If It Rotates We Can Control It

It's all about SOUL for this episode.  George Clinton said: "soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes" - I think of soul as music with feeling - and grooves.  I take a look at soul in a few different contexts in this show - from the "folk funk" of Barbara and Ernie to the discoteque of Lalomie Washburn, to the organic sway of Sly, it's all got that soul... some classics in here, too - Alice Clark, Eddie Drennon, and Martha and the Vandellas cover of the Jackson 5 tune!

Listen to Show #67 right here.  My Odeo Channel (odeo/b4f95457dcd9c38b)

Barbara and Ernie - Somebody to Love
Arnold Blair - Trying to Get Next to You
Alice Clark - Hey Girl
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - I Want You Back
Lalomie Washburn - Give Me Love With the Music
Eddie Drennon - Do It Nice and Easy
Sly and the Family Stone - Say You Will

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Got some new (to me) Brazillian tracks that I'm excited to play - check the dope Fafa de Belem track, and marvel how she never stops singing!  Orquestra e Coro give us a funky version of Helio Matheus' 'Kriola', and then we move into the Afro funk.  Er, rather African-sounding funk, made by non-Africans.  There's the Lafayette Afro Rock Band (American, recorded in France) with 'Oglenon', Nico Gomez (Belgian) with 'Ritual', and finally the 2006 sounds of Nomo (Ann Arbour) doing 'If You Want'.  It only seemed right to close the show with some music genuinely from Africa - Ethiopia's Getatchew Mekurya doing 'Yegenet Muziqa'.

Listen to show #66 right here.  My Odeo Channel (odeo/b4f95457dcd9c38b)

Fafa de Belem - Naturalmente
Wando - Benedito e Julieta
Orquestra e Coro - Kriola
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Oglenon
Nico Gomez - Ritual
Nomo - If You Want
Getatchew Mekurya - Yegenet Muziqa

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After last week's delve into East German grooves, I thought we should get back to some straight up grooves - I originally intended this show to be oriented towards early 70s funk, but I was drawn to the later disco sounds - and I even slipped in some early 80s tracks.  Highlights of this show - the amazing Nina Simone which shows how to really get down, 'the vulture' by Labi Siffre, which is just about everything you could wish for in a track - huge opening break, irresistable groove.. damn!  There's a pair of tracks from 1981 - Conquest, and the Whispers (who continually impress me with their 80s material).  The show finishes with a sweet track from Linda Tillery on the lesbian-founded Olivia label out of LA/Oakland.  Dig it!

Listen to show #65 right here.  My Odeo Channel.  (odeo/b4f95457dcd9c38b)

Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
Ice - Time Will Tell
Labi Siffre - The Vulture
New York Community Choir - Express Yourself
Conquest - Give it to Me (If You Don't Mind)
The Whispers - In The Raw
Linda Tillery - Freedom Time

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