al green - love and happiness
bill withers - kissing my love
the isley brothers - the heat is on
ramsey lewis - fish bite
herbie hancock - doin' it
faze-o - riding high
roy ayers - everybody loves the sunshine
blackbyrds - happy music
william onyeabor - body and soul
dan boadi and his african internationals - play that funky music
ephraim uzomechina nzeka - shakara oloje-lady
manu dibango - soul makossa
aktion - groove the funk
guelewar band of banjul - wollou
tony allen - no discrimination
fela kuti and ginger baker - ye ye smell
the propositions - africana
sly & the family stone - family affair

playlist for august 5, 2009

b.t. express - peace pipe

baby brother - you make my warm spot hot

kool & the gang - love & understanding (come together)

african music machine - a girl in france

people's choice - party is a groovy thing

brass construction - movin

spirit of atlanta - buttermilk bottom

sam & dave - hold on, I'm comin'

the mar-keys - last night

roosevelt grier - fool, fool, fool

smokey robinson & the miracles - going to a go-go

the supremes - love is like an itching in my heart

martha and the vandellas - heat wave

fontella bass - I know

the temptations - papa was a rolling stone

donny hathaway - the ghetto

cymande - bra

james brown - funky president (people it's bad)

skull snaps - it's a new day

baby huey & the baby sitters - listen to me

charles wright - comment (if all men are truly brothers)

war - slippin' into darkness

playlist for july 15, 2009

nicole willis & the soul investigators - if this ain't love
kashmere stage band - do your thing
louise mccord - better get a move on
mr. clean & the soul inc - what's going on
darondo - how I got over
rodger collins - foxy girls in oakland
kool and the gang - nt, parts 1 & 2
people's choice - mickey d's
mfsb - freddie's dead
spirit of atlanta - freddie's alive and well
the pharoahs - somebody's been sleeping
the expressions - these moments
mayer hawthorne - I wish it would rain
marvin gaye - sparrow
sly and the family stone - frisky
donald byrd - stepping into tomorrow
johnny "guitar" watson - superman lover
miles davis - rated x
the temptations - ungena za ulimwengu (unite the world)
funkadelic - super stupid
james brown - get up, get into it & get involved (mono)
the propositions - africana

playlist for july 1, 2009

the return of luke and the passing of michael

jackson 5 - mam I got a brand new thing (don't say no)
temptations - psychedelic shack
jackson 5 - it's your thing
isley brothers - who's that lady (part 1)
diana ross - I'm coming out
jackson 5 - I want you back
jackson 5 - ABC
marvin gaye - got to give it up, part 1 (single version)
michael jackson - don't stop 'til you get enough
manu dibango - soul makossa
michael jackson - wanna be startin' somethin'
james brown/prince - sex kiss machine
prince - musicology
michael jackson - rock with you
michael jackson - off the wall
michael jackson - billie jean
michael jackson - beat it
michael jackson - thriller
michael jackson - the way you make me feel
madonna - get into the groove
michael jackson - p.y.t.
michael jackson/jackson 5 - live medley
rockwell - somebody's watching me

playlist for june 3, 2009

the main ingredient - euphrates
donny hathaway - I love you more than you'll ever know
marvin gaye - mercy mercy me (the ecology)
curtis mayfield - we the people who are darker than blue
al green - I wanna hold your hand
sharon jones & the dap kings - humble me
johnny taylor - I believe in you (you believe in me)
100 proof aged in soul - ain't that lovin' you (for more reasons than one)
barry white - I've found someone
harlem underground - fed up (vocal)
war - me and baby brother
enchantment - dance to the beat
david oliver - take my emptiness
teddy pendergrass - you can't hide from yourself
bill withers - who is he (and what is he to you)
young-holt unlimited - foodstamps
isaac hayes - walk on by
faze-0 - riding high
azymyth - periscopio
jimmy smith - eight counts for rita
stanley turrentine - spooky
yvonne fair - you can make it if you try

dieuf dieul - a sweet pleasant woman
dan boadi & the african internationals - money is the root of all evil
william onyeabor - better change your mind
gary bartz - music is my sanctuary
azymuth - periscopio
goblin - blind concert
herbie mann - hold on I'm coming
the undisputed truth - you create your own heaven and hell (right here on earth)
24 carat black - mother's day
daemon fuzz - disillusioned man
byrdie green - return of the prodigal son
willie hutch - mother's theme (mama)
cymande - willy's headache
sharon jones & the dap-kings - how long do I have to wait for you?
nina simone - to be young, gifted and black
curtis mayfield - do do wap is strong in here
the dramatics - in the rain
roy ayers - pretty brown skin

playlist for april 29, 2009.

this week is a fifth wednesday, so it is neither the tangential mind nor everything is everything.

jackson c. frank - blues has run the game
jackson c. frank - you never wanted me
old timey custard suckin' band - sittin' on top of the world
hazel dickens & alice gerrard - true life blues
two gospel keys - I don't feel at home in this world anymore
robert pete williams & robert "guitar" j. welch - mississippi heavy water blues
washington phillips - mother's last word to her daughter
washington phillips - what are the doing in heaven today?
jeb loy nichols - countrymusicdisco45
fellow travellers - blues for texas/dub for texas
cedric brooks - give rasta glory
tong me malai - lam phun eun sai
guelewar band of banjul - wollou
alemayehu eshete - a1 (from anonymous cassette)
group doueh - eid for dakhla
ali "farka" toure - ali
john lee hooker - graveyard blues
john lee hooker - burning hell
[radio palestine: sounds of the eastern mediterranean] - night in ancient egypt
[radio morocco] - quartertone winds
[radio phnom penh] - blondie in khmer camouflage
[radio palestine: sounds of the eastern mediterranean] - lo-fi nubia
arthur russell - this is how we walk on the moon