Music • Soul
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.
June 15, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll be Talking About Soul with Sylvain Marc, we'll celebrate Gemini wonder twins with Cannonball Adderley and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and we'll travel to New Orleans with Professor Longhair and the Young Olympians.
Read MoreJune 8, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll get steamy with a sultry tune from Leon Bridges, plus sizzling songs from Solomon Burke, Gary US Bonds, and the Ohio Players, and we'll stretch our sonic bounds with mind-expanding tracks from Brandee Younger, David Ornette Cherry, and Sons of Kemet.
Read MoreJune 1, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll dig into some Funky Chicken Stew with the Dayton Sidewinders and hear some crazy South African disco from Benjamin Ball, plus Francophone soul from Little Clara & Les Chacals!
Read MoreMay 25, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll celebrate love with Clyde McPhatter asking "A Lover's Question," with RAM as they tell us "Love Is the Answer," and we'll get down with Bob Brady and the Con Chords who tell us "Everybody's Going to the Love-In."
Read MoreMay 18, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll have a Very Good Year with Della Reese, spin a tune from New Orleans favorite Ernie K-Doe, and get down with Nigerian saxophone legends Fela Kuti and Orlando Julius.
Read MoreMay 11, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll hear from Omar, the godfather of UK soul, as well as reissued soul from Rasputin's Stash and a set of Latin grooves, sending you off to the dance floor with a track from San Lazaro!
Read MoreMay 4, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll open up with a rare gem from Lady Soul...Miss Aretha Franklin, hear a super fly set of Curtis Mayfield tunes from Reuben Wilson, Young Holt Unlimited, and the man himself, and bask in the beauty of free jazz bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma's version of Pharoah Sanders' The Creator Has a Master Plan.
Read MoreApril 27, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll celebrate those born in Taurus with Cannonball Adderley, spin a set of Afrobeat from Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, The Lijadu Sisters, and Ebo Taylor, Jr., and head to Soulville with Aretha Franklin and Woodstock with Sly & the Family Stone.
Read MoreApril 20, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage (Poetry Month Special)
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll hear from Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Gil Scott-Heron, Jessica Care Moore, and many more!
Read MoreApril 13, 2024 Music, Soul
UpFront Soul: Funk, soul, and jazz with Sanguine Fromage
We'll spin songs of love, emotion, and devotion from Smokey Robinson, Joan Armatrading, and Pharaoh Sanders, and hear songs of brotherhood from Curtis Mayfield and The Voices of East Harlem.
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