RIBS TPTD: Disco Party-Donna, Double Exposure, The Trammps…

I need something uptempo this week! Get ready for a disco-fied edition of RIBS…

Not going to get too chatty here with the post notes this week (really, I promise {smile}). Wanted to give you something fast and uptempo this week as a change of pace from a lot of the mellow stuff we’ve had lately. That and the fact that next week we have a veritable tidal wave of beautiful, classic love ballads we’re cookin’ up for the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event.

So, I did a little searching through the archives and pulled out three of my fav groups from the disco days when I used to hang out in The City back in the day (that’s New York City for you non-east coasters; the native New Yorkers knew where I meant instinctively {smile}). Ahhhhh, those wild, wonderful nights at “the Garage”, Leviticus and, of course, Studio 54!

On the menu this week are:

• Donna Summer
• Double Exposure
• The Trammps

OK, time for a little disco party, RIBS style (see told you I wouldn’t “chat” long today!) as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Donna, DoubleEx, Trammps…

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Playlist: (song - artist – album [time])

1. TG Intro - TGrundy - RIBS-Intro [6:39]
2. Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby [16:51]
3. My Love Is Free - Double Exposure - Ten Percent [9:47]
4. Stop And Think (A Tom Moulton mix) - The Trammps [5:06]
5. Spring Affair - Donna Summer - Four Seasons Of Love [8:31]
6. Ten Percent (A Louis Bennedetti mix) - Double Exposure - Ten Percent [11:31]
7. RIBS3-a.k.a. “RIBS” (Echo) - TGrundy - Promos-RIBS [0:17]
8. The Night The Lights Went Out - Trammps - The Trammps III [6:51]
9. One Night In A Lifetime - Donna Summer - Bad Girls [4:12]
10. I Got The Hots For Ya (Guttadaro and Cayre mix) - Double Exposure - Locker Room [7:50]
11. Big La RIBS Promo #1 - Todd Kelley - Promos-RIBS [0:08]
12. That’s Where The Happy People Go - The Trammps - The Trammps: Where The Happy People Go [7:55]

Like to send a shout out to the “other Todd” Todd Kelley a.k.a. the Big La of Flowink.com for the promo drop. BTW, he is just one of many of my fellow brothers and sisters in podcasting. We call ourselves the Music Podcast Consortium. Check us out on Facebook and become a fan!

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes that have been posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what’s been cooked up in the RIBS kitchen. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: A Funky Christmas 2009…

Hey! Good to see ya back again. I hope you have been enjoying our “Sounds of the Season” here on Rhythms In Black Satin.

Before I get to rambling on about our third “Xmas RIBS” mix for 2009 let me just say that I do so very much appreciate you and all the readers and listeners of this site for popping in here and letting me share my love of music with you. May you and your loved ones have a safe, healthy and happy holiday season!

Now… on to the mix.

If you’ve been following RIBS around this time of year you know that I like to make Christmas mixes that are a little different. As much as I like all of the holiday music that the season brings, the one thing I dislike is hearing the same old standards over and over again in the weeks leading up to the big day. So back in 2007 I started doing my own take on Christmas putting together mixes featuring some great Soul/R&B, Jazz, Blues and Gospel that don’t usually get played very often. It’s been a lot of fun and everybody seems to like them a lot.

On today’s buffet table I’m serving up an uptempo Xmas mix called “A Funky Christmas 2009″. This is a bookend to the first mix of this type that you can find here. The Christmas holiday is a joyous occasion, time for visiting family and friends, relaxing and… partying! And a little funky Christmas music mix is just the thing to get it started!

Merry Christmas everybody!

