadio.com
We ridin' on a groove line tonight. 

February 22, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Get Back"  Gary McFarland  Today  (Skye)

"Song of Innocence"  David Axelrod  Song of Innocence  (Capitol)

"Cat's Feet"  Bob Siebert  Six Lyric Pieces  (Aerial)

"Free Soul"  John Klemmer  Blowin' Gold  (Cadet Concept)

"Dawn/Suffer"  Sergio Fanni Quintet  Hard Suite  (Right Tempo/Carosello)

"Lunar Invasion"  The Silhouettes  Conversations With The Silhouettes  (Segue)

"Balkan Fever"  Horst Jankowski Quartet  Swinging Explosion  (HGBS/MPS)

"Mixed Roots"  Al Foster  Mixed Roots  (Laurie)

"Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk"  Weldon Irvine  Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)  (RCA/BMG)

"Maiysha"  Miles Davis  Get Up With It  (Columbia)

"You Know"  Stone Coal White  Stone Coal White  (Cali-Tex)

"Smiling Faces Sometimes"  East of Underground  Forge Your Own Chains:  Heavy Psychedelic Ballads & Dirges 1968-74  (Now Again)

"Fio Da Navalha"  Lo Borges  Lo Borges  (EMI/4 Men With Beards)

"Sneak"  Grupo Oz  Grupo Oz  (Secret Stash)

"Been So Good (For So Long)"  The Albert  The Albert  (Perception)

"Good Luck"  Black Merda  Black Merda  (Funky Delicacies)

"Hit It & Quit It"  Funkadelic  Maggot Brain  (Westbound/4 Men With Beards)

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Stop by The Junction Wednesday night. Got a set of rare Sabu Martinez lined up, recorded in Sweden after he relocated there in the early 70s. Plus, spiritual percussion from Mosahiko Togashi, more electric piano grooves from that great Emphasis reissue, and California soul from HP Riot. Dig it!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
www.GtownRadio.com
Didn't we almost have it all? 

So long, Whitney...you were the soundtrack to my first slow dances.

February 15, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Satisfaction"  Hysear Don Walker  Complete Expressions Vol. 2  (Brunswick)

"Las Cuevas de Mario"  Art Pepper  Friday Night at the Village Vanguard  (Contemporary)

"On The Footpath"  Masahiko Togashi  Spiritual Nature  (Inner City)

"Volunteered Slavery"  Roland Kirk  Volunteered Slavery  (Atlantic)

"Theme from The Fox"  Atomic Forest  Obsession  (Now Again)

"Bad Omen"  Emphasis  Emphasis  (Sonorama)

"Funk Rings"  Urszula Dudziak  Urszula  (Arista)

"Dance"  George Benson  Body Talk  (CTI)

"Will-O-The-Wisp"  Sabu Martinez  The Dalecarlia Recordings 1971-72  (Mellotronen)

"My Christina"  Sabu Martinez  Afro Temple  (Grammofon Verket)

"Mamabollo"  Sabu Martinez  Burned Sugar: Swedish Radio Recordings 1973 (Mellotronen)

"Blues en Latin"  Sabu Martinez  Maldito Primitivo: Swedish Radio Recordings 1977  (Mellotronen)

"Nus"  Sabu Martinez & Sahib Shihab  Winds & Skin: Swedish Radio Recordings 1978 (Mellotronen)

"Valerie"  Amy Winehouse  Lioness: Hidden Treasures  (Universal Republic)

"You're Love Is Something That I Need"  Lee Fields  7 Inch  (Soul Fire)

"Ace of Spades"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together  (King/Secret Stash)

"I Need You"  HP Riot  HP Riot  (Ubiquity)

"The Masquerade Is Over"  David Porter   Victim of the Joke?: An Opera  (Stax)

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We are all over the map Wednesday night at The Junction. Going to revisit some of the great new legit reissues of some super rare records, including The Bobby Hamilton Quartet Unlimited, Mickey Murray, and Svenska Lod AB. Plus, six sides of Timothy McNealy, a new Now Again comp of India's Atomic Power, and take two of Will Sessions' new live mixtape. Damn!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
Www.GtownRadio.com
Feel what I'm feelin'. 

February 8, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"I Saw Her Standing There"  Atomic Power  Obsession (Now Again)

"Isn't It Romantic"  Kenny Drew Trio  Morning  (Inner City)

"Roll Your Own"  The Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited  Dream Queen  (Alifa/Superfly)

"Mustang"  Sonny Red  Sonny Red  (Mainstream)

"Va Da Ra (But It's Alright)"  Svenska Lod AB  Horselmat  (Figaro)

"Zabludils'a"  Pavel Sysoyev  Soviet Funk Vol. 2  (Secret Stash)

"I Found Out"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together  (King/Secret Stash)

"Sagittarius Black"  Timothy McNealy  7 Inch  (Shawn/Truth & Soul)

"What's Goin' On"  Timothy McNealy  7 Inch  (Shawn/Truth & Soul)

