Tonight on Soul Junction...west coast soul from the Mowest label, a short lived subsidiary of the mighty Motown Records, from a recent compilation from Light in the Attic. Plus, we'll feature the recent issue of Wax Poetics, including music from Ramsey Lewis, Roy C., Bobby Womack and some early Earth, Wind & Fire.
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
Ladies & gentlemen...we have The Honeydrippers in the house tonight.
June 29, 2011
Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):
"Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love" Odyssey Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story (Mowest/Light in the Attic)
"Way Back Home" Jazz Crusaders Old Socks New Shoes, New Socks Old Shoes (Chisa)
"Love-Out" The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson Soul Sound System (Atlantic)
"Comin' Home Baby" Vasa-Matti Loiri 4 + 20 (Porter)
"Gun" Gil Scott-Heron Reflections (Arista)
"Bold & Black" Ramsey Lewis Trio Another Voyage (Cadet)
"Forty Days" Billy Brooks Windows of the Mind (Crossover)
"Soulsville" Isaac Hayes Shaft (Enterprise)
"Sweetback's Theme" Brer Soul & Earth, Wind & Fire Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Stax)
"Act Like A Shotgun" G.C. Cameron Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story (Mowest/Light in the Attic)
"Blue's Blues" Blue Mitchell Blue's Blues (Mainstream)
"Opus De Soul" Steve Cropper, Albert King & Pops Staples Jammed Together (Stax)
"Funky To The Bone" Freddi/Henchi & The Soul Setters 7 Inch (Reprise)
"Past Time Paradise" Martik Persian Funk (Secret Stash)
"Just A Little Communication" Gabor Szabo & Bobby Womack High Contrast (Blue Thumb)
"Black Maybe" Syreeta Syreeta (Mowest)
"Uncle Jemima" Stone Alliance Heads Up (PM)
"Blue Pearl" Semuta Semuta (Lee Lambert/Whatmusic)
"L.A. Sunshine" War Platinum Jazz (Blue Note)
"Impeach The President" The Honeydrippers 12 Inch (Funky Delicacies)