 Forever broadening the horizons of Black musicians, we're back this week with another eclectic mix of music from across the African diaspora. Listen to The Purple Room live every Saturday at 2pm on CJSR FM 88.5. Living Colour Living Color is a hard rock band that exploded in the 80s with their blended elements of metal, soul, funk, punk, blues, and Hip-Hop. They purposely widened the path for Black musicians in the mainstream at the time. The band’s members - specifically, lead singer Corey Glover and guitarist Vernon Reid - have been very involved over the years in a group called the Black Rock Coalition, which is a collective of Black musicians, journalists, and producers that formed in 1985 and has since gone global. Living Colour is a certified CBGB alumni group, cosigned by Mick Jagger himself, who produced and recorded their first two demos. To get a glimpse into the band’s more harmonic side, check out Solace of You from their 1990 album, Time’s Up. George & Gwen McCrae Navigating the intricacies of both love and music, George and Gwen McCrae, who married only a week after meeting each other, found a way to inject their own unique personal dynamics into their collaborations. Their relationship was born in fire, and you can hear it throuhout their collection of duets and collaborations. Check out The Rub, from their 1975 album, “Together.” Black Ivory Surrender by Black Ivory is a staple of the quiet storm subgenre of R&B and soul music. The song was written by lead vocalist Leroy Burgess for Black Ivory's debut 1972 album, Don't Turn Around. Don’t Turn Around helped lay the groundwork for the smooth, romantic vibes that would become synonymous with R&B during the early '70s. Hamilton Bohannon Hamilton Bohannon, was a Georgia-born percussionist, bandleader, and disco and funk musician who found his rhythm early. In his younger years, he bounced from band to band. By the age of 22, he was the touring drummer in a then-13-year-old Stevie Wonder’s band, later going on to lay the backbeat for even more headliners, including Diana Ross & the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, and Smokey Robinson. His track, Save Their Souls, has lasted the tests of time - it was repopularized in 1996 when DJ Clark Kent sampled it for Cashmere Thoughts from Jay-Z’s debut studio album Reasonable Doubt. Enjoy your week, and you’ll hear me next Saturday. ~ Shantu The Purple Room Playlist for Jan 27 2024Living Colour
Solace of You Jay Dee African Rhythms (Instrumental) David Walters Light K’naan Fire in Freetown Kokoroko Interlude Graham Central Station The Jam Gwen & George McCrae The Rub Blackalicious First in Flight Black Ivory Surrender Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers Say It Again The Counts Rhythm Changes Ahmad Jamal Swahililand Marva Whitney Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) Manu Dibango Wilderness Digable Planets Dial 7 (Axioms of Creamy Spies Instrumental) Bohannon Save Their Souls (DJ Spinna Mix) Comments are closed.
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The Purple RoomThe Purple Room is an NCRA award-winning hour of music by Black musicians from across the African diaspora—all genres, all eras. It airs every Saturday at 2pm MT, and replays on Sundays at 11am on CJSR FM 88.5. Archives
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