I know ya got soul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

StevieG

What is soul?
Well to me it's everything from Chic to Moodyman, Dinah Washington to Tom Waits.

Basically, soul is anything you want it to be. Soul as a musical genre could include the pioneering crossover sounds of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke while also including modern day stars such as John Legend and Jill Scott. This Saturday my Black On Red radio special is dedicated to soul music. The show starts at 7PM with the best in modern soul sounds (John Legend, Jacore Baptiste, AG Thomas, Teedra Moses etc) but our soul special runs between 9 and 10PM.

An hour is pretty limited but i'm gonna try my best to give listeners an idea not only of the soul pioneers (Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding et al), the undeniable soul greats (Marvin, Stevie, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha) but also a few of those who the average music fan may not be hugely familiar with (Aretha's sister Erma, my personal favourite Minnie Ripperton, Syl Johnson, the unbelievable Donny Hathaway). Of course a few of these had hits too but often some of the best artists remained outside the public eye.
For example, Minnie Ripperton recorded pioneering work with the Rotary Connection, sung backing vocals on on of the greatest albums of all time (Stevie Wonders "Songs in the Key of Life"), recorded one of my top 3 albums of all time ("Adventures in Wonderland"), was sampled many times by the greatest and most creative hip-hop crew (A Tribe Called Quest), yet she is remembered largely for one huge hit ("Lovin You").

I'm gonna concentrate mainly on the golden era of the 60's and 70's, an era which revolutionised poplular music as soul labels (Motown, Stax) churned out pop hit after pop hit and the world moved to the sound of young America. The Beatles and the Stones were just a couple of the rock bands who took this sound to an even different audience and some of the greatestand most influential music of all time was made. In Jamaica The Skatalites and Studio One took their own interpretation of these sounds and created the blueprint for modern hip-hop and dnace muisc. This of course was a time of immense social and political change too and the Civil Rights movement formed an incredible backdrop to this amazing soul era. Youv'e got it!

Expect to hear everything from
Aretha Franklin
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Curtis Mayfield
Gwen McCrae
Ray Charles
Jackie Wilson
Sam Cooke
Lynn Collins
Minnie Ripperton
Otis Reding
Wilson Pickett
The Supremes
The Temptations
and lots lots more!

BLACK ON RED Cork's REDFM 104-106 7-10PM Saturday's www.redfm.ie/blackonred

StevieG

Okay don't mind that post above it was from last year but this weekend my specialist hip-hop/soul/jazz/reggae show Black on Red celebrates 4 years of broadcasting on RedFM with part two of a soul mix. The first part went out last week, the listings which are at www.redfm.ie/blackonred, For the rest of the details on the show check that page for a hint of tunes that i'm spinning at the moment.
I'll hopefully have details on Podcasting and some other developments soon, but in the meanwhile soul fans can listen online
Black on Red
This Saturday between 7 and 10PM
RedFM 104-106
www.redfm.ie

Ray Charles-I Got a Woman
Jackie Wilson-Your love Is Lifting Me Higher
The Bar Kays-Soul Finger
Archie Bell and the Drells-Tighten Up
Bobby Angelle-Too Much for You
Dionne Warwick-You Can Have him
Fontella Bass-Rescue Me
James Brown-Think
Al Green-Ride Sally Ride
Curtis Mayfield-Make Me Believe In You
Candi Staton-Stand By your Man
Deloris Ealy-It's About Time I made a Change
Mavis Staples-Koochie Koochie Koochie
Louis Jordan-Let The Good Times Roll
Sam Cooke-Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
Otis Redding-My Girl
Barbara acklin-Am I The Same Girl
Detroit Emeralds-And I Love Her
Marlena Shaw-Anyone Can Move A Mountain
Marvin Gaye-Is Anybody Thinking About Their Living?
Billy Paul-Let's Fall In Love All Over Again


Allow me to sell it to ya! (this wasn't written with this forum in mind so pardon any of the converted i'm preaching ta)
A bit more accessible than last week but it's still got a Marvin Gaye track which even a lot of his biggest fans won't have heard; indeed it finds Marvin rapping in a track recorded almost exactly 30 years ago (and a good few years before rap went mainstream with "Rappers Delight")
The Detroit Emeralds were once cleverly looped by De La Soul, but here they take on my favourite Beatles number and succeed while southern soul diva Candi Staton does a KLF with Tammy Wynette!
Ray Charles's big breakthrough hit, later one of the tunes of 2006 with Kanye, is included as is the incredible Mavis Staples who gets down and dirty while Barabara Acklin sings over the Young Holt Trio's groove that became a hit for Joss Stone last year
Marlena Shaw gets ready for Cork with a little nown track while Loius Jordan takes it back to the roots
Curtis Mayfield meanwhile comes correct with a track only ever equalled by Patti Jo while one of Primo's most clever samples is found with the mighty Billy Paul!