RIBS TPTD: A Funky Christmas 2009

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Stoned Soul Christmas - Binky Griptite [3:21]
2. Xtina’s Christmas (Interlude) - Christina Aguilera - My Kind of Christmas [1:32]
3. Christmas Time - Christina Aguilera - My Kind of Christmas [4:01]
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Gary Chapman - Christmas On The Border [3:22]
5. Chestnutz (a.k.a. The Christmas Song) - Bootsy Collins - Christmas Is 4 Ever [5:05]
6. Merry Christmas Baby - The Four Tops - Merry Christmas [5:06]
7. Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! - Aaron Neville - Aaron Neville’s Soulful Christmas [2:22]
8. Ain’t No Chimneys - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings [2:20]
9. The Little Drummer Boy - The Temptations - A Motown Christmas, Vol. 2 [4:14]
10. Happy Kwanzaa - Teddy Pendergrass - This Christmas I’d Rather have Love [5:12]
11. Every Time Christmas Comes Around - Michael McDonald - This Christmas [3:34]
12. White Christmas - The Whispers - Happy Holidays To You [3:29]
13. Soulful Christmas - Faith Evans - The Best Christmas Album [3:07]
14. What Christmas Means To Me - Mandisa - It’s Christmas [3:03]
15. Jesus Is The Reason For The Season - Kirk Franklin [5:45]
16. This Year - Christina Aguilera - My Kind of Christmas [4:13]
17. It’s Christmas - The Whispers - Christmas Moments [5:15]
18. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5 - A Motown Christmas [2:23]
19. Hark! The herald Angels Sing - Musiq Soulchild - A Philly Soul Christmas [4:50]
20. Funky Funky Christmas - New Kids On The Block [4:44]
21. Holiday - Rahsaan Patterson - The Ultimate Gift [4:30]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen…

Alright, time for Round #2…

The second (of three) “Sounds of the Season” Xmas mixes we’re serving up for you here at Rhythms In Black Satin is called, “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen.

This one is a little different, so let me explain what you will be listening to.

Last year someone asked me what my favorite Christmas song was and without hesitation (as I always do) I answered “Every Year, Every Christmas” by Luther. My second favorite though is the classic “Merry Christmas, Baby” originally done by Charles Brown. Like many of the classic Christmas tunes that have been around for years, there are many, many versions of this song from Blues to Rock and everything in between. Well, my curiosity got the better of me and I decided I would try to put together a mix of 13 (that’s where the “baker’s dozen” part of the title comes from) different versions of the song without it being so boring that you’d run from the room screaming! {smile} Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) it came out pretty good and a lot of folks really enjoyed it.

Well… since that turned out so well I thought I would go back and try it again with another Christmas favorite of mine. This time I chose Donny Hathaway’s 1970 classic “This Christmas” (number 3 on my personal list of all-time fav Xmas songs) as the subject of our baker’s dozen format.

OK, that’s the explanation. Now let’s get on with the music. It’s RIBS, baby! It’s Xmas RIBS! It’s…
RIBS TPTD: “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. This Christmas - Donny Hathaway - Ultimate Soul Christmas [3:32]
2. This Christmas - Four Tops - Merry Christmas [4:32]
3. This Christmas - Destiny’s Child - 8 Days Of Christmas [3:38]
4. This Christmas (instrumental) - Gerald Albright - Making Spirits Bright: A Smooth Jazz Christmas [3:27]
5. This Christmas (A cappella) - Boyz II Men - Winter/Reflections [3:45]
6. This Christmas - Abbey Lincoln - Jazz For Joy [4:42]
7. Dis-Christmiss (a.k.a. This Christmas) - Bootsy Collins - Christmas Is 4 Ever [3:27]
8. This Christmas (instrumental) - Frank McComb - Mo Jazz Christmas [4:19]
9. This Christmas - Vonda Shepard - Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas [3:51]
10. This Christmas (instrumental) - Spyro Gyra - A Night Before Christmas [5:49]
11. This Christmas - The Whispers - Happy Holidays To You [4:19]
12. This Christmas - The Temptations - Give Love At Christmas [4:19]
13. This Christmas - Yutaka - A GRP Christmas [4:00]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: A Soulful Christmas 2009

Hey everybody, I’M BACK!!!

Well… it has been a “minute” since we’ve served up a new dish here at Rhythms In Black Satin, actually about 8 weeks to tell the truth of the matter. Sorry for the unexpected and extended hiatus, but things IRL did not permit me the time to devote my little spot here. hopefully the worse is behind me now and we can get back to our regular weekly get togethers from here on out.

