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If you want your soul... get it UpFront! Producer and host Sanguine Fromage, WERU dj since 2005, serves up a weekly blend of funk, soul, and jazz, plus sprinklings of R&B, gospel, and hip-hop. UpFront Soul showcases obscure artists and back-catalogue offerings from more familiar names. You'll find West African funk, funk-enriched jazz, deep soul, and only the best modern music.
If you want your soul… get it UpFront! Producer and host Sanguine Fromage, WERU dj since 2005, serves up a weekly blend of funk, soul, and jazz, plus sprinklings of R&B, gospel, and hip-hop. UpFront Soul showcases obscure artists and back-catalogue offerings from more familiar names. You’ll find West African funk, funk-enriched jazz, deep soul, and only the best modern music.
September 30, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
Funk, soul, and jazz: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage. 120 minutes of soulful sounds to which you may get down. This week, we'll spin a spiritual side from Alice Coltrane, spend some time Hangin' Out with Bobby Hutcherson, and enjoy some Chocolate Milk and Black Sugar.
ListenSeptember 23, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
Funk, soul, and jazz: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage. 120 minutes of soulful sounds to which you may get down. This week, we'll shake it all up and see where it lands on this eclectic edition of UpFront Soul, featuring a transcendent Indo-jazz interpretation of Pharoah Sanders' "The Creator Has a Master Plan" by Sarathy Korwar, The Persuasions' doo wop cover of Frank Zappa's "Duodenum," and an obscure yet unutterably funky single brought to us by the American Dairy Association of Mississippi.
ListenSeptember 16, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
Funk, soul, and jazz: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage. 120 minutes of soulful sounds to which you may get down. This week, we'll do the Hully Gully Twist with King Curtis and The Slop with The Olympics, spin brand new funk direct from Japan from ENDRECHERI, and hear The Headhunters' heartfelt entreaty: "God, Make Me Funky."
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
Funk, soul, and jazz: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage. 120 minutes of soulful sounds to which you may get down. This week, we'll celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with music from Mahalia Jackson, the SNCC Freedom Singers, and march co-organizer Bayard Rustin, as well as powerful words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
Funk, soul, and jazz: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage. 120 minutes of soulful sounds to which you may get down. This week, we'll swing with Blanche Calloway and her little brother Cab, get soulful with Rasheed Ali, and delve into Afrobeat with Femi Kuti, his dad Fela, and Kaleta & Super Yamba Band, plus well hear Indigenous jazz from Jim Pepper and Don Cherry.
Read MoreAugust 26, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
This week, we'll hear funky stuff from The Pazant Brothers, have Breakfast in Bed with Baby Washington, and get Caught Making Love with Roger Hatcher.
Read MoreAugust 19, 2023 Jazz, Late Night, Music
UpFront Soul makes its KKFI debut!
We'll hear sweet soul from Mel Alston, Jr., hear an irresistible beat from Cameroon via Nigeria courtesy of Colonel Faat, and get funky with Johnny Guitar Watson.
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