Friday, August 7, 2015

#29: A Lesson In Resilience



For What It's Worth - Sergio Mendes
Cryin' In the Street - George Perkins & the Silver Stars
Sır 
- Erkin Koray
Rock Steady - The Marvels
Ijo Soul - Orlando Julius & His Master Aces
My Babe - Mitty Collier
Foot Stompin' - The Flares
Please Don't Leave Me - Fats Domino
Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
Ten or Eleven Towns Ago - Barbara Randolph
Cocoa - Assagai
Amphibious - Triorganico
Do You Love Me (Like You Say You Do) - Lee Fields & the Expressions
Jesus is Waiting - Al Green
If It Were Left Up To Me - Sly and the Family Stone

Saturday, January 31, 2015

#28: He Knew All Their Names



Be My Husband - Nina Simone
I'll Do You It For - Toussaint McCall
Paint Up, Clean Up Time - Lord Creator
I'll Run Your Heart Away - Ruby Johnson
Nothing - Cocaine 80's
Kita Kita - Gaspar Lawal
Muhammad Baby - Mister Calypson
Groove Me Baby - King Floyd
Mr. Big Stuff - Lyn Collins
Outstanding - The Gap Band
A Long Time - Mayer Hawthorne
Pop Life - Prince
Never Never - Little Dragon
Don't Burn the Bridge (That You Took Across) - Dionne Warwick

Sunday, December 7, 2014

#27: We Don't Know What We're Vibrating About



Street Life - Randy Crawford
Fresh - Kool & the Gang
Green-Eyed Love - Mayer Hawthorne
L'anamour - Serge Gainsbourg
Love is a Five Letter Word - James Phelps
Home in Your Heart - Solomon Burke
Woman of the Ghetto - Phyllis Dillon
Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey
Wawa - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
QueenS - TheeSatisfaction
Biological Speculation - Funkadelic
I Cry (Night After Night) - Egyptian Lover
Just an Illusion - Imagination
Cocaine Blues - Escort
Jikela Emaweni - Manhattan Brothers
In the Basement - Etta James

Saturday, December 6, 2014

#26: A Profound Liberating Effect


If It's Magic - Stevie Wonder
To Love Somebody - Bunny Rugs
Sally, Go 'Round the Roses - The Jaynetts
Party Lights - Claudine Clark
Psychedelic Woman - Honny & the Bees Band
Going In Circles - Myron & E with the Soul Investigators
Swan Song - Jessie Ware
Who is He (and What is He to You?) - Bill Withers
Sam - Ann-Marget
Parchman Farm - Bobbie Gentry
Run Joe - Maya Angelou
I've Been Loving You Too Long - Ike and Tina Turner
Somebody Said - André Cymone
Jamaica is the Place To Go - Charlie Binger & His Quartet

#25: For 50 Hours Straight



Angel from Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt
Ode to Billie Joe - Mary Wilson
In the Ghetto - Candy Staton
Asa Inch anem (Tell Me What To Do) - Berberian Group, Merdiahian, Dworman
Yemanja - Ginga Trio
Stone Fox Chase - Area Code 615
Steve Austin Gives His Opinion
Strange Feeling - Johnny Nash
I Can't Let Go - Evie Nash
Fancy - Spanky Wilson
Mabel - Django Reinhardt
Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac
Sundown, Sundown - Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
Letter Full of Tears - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Ain't Nobody's Fault but Mine - Otis Redding
Jelly Roll Morton

#24: In Case Your Grandmother Hates Nirvana





 Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
Slippery People- Talking Heads
Can't See You- Aurelia "Aura" Lewis
Theme From Hong Kong - Lee "Scratch" Perry
Cheater Man - Irma Thomas
I'm Gonna Leave You - Nina Simone
My Babe - Mitty Collier
Love Me Like You Mean It - Percy Sledge
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher - Willie Hutch
(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right - Milllie Jackson
Yalnızlar Rıhtımı - Erkin Koray
Runnin' Away - Sly and the Family Stone
Sweet Thing - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan
Come Ye - Nina Simone
Akwaaba - Francis Bebey

#23: Singing Like You Mean It


Hey Boy - The Blow
Long Time Woman - Pam Grier
This Is My Last Affair - The Meters
Kangalaitoito - WITCH
Moon Rocks - Talking Heads
Golden Lady - Jose Feliciano
Too Hot - Kool and the Gang
Nasty Lady - Whodini
She-Do - The Pimps of Joytime
Ain't That Loving You - Alton Ellis
Be Thankful - Bunny Clarke
My Serenade - Django Reinhardt
Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye - Stevie Wonder