Even with the time challenges I’ve been dealing with one of the things I wanted to make sure I did was post some new Christmas mixes or “Sounds of the Season” as I like to call ‘em around here in celebration of the Christmas holiday. I’ve been doing this for the past two Christmases and I did not want to miss doing it again this year. BTW, you can check out the mixes from 2007 and 2008 by clicking on the ARCHIVES PAGE link in the Navigation bar at the top of the page or, even easier click the Xmas Category link here.

OK! I have three Xmas 2009 mixes that I’ve cooked up for the Return of RIBS today. Our first one is called A Soulful Christmas 2009.

This mix is a continuation of the first “A Soulful Christmas” mix that we published back in 2007. As I described it back then it’s “a real pleasing mix of some traditional and original Christmas tunes from some of our favorite Soul artists”. The 2009 version includes soulful sounds from folks like The Four Tops, Rahsaan Patterson, The Whispers, Luther Vandross, Keith Sweat and Joe just to name a few.

It’s been a long time a comin’ but I am so very happy to be setting the buffet table once again with a fresh batch of RIBS for you to enjoy. It’s Christmas time that most wonderful time of the year! Time to enjoy some sounds of the season, RIBS style as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: A Soulful Christmas 2009

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Mrs. Christmas - The Whispers - Christmas Moments [3:34]
2. Christmas Day - Frank McComb - CD Single [4:17]
3. This Gift - 98 Degrees - This Christmas [4:06]
4. What Child Is This - Vanessa Williams - Star Bright [3:52]
5. Christmas Bell Medley (Silver Bells/Carol Of The Bells/ Caroling, Caroling) - Mandisa - It’s Christmas [5:06]
6. A Kiss For Christmas - Luther Vandross - This Is Christmas [4:12]
7. Christmas In New York - Joe - Home Is The Essence Of Christmas [3:20]
8. This Time Of Year - Kenny Lattimore - Jermaine Dupri Presents 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas [4:47]
9. Winter Wonderland - The Funk Brothers - A Motown Christmas, Vol. 2 [2:02]
10. Winter Wonderland - Take 6 - We Wish You A Merry Christmas [2:39]
11. Xmas On Soul (ft Snoop Dogg) - J. Black - Christmas In Tha Dogghouse [4:04]
12. This Is The Season - Rahsaan Patterson - The Ultimate Gift [2:21]
13. Christmas Delight - The Four Tops - Merry Christmas [3:48]
14. Christmas Is Here - Donna Summer - Home For The Holidays [3:23]
15. Let It Snow - Boyz II Men - Christmas Interpretations [4:11]
16. Merry Christmas To You - The Four Tops - Merry Christmas [4:07]
17. Once A Year - Keith Sweat - A Christmas Of Love [3:34]
18. Every Day Should Be Christmas - NeeNa Lee - Jermaine Dupri Presents 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas [4:08]
19. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Whispers - Happy Holidays To You [4:00]
20. Sharing Christmas - Ashanti - Ashanti’s Christmas [4:14]
21. ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas - The Four Tops - Merry Christmas [6:28]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Duos & Duets, part 2…

Hey, welcome back for your weekly helping of RIBS!

Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting a mix called "Duos & Duets, part 1". It turned out to be a very good mix (one of my best IMHO) and was very well received. Once again I have to give credit to my "Co-Chef" Trelly for the success of D&D, part 1 seeing as how over 85% of the selections were suggested by her incredibly talented musical mind. AAMOF, that mix was so good (and I have so many duets that I have collected) that I decided that the last Thursday of the month (for the foreseeable future) would be “Duos & Duets” day here on RIBS.

So even though this is a day late, here is our second RIBS D&D mix!

This time around I have the pleasure of having as mix “Co-Chef” none other than KB (of Just Say K.B. fame) who has very generously and creatively provided the majority of selections for the mix. He has given us some stuff that I either had no idea existed or had not heard in so long that I had just about forgotten about. Regardless, I’m sure that you will enjoy this second part in our continuing series.

