Black Box No. 14 – This week we have a selection of funk, soul and RnB with a little bit of African contempory music thrown in for a laugh. I actually had to do this show twice after the original got deleted, however the show is pretty much unchanged between the two except for one or two songs. Really found an interesting link between what was happening in America and Africa during the 60’s and 70’s – even up tot he modern day. An exchange of influences is evident and there is such a close bond in the use of both rhythmic and vocal elements in the music…hope you enjoy.
01. The Bar Kays – Soul Finger
02. Ali Farka Toure – Soya
03. Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers – Jesus Give Me Water
04. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and the Wiseman)
05. Voices of East Harlem – New York Lightning
06. The Impressions – People Get Ready
07. Aretha Franklin – Lee Cross
08. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street
09. Parliament – Up for the Down Stroke
10. James Brown – Stone to the Bone
11. Fela Kuti – Original Suffer Head
12. Sly and the Family Stone – Dance to the Music
13. Sam Cooke – Having a Party (Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963)
14. Little Richard – Ready Teddy
15. Marion Gaines Singers – Grandma’s Hands
