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Esperanza Spalding tops "Sweet 16" April 23rd through 29th.

WEMU “SWEET SIXTEEN” AIRPLAY April 23 to April 29, 2012: 

LINDA YOHN, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

 

1.    ESPERANZA SPALDING   “Radio Music Society”  (Heads Up/Montuno)

2.    GALACTIC  “Carnivale Electricos”  (Anti-)

3.    JAZZ SOUL SEVEN “Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield” (BFM)

4.    CURTIS SALGADO   “Soul Shot”  (Alligator Records)

5.    JON CLEARY   “Occapella!”   (FHQ Records)

6.    KENNY GARRETT “Seeds From The Underground” (Mack Avenue)

7.    DR. JOHN   “Locked Down”  (Nonesuch Records)

8.    THE SUGARMAN THREE   “What The World Needs Now”   (Daptone)

9.    RUTHIE FOSTER  “Let It Burn”  (Blue Corn Music)

10.CHUCK LEAVELL    “Back To The Woods:  A Tribute To The Pioneers Of Blues Piano” (Evergreen Arts)

11.HUGH MASAKELA   “Jabulani”   (Listen2 Entertainment Group)

12.GREGORY PORTER  “Be Good”   (Motema Music)

13.CHARLES BRADLEY  “No Time For Dreaming”  (Dunham Records)

14.ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT  “Black Radio”  (Blue Note Records)

15.HULLABALOO “World Not Beaten” (www.worldnotbeaten.com)

 

~COMPILED BY LAWRENCE GLENN AND LINDA YOHN

 

 

Linda Yohn simply cannot remember a day in her life that was not filled with music. Her early life was full of changes as the daughter of a well-respected cancer research scientist who moved his family about, but one thing was constant: the love of music instilled by her mother. So, when it seemed life was too hard to bear, young Linda would listen to her radio, play her guitar, dance her heart out and sing at the top of her lungs. So, it isn’t so strange that “older” Linda still does all those things!