Oliver Wang and Michael Barnes dig deep into their collections to uncover two hours of the most funky, soulful and surprisingly off-beat covers they’ve ever heard.

Over the past 20+ years, Oliver Wang has written on popular music and culture for a variety of outlets, including Wax Poetics, NPR, The Village Voice and LA Weekly. He is perhaps best known as the curator of the audioblog Soul-Sides.com.
Michael Barnes began his DJ career at WRAS Atlanta/Album 88 in the mid-1990s and has had stints at WORT, KALX, KCRW and KPFK. He runs the Melting Pot audioblog (meltingpotblog.com).
Wang and Barnes first met at the tail-end of the 20th century while they were both graduate students at UC-Berkeley and DJs at KALX. In addition to their DJ and record collecting activities, both Wang and Barnes currently work in the Department of Sociology at Long Beach State.

Playlist:
Hour 1:
{opening theme} Richard “Groove” Holmes – Song For My Father – Onsaya Joy (Flying Dutchman)
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{Michael Barnes}
La Banda Colorado – South Chicago Mama (Melting Pot) – In Memory Of Jimmy Dan Song (CB Records)
Armando Trovaioli – Sessomatto (Soul Makossa) – Original Soundtrack: How Funny Can Sex Be? (West End)
Los Hazos – It’s A New Day – 7”
Los Apson – Por Tu Amor (For Your Love) – Satisfaccion (Eco)
Richard Hayman – Windmills Of Our Mind – Electric Latin Love Machine (Command)
The Heads – Are You Lonely For Me Baby – Heads Up (Liberty)
Rufus Harley – Love Is Blue – King/Queens (Atlantic)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Water No Get Enemy – Heritage EP (Choice Cuts)
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{Oliver Wang}
Dutch Rhythm Steel & Show Band – Down By The River – Soul Steel & Show (Negram)
Los Fabulosos Festivals – Can I Change My Mind – 7” (Onda Nueva)
Syd Jones and The Troubadours – Cardova – Positvely Spicy (West Indies Records)
Bits’n’Pieces – Tanga Boo Gonk – Only The Beginning (Dyna Parlophone)
Joe Cruz & the Cruzettes – Love Song – Album 2 (Villar Records)
Swinging Stars Of Dominica – Bang Bang – Higher and Higher (Stardom)
Ciel Miner – Stardust – This Is For The People (Car-Dor)
Los Exciters – Morning – 7” (Sally Ruth)
Hour 2:
{opening theme} Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Never Can Say Goodbye/Make It With You – Blacknuss (Atlantic)
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{Michael Barnes}
Os Incriveis – Adeus Amigo Vagabundo – Os Incriveis (RCA)
Johnny Frigo Sextet – Gardens On The Moon – Electric Jazz Of Gus Giordano (Orion)
I Fholks – Soldier In Your Town – SuperLongPlaying (CR)
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – Memory Of Pain – The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (Blue Thumb)
The Jordans – Thank You ((Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – Edicao Extra (Copacabana)
Tarantulas – Melo Do Aplauso (Rap—O Clap-O) – A Musica Nao Pode Parar (RCA)
Grupo Ismaelillo – Amanecer (Rise) – Galaxia (Egrem)
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{Oliver Wang}
Wim Overgauw – Footin’ It – Dedication (Basart)
The Impossibles – Give It Up – Hot Pepper (Philips)
Pedro Plascencia – Soul 70 (Soulful Strut) – Pop (Musart)
Sunny & the Sunliners – Dance To The Music – Sky High (Key-Loc)
The Funkees – Breakthrough – 7” (EMI)
Mark Martin – In The Good Old Topless Time (The Champ/Tramp) – 7” (Trans World)
The KatzenJammers – Cars – Panatics (Long View Farm)
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{closing theme} The Mac 5 – Song For My Father – The Mac 5 (Century)