NO Soul
05.03.23
A stroll through New Orleans in the 50s, 60s and 70s illuminates the genesis and proliferation of the Crescent City’s own Soul music identity. In contrast to more well known songs that caricature New Orleans around Mardi Gras tourism, this slice aims to paint a more universal picture of artists recounting love, pain, and spiritual communion. Countless dancey oddities and mystical bops of the era mostly failed to reach a national audience despite the scene’s thriving insular world. A closer look, however, reveals global threads of influence that weave a very soulful epoch.
Episode 1: A spread of choice New Orleans soul, in no particular order, to kick things off and cast the vibe. Look forward to future episodes with more specific focus on certain years, producers, labels and flourishes.
Tracklist:
Bonnie & Sheila – You Keep Me Hangin’ On Diamond Joe – Don’t Set Me Back Robert Parker – Caught You In A Lie Please Mr. Genie – Bennie Spellman Betty Harris – I’m Gonna Git Ya Lee Dorsey – Ocapella Curley Moore – Don’t Pity Me Eldridge Holmes – Worried Over You Ernie K. Doe – Backstreet Inell Young – I’ve Never Considered Aaron Neville – Tell It Like It Is Willie Tee – First Taste Of Hurt Barbara West – Congratulations Baby Bobby Lu Cure – Send My Love To Me William Harper – You, You Wallace Johnson – Baby Go Ahead Tommy Ridgely – All My Love Belongs To You Jimmy Hicks – Tell Her That I Love You Eldridge Holmes – Lovely Woman Cyril Neville – Gossip Allen Toussaint – What Do You Want The Girl To Do The Meters – Lovin’ You Is On My Mind