Without further ado, let’s get to the music as RIBS and KB present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Duos & Duets, part 2…

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. I’ll Be Good To You - Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 [4:44]
2. Just Good Friends - Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder – Bad [4:07]
3. In Due Time - Tower Of Power ft. Cheryl Lynn - Back On The Streets [4:11]
4. Solid – Ashford & Simpson – Solid [5:09]
5. Two Hearts - Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass - Best Of Stephanie Mills [4:42]
6. You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis - I Hope We Get to Love In Time [3:53]
7. Distant Lover - Betty Wright & Marvin Gaye – B-Attitudes [4:41]
8. I Pledge My Love - Peaches & Herb - Twice The Fire [4:12]
9. If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys ft. Usher - The Diary of Alicia Keys[3:13]
10. Love Is Missing From Our Lives - Dells & Dramatics – Dells vs. Dramatics [4:13]
11. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – The Righteous Brothers - The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers [3:48]
12. For The Love Of You - Whitney Houston ft. Kenny G – Whitney [5:32]
13. Do You Wanna Make Love - Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes - Royal Rappin’s [4:23]
14. A Little Bit More – Melba Moore ft. Freddy Jackson – A Lot Of Love [4:56]
15. Your Smile - Rene & Angela - Street Called Desire [4:16]
16. With You I’m Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta - Fast Break Original Soundtrack [3:37]
17. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself/Walk On By - Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick - A Man & A Woman [7:32]
18. You’re Welcome, Stop On By – Vicki Anderson & Bobby Byrd - Anthology-Mother Popcorn [3:45]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS Archives: Side Effect, Crusaders & Swing Out Sister…

Time has been tight over here at the RIBS kitchen lately. So this week I thought I’d pull a mix out of the RIBS Archives and replay it for you. Back in November, 2007 we presented to you: Side Effect, The Crusaders and Swing Out Sister. If you were with me way back then, hopefully you’ll enjoy this one again. If you are relatively new to RIBS, then I think you are in for a real treat today…

Man I think we’ve got us a real good one this week!

While it’s always fun putting together a new mix, sometimes the vibe you get from the combination of music selections feels like something special. It’s one of those things that you can’t exactly explain or put your finger on… but it is definitely there. Today’s TPTD is one of those kinds of mixes. Overall, I’d characterize this one as having that “jazzy” feel to it, although I think you’ll find enough toe-tapping rhythms in this one that you’ll be hard pressed t keep still while it’s playing.

This week we present to you:

1. Side Effect
2. The Crusaders
3. Swing Out Sister

Side Effect: What do Sylvia Nabors, Helen Lowe, Sylvia St. James, Miki Howard and Elaine Gibbs have in common? They all have, at one time or another, been the lead singer with the group Side Effect. It seems like with every new release there was a new female member of the group (although I believe Sylvia St. James actually recorded on two consecutive albums for the group!). Even with all of the various leads, Side Effect always had, IMHO, just the right mix of soulful rhythms and jazz influences to produce a dynamic, enjoyable sound.

Most of our SE selections are from their What You Need album, their first release on the Fantasy Records label. Helen Lowe is the lead singer on this one. My first taste of the group was the fantastic vocal version of Ronnie Laws’ Always There. Man, just listen to Helen blow it out on that one. Even better though is the final SE track in the mix S.O.S. Wow! I have to admit even though I’ve had this album since it first came out, I completely overlooked this song until now. And speaking of covers, Side Effect’s version of Toto’s Georgy Porgy just had to be included. My second favorite SE song after Always There.

The Crusaders: Joe Sample, Stix Hooper, Wilton Felder and Wayne Henderson. Also known for a time (1961-1970) by the name The Jazz Crusaders, this group is legendary (IMHO). Their jazz-funk style that they adopted in the early 70s right around the time they shortened their name to just “The Crusaders”, produced some of my favorite jazz music that I remember from my college days. Street Life for example (released in 1979, sorry not in this mix; gotta wait for a Crusaders ‘double-triple’ for that one), is a classic that sounds just as good today as when it was first released.