"KC Stomp"  Timothy McNealy   7 Inch  (Shawn/Truth & Soul)

"Funky Movement No. 2"  Timothy McNealy  7 Inch  (Shawn/Truth & Soul)

"Easy Easy Easy"  Timothy McNealy  7 Inch  (Shawn/Truth & Soul)

"I'm So Glad You're Mine"  Timothy McNealy  7 Inch  (Shawn/Truth & Soul)

"Take Two"  Will Sessions  Mix Takes  (Fat Beats)

"Omniverse"  Will Sessions  Kindred  (Planet E)

"Poko Nose"  Eddie Russ  See The Light  (Monument)

"Actual Proof"  Herbie Hancock  Thrust  (Columbia)

"Please Set Me At Ease (Madlib HipHop Mix)"  Bobbi Humphrey featuring M.E.D. & Ahmad Miller  12 Inch  (Blue Note)

"Ride On"  Parliament  Chocolate City  (Casablanca)

"Shaking Pop"  Janko Nilovic  Pysc Impressions  (Vadim)

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A super tight break-heavy medley out of Detroit from the emerging talent of Will Sessions this week on the Junction.  Plus, more from the excellent Mickey Murray record, inspirational soul from Junior Walker & The All-Stars, and psych-funk from Stone Coal White. 

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
www.GtownRadio.com
We wish you love, peace, and soul!

February 1, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Live on Soul Train '72"  Stevie Wonder  Wonder Wrote It (Phantom Sound & Vision)***

"Vou Recomencar"  Gal Costa  Gal Costa  (Phillips/4 Men With Beards)

"Berimbau" Giulio Camarca & Trinidad  Samba do Amigo  (Deja Vu)

"Papo Furado (Jive Talking)"  Airto  Seeds on the Ground  (Buddah)

"Mano Caetano"  Maria Bethania with Jorge Ben  A Tua Presenca  (Phillips)

"Solid"  Mandrill  Solid  (United Artists)

"Saoco"  Mongo Santamaria  Mongo's Way  (Atlantic)

"The Hump"  Yusef Lateef  Hush 'n' Thunder  (Atlantic)

"Gunky"  Johnny Lytle  The Soulful Rebel  (Milestone)

"Take One"  Will Sessions  Mix Takes  (Fat Beats)

"Side Two"  The Breakestra  Live Mix Vol. 2  (Stonesthrow)

"The Buzzard"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together  (Secret Stash/King)

"On The Run"  Imperial Breed  7 Inch  (Melting Pot)

"Can It All Be So Simple?"  El Michels Affair  Enter The 37th Chamber  (Truth & Soul)

"Way Back Home"  Junior Walker & The All Stars  Anthology  (Motown)

"Santos & Ken"  The Stepkids  The Stepkids  (Stonesthrow)

"Hot Pepper"  The Impossibles  Hot Pepper  (Phillips/Get On Down)

"Cave Man Skank"  Lee "Scratch" Perry  Cloak & Dagger  (Orchid)

"Stone Coal White"  Stone Coal White  Stone Coal White  (Cali-Tex)

"Nothin' Doin' But Waitin' On Leon"  WQLJ  7 Inch  (WQLJ)

***for Don Cornelius RIP.

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Funkiness looms Wednesday night on Soul Junction, as we debut an album from Mickey Murray that was so scarcely distributed in the early 70s that we may as well call it brand new! Plus, we'll of course pay respect to Johnny Otis, Jimmy Castor, and Etta James, three recently departed soul legends, and get into some more fuzzy blues from Albert Collins and Freddie King.

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
www.GtownRadio.com
Give me the beat and free my soul. 

January 25, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"People Are Together"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together  (Secret Stash/King)

"Ratio & Proportion"  Don Patterson  Funk You!  (Prestige)

"St. Thomas"  Oliver Nelson   Stolen Moments  (East Wind)

"Slippery Hip"  Ben Sidran  I Lead A Life  (Blue Thumb)

"It's All Right"  The Impressions  Greatest Hits  (ABC)

"Priscilla"  The Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited  Dream Queen  (Superfly/Alifa)

"Texas Twister"  Melvin Sparks  Texas Twister  (Eastbound)

"Den Dan Vi Sket I"  Svenska Lod AB  Horselmat  (Figaro)

"Seven Day Fool"  Etta James  Etta James Rocks The House  (Chess)

"Willie & The Hand Jive"  Johnny Otis  In Session  (Goldenlane)

"It's Just Begun"  Jimmy Castor Bunch  12 Inch  (AlphaOmega)

"Leave My Woman Alone"  Freddie King  Woman Across The River  (Shelter)

"Stickin'"  Albert Collins  There's Gotta Be A Change  (Tumbleweed)

"Oblighetto"  Clarence Wheeler  The New Chicago Blues  (Atlantic)

"Blues & Trouble"  Muddy Waters  After The Rain  (Cadet Concept) 

