Today’s Artist
Jackie Wilson 1934 – 1984
Your love keeps lifting me higher than I've ever been lifted before.
Jackie Wilson moved across a stage like nobody in soul before or since. He sang "Lonely Teardrops" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" with a physicality that made every performance unforgettable. More →
Back of the Catalog Selection
30 sec
Who Did It Better
Use Me
1972 Bill Withers
2001 Alicia Keys
Bill Withers confessed that love makes even a strong person weak and open. Alicia Keys sang the same surrender as a declaration of trust, faith, and belief. The vulnerability became power in her voice. The giving in sounded like a choice, not a quiet defeat.
Today’s Record
Being With You
I want to be with you
There's no place I'd rather be
Being with her is the only place he wants to be. Not complicated. Not dramatic. A simple truth he keeps repeating. Some people complicate love. He strips it down. No place he would rather be than right next to her.
Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Terry Callier worked as a computer programmer for 15 years after disappearing from music. A London crate digger found his album and launched a revival that pulled him back from the cubicle to the stage.
Terry Callier went from writing code to writing songs, from debugging software to being discovered by a DJ in a foreign country.
Soul in the Movies
Killing Me Softly 2002
Dave Chappelle threw a free concert in Bed-Stuy in 2004 and brought the Fugees back together for one night. Lauryn Hill. Wyclef. Pras. On the same stage. For the first time in years. 'Killing Me Softly' -- their cover of Roberta Flack's 1973 classic -- sounded like a homecoming. Chappelle walked around handing out golden tickets to random people on the street. The result is a concert film that feels like a neighborhood barbecue that accidentally booked the greatest lineup of the decade.
Block party. The emphasis is on block. 