For today’s mix though we have some of my other Crusaders favorites: their fantastic instrumental cover of Carol King’s So Far Away, the funky Put It Where you Want It and Chain Reaction, the beautiful It Happens Every Day and my favorite Crusaders cut, And Then There Was The Blues. You how there are just some songs you never get tired of hearing and you can listen to them over and over and over again? ATTWTB is that kind of song to me. I’m so familiar with it that I tried not to include in the mix. No, really. I really did. Oh well, guess I didn’t win that battle, eh? {smile}

Swing Out Sister: I just love Corinne Drewery’s singing voice. Can’t tell you exactly why, but I just love to listen to her sing. Are they Jazz? Are they Pop? Soul? R&B? Smooth Jazz? The actuality of it is that SOS combines elements of all these genres, plus some others. The other interesting aspect of the group is how time and again they tend to tinker with their production and arrangements, essentially reinventing themselves with each release of new material.

While I love their original hits, Breakout, Surrender and Twilight World, there just wasn’t room in the mix to include them (looks like there may have to be a special SOS ‘double-triple’ in the future also). I did manage to squeeze in Waiting Game, couldn’t have omitted that one! Swing Out Sister also has a knack for producing quality interpretations of other artists’ songs, imbuing them with a freshness that more than does justice to the original. Just check out their versions of Dusty Springfield’s Am I The Same Girl?, the Delfonics’ La La (Means I Love You) and the Fifth Dimensions’ Stoned Soul Picnic.

RIBS TPTD: Side Effect, The Crusaders, Swing Out Sister
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Playlist:

1. Side Effect - Always There
2. The Crusaders - Put It Where You Want It
3. Swing Out Sister - Waiting Game
4. Side Effect  - Keep That Same Old Feeling
5. The Crusaders - Chain Reaction
6. Swing Out Sister - Am I The Same Girl
7. Side Effect - Georgy Porgy
8. The Crusaders - So Far Away
9. Swing Out Sister - La La (Means I Love You)
10. Side Effect - Do Your Thing
11. The Crusaders - It Happens Every Day
12. Swing Out Sister - Stoned Soul Picnic
13. Side Effect - S.O.S.
14. The Crusaders - And Then There Was The Blues

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, parts 2 and 3…

OK, whew! I’m finally finding a little bit of quiet/free time to get the new mixes posted here. Man, lemme tell ya… it really has been ONE OF THOSE weeks around here IRL. But hey, we all go through it every now and then. As I’m fond of telling people sometimes, “but just think of how much more interesting your autobiography is going to be after you get through this”. {smile} And, of course, the other thing I think about during trying times like I’m going through right now are the words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said:

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

And since I have always been one to give others the advice that “failure is not an option” I fully intend to measure up to the trials and tribulations at hand. OK, enough about all of that, I don’t need to burden you with my (when you look at the greater scheme of things) insignificant issues, you came here for some good music. Now on that I can stand and deliver with no problem at all whatsoever! (you know, I think I really need to work on this confidence problem I’ve been struggling with… {smile})

The “Elements of the Universe”, Earth, Wind & Fire! This is the group that is the main course being offered up from the RIBS kitchen this week. Today you have 2 EWF entrees to enjoy as I’m finally completing the 3-part Earth, Wind & Fire mix-a-thon I started last week for the Labor Day holiday weekend. In case you may have missed it EWF, part 1 can be found here.

Now if you’ve been following RIBS for a while you know I like to try to give you a slightly different take on the music when I do a mix dedicated to a single artist or group. My point of view is that anybody can take the popular hit songs from an artist that everybody is familiar with and put together a mix. That’s easy. What I try to do here on RIBS is give you some of the lesser known (but still extremely good) stuff by the artist or group that you might not be as familiar with and mix that in with some of the hits and/or personal favorite songs of mine by them. Additionally, if the artist has written for or produced for other acts I like to spotlight those also since things like that can often go overlooked by the public at large.