"Give It Up"  The Impossibles  Hot Pepper  (Phillips)

"California Soul"  The Undisputed Truth  The Undisputed Truth  (Gordy)

"Zambezi"  Eddie Senay  Hot Thang  (Sussex)

"Gatur Bait"  The Gaturs  New Orleans Funk: The Original Sound of Funk 1960-75  (Soul Jazz)

"I Don't Know Why"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together  (Secret Stash/King)

"Shadow's Legitimate Mix"  DJ Shadow  12 Inch  (Hollywood Basic)

"Bridge to 'Bama"  Soulive featuring Talib Kweli  12 Inch  (Rawkus/Blue Note) 

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All sorts of international funky madness ahead on Soul Junction, including a late night jam session from Sweden's Svenska Lod AB, Swiss fusion from Emphasis and Thai funk from The Impossibles. But xenophobes fret not! We'll also have rare grooves from D.C.'s Hilton Felton, righteousness from The 24 Carat Black reppin' the 'Nati and we'll journey through an electric tube with Mike Mainieri...(NYC for those keeping track!)

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
www.GtownRadio.com
All we need is a drummer...for people who only need a beat.

January 18, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"The Girl From Ipanema"  Amy Winehouse  Lioness: Hidden Treasures  (Universal Republic)

"Coffee Cold"  Galt MacDermot & His Mid Manhattan Rhythm Section  Shapes of Rhythm  (Kilmarnock)

"Toledo Bagel"  Paulinho da Costa  Agora  (Pablo)

"Sure 'Nuff Sure 'Nuff"  Sonny Phillips  Sure 'Nuff  (Prestige)

"Settling In"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul Time!  (Daptone)

"24-Carat Black (Theme)"  The 24-Carat Black  Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth  (Stax)

"Come On & Get It, Baby"  Big Black  Elements of Now!  (Uni)

"See Saw Affair"  Cesar 830  Cesar  (Flying Dutchman)

"We'll Speak Above The Roar"  Mike Mainieri  Journey Through An Electric Tube  (Solid State)

"Bee Bop Boogie"  Hilton Felton  A Man For All Reasons  (Hilton's Concept)

"Too High"  Emphasis  Emphasis  (Sonorama/Swiss Pick/Jaycee)

"Right On/Kliv Pa"  Svenska Lod AB  Horselmat  (Figaro)

"California"  The Impossibles  Hot Pepper  (Phillips)

"Meri Aakhon Mein Ek Sapna Hai (edit)"  Sapan Jagmohan featuring Mohd Rafi & Pankaj Mittra  Pysch-Funk Sa-Re-Ga! Psychedelic Funk Music in India 1970-83  (World Psychedelic Classics)

"Foot Stomper"  El Gusano  Fantasia Del Barrio  (Heavy Light)

"Yakuba"  The Whitefield Brothers  In The Raw  (Now Again)

"Untitled"  McNeil & Niles  Thrust  (Chocolate Industries)

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"  Eddie Hazel  Game Dames & Guitar Thangs  (Warner0

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The holiday season came to a close with a rocking Groove Food! reunion, so let's cool out with what my man Benge of Sex Fly calls "jazz burners."  Sadly, Sam Rivers just passed, so we'll pay respects and we'll send DJ Lippy & DJ Bubbles off with some Texas funk.  Plus, loads of heavy Fender Rhodes with Byard Lancaster's Sounds of Liberation, Lloyd McNeill's Washington Suite and Argentinian madness from Fernando Gelbard & Jorge Hector Lopez.

Soul Junction
Wednesdays 8pm-10pm
www.GtownRadio.com

January 11, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Superstrut (KayDee rmx)"  Kashmere Stage Band  7 Inch  (Now Again)

"Cyclic Episode"  Sam Rivers  Fuchsia Swing Song  (Blue Note)

"Walking Lines"  Horst Jankowski  Swinging Explosion  (HGBS)

"Sintese"  Quarteto Novo  Quarteto Novo  (Odeon)

"Ole"  Salah Ragab & The Afro-Egyptian Ensemble  12 Inch  (Honest Jons)

"Tojo"  Pete Yellin  It's The Right Thing  (Mainstream)

"Pierwsza Wersja"  Extra Ball  Extra Ball  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Just 71% Moor"  Lloyd McNeill Quintet   Washington Suite  (Asha/Universal Sound)

"Backup"  Larry Young   Into Somethin'  (Blue Note)

"New Horizons I"  Sounds of Liberation  Sounds of Liberation  (Porter)

"Tema de Fatiga"  Jazz Band de Free  Ego  (Whatmusic)

"Puntos de Partidos"  Jorge Lopez Ruiz 5  De Prepo  (Whatmusic)

"Baion"  The New Dave Pike Set & Grupo Baiafro  Salomao  (MPS)

"Concierto de Aranjuez"  Jim Hall  Concierto  (CTI)

"Superwoman"  Stevie Wonder  Music Of My Mind  (Tamla)

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