Welcome to the Funkinsoul show with me JB on NuDirections FM. This months show is about protest and uprising. From Billie Holiday's heart-rending Strange Fruit released in 1939 to recent tracks shouting out police brutality, this show goes deep. I hope you enjoy the music.
Tracklist
1. Kendrick Lamar - blood
2. Akua Naru - The block
3. Anderson Paak - lockdown
4. Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder and Kamasi Washington - Freeze tag
5. HER - I can't breathe
6, John Legend and The Roots - hang on in there
7. Common fest Stevie Wonder - Black America again
8. Gil Scott Heron - the revolution will not be televised
9. Marvin Gaye - what's going on
10. Billy Paul - am I black enough for you
11. Marc Mac - revolutionary action
12. J Period feat Dead Prez, Sa-roc and Maimouna Yourself - Soldiers
13. Kendrick Lamar - alright 1
4. KRS One - sound of da police
15. M.I.A - paper planes
16. Public Enemy - fight the power
17. Sa-roc feat David Banner - the who
18. Tiggs da Author - enough 19. Linton Kwesi Johnson - five nights of bleeding
20. Bob Marley and the Wailers - slave driver
21. Max Romeo - no peace
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It began life in May 2021 as NuDirections, a weekly radio show on a London community station. That spirit of discovery still runs through everything I do.
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