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The Soul Show presents six hours of programming, starting on Saturdays on WYEP (2-5pm Eastern). This weekend, I feature Sam Cooke at 90 and Questlove at 50. Three Rivers at Three, the weekly Pittsburgh segment, features a new Leaky Faucet. Also, I’ll play George Heid III’s jazz/funk/hiphop project under his alt-moniker Gee-O.

The Soul Show’s syndicated edition airs on WTJX Virgin Islands as an entirely separate program (8-11pm Atlantic, 7-10pm Eastern). It airs on Rhode Island Public Radio (The Public’s Radio), WYEP overnight, and Alaska Public Radio (KRBD) through Wednesday morning Eastern. I’m starting to extend the local-segment concept to the partner stations. This week, Tavares represents southern New England and Pressure covers the VI. Lyndsey Smith is the Pittsburgh contingent. I need to get with the Alaskan bands soon. 🙂 This week we debut a new Tiny Desk track from Blaque Dynamite w/Greg Spero.

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The Soul Show focuses on MLK and more this weekend. The WYEP edition offers reflections from Charenee Wade, Gil Scott-Heron, Christian McBride and, of course, Stevie Wonder. On Three Rivers at Three, I debut a Pittsburgh single by the band Leaky Faucet. Birthdays carry us to Lisa Lisa, Blige, Toussaint, Duke and Sade.

The TSS syndicated edition introduces more late-2020 music from Jeff Bradshaw. There’s a continued dive into the Resistance Revival Chorus, and I traverse the expanse with Joe Tex, Cecily, Haviah Mighty and Funkadelic. Also, a surprise new duet from Freda Payne and Johnny Mathis.

See you during any or all broadcasts or streams.

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Here is January’s installment of Soulshowmike’s Album Picks in Pittsburgh City Paper. If you missed my broadcast presentation in the final 2020 episode of The Soul Show on WYEP, there’s a link for your on-demand listening in the Broadcast section of this website – it’s labeled TSSWYEP201226.

Enjoy!

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Volunteer hosts fill many of weekend and evening slots at WYEP. – Big Town Blues, Roots & Rhythm, The Soul Show, …
My friend Dave Blaushild started in 1997, hosting his first show on August 12th. He was the man behind The Sunday Mix mic in the early 2000s, then became a versatile sub for many of us in later years. I call him Everyman for his ability to cover a wide range of genres. My favorite memory with Dave is when he co-hosted an all-analog episode of The Soul Show. There was vinyl, cassette, and reel tape all over the on-air studio that day in 2011.

Blaushild debuted a new program in May 2020. To make it happen during limited pandemic access to the station building, he had to build his own voicing and production capabilities at home. “After Hours” is on Wednesdays at 10p Eastern. Congratulations to my buddy. As he says, “Tune in, hang out.”

Killer smile.

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The Soul Show’s Highlights for January 9th on WYEP include

• Jeff Bradshaw’s new album ‘Stronger,’ covering The Jones Girls
• Joan Baez at 80 (and her influence today)
• the second of a pair of new & heavy singles from Haviah Mighty
• David Bowie
• consciousness from Living Colour and the Resistance Revival Chorus
• Wynton Marsalis doing Sesame Street
• B3 master Merl Saunders live with J Garcia
• Elvis with The Memphis Horns

On WTJX and Rhode Island Public Radio later in the day, eclectic programming continues on the TSS Syndicated Edition:

• The Chosen from Down Under, collaborating with Roy Ayers on a very heavy groove
• Brasil’s Flavia Coelho
• Christian Scott and The Next Collective
• Khruangbin’s revival of a Kool & The Gang classic
• Brass Construction
• Brittany Howard, Malo, Jessica Childress, Johnnie Taylor
• West Coast Get Down Collective members Trevor Lawrence, Jr. | Terrace Martin | Kamasi Washington

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The Soul Show crosses boundaries the way musicians do, especially when there’s an important story around it. When I selected jazz drummer Kassa Overall’s album “I Think I’m Good” as a 2020 Top Ten Album, a certain track contributed to that decision. I didn’t realize at the time that it was a reimagined Phil Ochs’ composition made famous by the great sixties folk singer Joan Baez. A college friend and TSS listener pointed out the connection. Baez’s 80th birthday is on January 9th, and I’ll tell you more during the The Soul Show, WYEP, Saturday 2-5p Eastern.

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TSS needs a little help from listeners! During every WYEP weekend of Black History Month, there’s a selected theme that flows through the episode. Mike Canton, the host and producer, wants your input.

Past examples include…

Dayton, OH Funk (Ohio Players, Zapp, …)

Songwriters (Ware, McDaniels, Scarborough)

The Chicago Legacy (Rufus & Chaka Khan, Impressions, Ramsey Lewis, Terry Callier)

Hi Records (Ann Peebles, Syl Johnson, Al Green).

The quickie form below will take just a minute. Thanks!

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