The Earth, Wind & Fire, part 2 mix is a perfect example of this philosophy. Except for the short opening intro cut, “Sing A Message To You”, all of the songs on EWF, part 2 are either interpretations (or covers if you prefer that term) of Earth, Wind & Fire songs by other artists or songs by artists that were produced by EWF (meaning founder and leader Maurice White, of course). I think you’ll really enjoy part 2 as it includes artists like Dwele doing his take on “That’s The Way Of The World”, Ledisi doing “Devotion” (simply beautiful IMHO), Kirk Franklin doing “September” and Chaka Khan’s version of “Shining Star” (as only Chaka can!) Additionally there are cuts by Deniece Williams (EWF produced her first two albums This Is Niecy and Song Bird), The Emotions (EWF revived their career in the mid-70s and produced their Flowers and Rejoice albums) and a solo effort from long time EWF member Philip Bailey called “I Know”.

The Earth, Wind & Fire, part 3 mix goes back to the group itself and explores some of their early work (for the most part) from the Last Days And Time, Head To The Sky and Open Our Eyes albums in addition to some favs of mine that you don’t hear much anymore. Oh, and I made sure to include a couple of instrumentals (“Power” and “Africano”) like a certain favorite RIBS fan requested/suggested {smile}.

They say the good stuff in life is worth waiting for, I hope that’s the case with these mixes. It’s music time ya’ll as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, part 2…

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RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, part 3…

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Playlist, Part 2: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Sing A Message To You - Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude [1:19]
2. Evil - Larry Coryell - Smooth Jazz Plays The Songs of Earth, Wind & Fire [4:22]
3. Shining Star - Chaka Khan - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:01]
4. It’s Important To Me - Deniece Williams - This Is Niecy [4:20]
5. September - Kirk Franklin - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [3:56]
6. Best Of My Love – Emotions – Rejoice [3:40]
7. Can’t Hide Love - Randy Watson ft. Bilal - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [5:18]
8. I Know - Philip Bailey – Continuation [4:05]
9. That’s The Way Of The World - Dwele - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [5:16]
10. Devotion - Ledisi - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:56]
11. Baby, Baby, My Love’s All For You - Deniece Williams - Song Bird [4:10]
12. Flowers - The Emotions – Flowers [4:22]
13. Be Ever Wonderful - Angie Stone - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:04]
14. We Go Through Changes - The Emotions – Flowers [0:53]
15. Key To My Heart - The Emotions – Rejoice [5:16]
16. Reasons - Stanley Turrentine - Smooth Jazz Plays The Songs of Earth, Wind & Fire [5:35]
17. After The Love Has Gone - David Benoit & Russ Freeman - Smooth Jazz Plays The Songs of Earth, Wind & Fire [4:19]
18. Love’s Holiday - Lalah Hathaway - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:03]
19. If You Don’t Believe - Deniece Williams - This Is Niecy [7:59]

Playlist, Part 3: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Interlude - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [0:52]
2. Kalimba Story - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [4:00]
3. Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [3:03]
4. Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise! [5:37]
5. Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire – Spirit [4:06]
6. Power - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [8:13]
7. Kalimba Interlude - Earth, Wind & Fire – Millennium [0:31]
8. Evil - Earth, Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky [4:58]
9. They Don’t See - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [3:30]
10. Wait - Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am [3:41]
11. Side By Side - Earth, Wind & Fire - The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire [5:31]
12. On Your Face - Earth, Wind & Fire – Spirit [4:33]
13. Sunshine - Earth, Wind & Fire – Gratitude [4:16]
14. Feelin’ Blue - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [4:28]
15. Africano - Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way Of The World [5:09]
16. I’d Rather Have You - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [4:40]
17. Devotion - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [4:50]
18. Sailaway - Earth, Wind & Fire – Faces [4:37]
19. Spend The Night - Earth, Wind & Fire – Millennium [4:25]
20. That’s The Way Of The World (Latin Expedition) - Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way Of The World [1:41]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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