for this month’s Mates’ Crates on Melodic Distraction Radio, I picked out some records by influential black musicians who have shaped everything we listen to
tracklist:
Mulatu Astatke – Tezeta
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues
Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions
Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Cymande – Brothers On The Slide
Phyllis Dillon – Woman Of The Ghetto
Baby Huey – Hard Times
James Brown – The Boss
Billy Paul – Let The Dollar Circulate
Odyssey – Hang Together
Loleatta Holloway – Mama Don’t Pappa Won’t
Guru – No Time To Play
NYCC – Keep A Light In My Window
Mates' Crates 