This month's show starts with Tanka and the Bangas new track Black Folk. We touch on Northern Soul, 80s soul, nu-soul and some jazzy hip hop with some Fela Kuti thrown because who doesn't love Fela. Also a track from Jazzanova's new project and one of their tracks from back in the day. Enjoy.
Tracklist
1. Tanka and the Bangas - Black folk
2. Adi Oasis – Stages
3. Michael Kiwanuka - I'm a black man in a white world
4. Marvin Gaye - this love starved heart of mine
5. Luther Ingram - Exus Trek
6. Lou Ride - I'm com'un home in the morning
7. Larry Williams ad Johnny Watson - Too late
8. Kleeer - Open your mind
9. Ned Doheny - to prove my love 1
10. Roy Ayers - Love will bring us back together
11. The System - You're in my system
12. Loose Ends - Love controversy
13. Suff Daddy - Gamma squeeze
14. Mouse Outfit feat Dubbul O, Sparkz and Ellis Meade – repeat
15. Pumpkin - Bye bye Madeleine
16. Shawn Lee feat Ohmega Watts - We got the jazz
17, Skyzoo - Bed Stuy is burning
18. Quakers feat Sampa the Great - approach with caution
19. Jazzanova - Creative musicians
20. Fela Kuti - Jeun Ko Ku (chop n drench)
21. Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
22. The Crusaders - Keep that same old feeling
23. The Cosmic Echoes and Lonny Liston Smith – Expansions
24. Jazzanova - Belle et Fou
25. Cameo - Flirt
26. Maze - Before I let go
27. MFSB - Mysteries of the world
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