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Show #42!  I recorded this show later than I usually do, and so I found myself tending towards the slower end of the spectrum... but with variety, too!  Some deep grooves on here from the Ju-Par Universal Orchestra, Brook Benton brings a really chilled out vocal number, there's the great jazzy Melton Brothers' 'Living in the City', some standout soul from Mike James Kirkland & the Lovelites, and the show finishes on some quality reggae soul by Marcia Griffiths & Claudette Miller.  But it's not all slow!  There's the insane Polish Jazz version of 'Cissy Strut' by the Katowice Big Band, Nostalgia 77, and the worlds first rap tune, recorded by Jacques Dutronc in 1967!

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Nostalgia 77 - Cheney Lane
Ramsey Lewis - Afro Boogaloo Twist
The Big Band Katowice - Madrox
Willie Gresham - Step by Step
Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Time
Jacques Dutronc - J'ai tout lu, tout vu, tout bu
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land
Baby Huey - Hard Times
Elis Regina - As Curvas da Estrada de Santos
Air - Man's Got Style
Brook Benton - Movin' Day
Melton Brothers Band - Livin' in the City
Mike James Kirkland - Love Is (Nothing But A Feeling)
Lovelites - This Love is Real
Marcia Griffiths - Truly
Claudette Miller & Conscious Minds - Tonight Is the Night

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Show #41 - Featuring the one of the funkiest songs from funkiest LP from India (and with a population of over a billion, you've gotta respect THAT) - from Ravi Shankar's nephew, Ananda Shankar - 'Streets of Calcutta'.  And from there the show just keeps moving - African tracks, Brazillian funk, a Canadian tune, a track from the ultra-rare Nico Gomez album... oh, and Isaac Hayes!  Definitely a good show here people, check it out.

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Ananda Shankar - Streets of Calcutta
Osibisa - Fire
the Majestics - Pot O' Gold
Wilson Simonal - Mexerico da Candinha
Funky Nassau - Bahama Soul Stew
Love is All Around - Time to Run
Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
Art Blakey - Oscalypso
Wilson Simonal - Nem Vem Que Nao Tem
Alfredito - Situation in F Minor
Nico Gomez - Baila Chibiquiban
Peter King - Shango
The Budos Band - Up From the South

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Show #40 - All over the map, as usual!  I don't know why put for some reason I'm playing a lot of really short songs lately, and as a result, I'm covering a lot more ground than I normally do.  So in this episode we go from funk to Brazil to latin to reggae to soul and back to Brazil for more.  Whew... there are 16 songs in this episode, and they're all special - some highlights: Eddy Grant really rockin' with 'Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys', Quebecois soft-porn soundtrack hit 'Psychedelic Party', Brazillian superstars Marcos Valle and Jorge Ben, Lani Hall's sublime 'Love Song', and the Brazillian soulful strut! - Rosinha de Valenca's 'Down'.  Lots to enjoy here, so dig in.

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Vicki Anderson - I'm Too Tough for Mister Big Stuff
The Equals - Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
Francois Cousineau - Psychedelic Party
Marcos Valle - Batuque
Joey Pastrano - Jammin' with Joey
Herni Texier - Les la-bas
Milton Banana Trio - Jesus Cristo
Jorge Ben - Comanche
Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
Jackie Mittoo - Drum Song
Johnny Osbourne - Can't Buy Love
Eddie Kendricks - If You Let Me
Marvin Gaye - Anger
Lani Hall - Love Song
Novos Baianos - Brasil Pandeiro
Rosinha de Valenca - Down

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Show #39! A little bit of everything - seriously!  You want soul, you got soul - Alice Clark, Rhetta Hughes, Nina Simone... you want funk, you got it!  Toni Tornado, Ann Sexton, Max Infinity... you want international grooves - check Frankie Zhivago, Marcos Valle, and Alex Konadu... and there's a whole set of latin tracks in there, too - Charlie Palmieri, Jack Costanzo, and Los Caracoles... and there's Canada's Kathryn Moses, who doesn't fit into any of those categories!  For open-minded grooves, check this show out!

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Frankie Zhivago - I'm Yours
Toni Tornado -Bochechuda
Max Infinity - Love Makes a Better World (Part 1)
Ann Sexton - You're Losing Me
Alice Clark - Don't You Care
Rhetta Hughes - Light My Fire
Kathryn Moses - Music In My Heart
Charlie Palmieri - No Esta En Na'
Jack Costanzo - Que Dichoso Es
Los Caracoles - Cumbia Sabrosa
Three Sounds - (Sock It to Me) Harper Valley PTA
Lou Rawls - Trouble Down Here Below
Alex Konadu - W'awu Do Ho No
Marcos Valle - Mentira
Bob Dorough - The Beat Goes On
Nina Simone - Come Ye

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