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The Soul Sister on Her Show "Soul Power":

"Soul Power" features a format known worldwide as "rare groove," which essentially culls the rarest and most obscure artists and tunes from the jazz, funk, and soul genres. Everything in rare groove is harder and rawer than the "traditional" funk hit-makers that listeners may be accustomed to hearing on commercial radio stations. Rare groove has a heavier emphasis on the groove and bottom, drums, bass, percussion, horns, and melody, and less emphasis on songwriting, lyrics, hooks, and sometimes even singing.

You can expect to hear everything from previously unreleased outtakes by James Brown (plus all his side projects) and rare boogaloo sides put out in Detroit to groovy '70s Jamaican dub and Latin sounds. From Jimmy Smith's lost funk record to Bo Diddley's lost funk record. From the swinging sounds of the Washington DC classic go-go scene to the weekly feature of Funky Funky New Orleans (proving that there was a lot more going on in New Orleans in the '70s besides the Meters). Plus you'll hear tons of choppy little grooves and long-playing monsters by artists you've never heard before and will never hear again.

Everything on Soul Power fits with the WWOZ's mission and dedication to non-commercial music, as funk and soul are direct descendents of the blues. The time frame covered on "Soul Power" is roughly late '60s to late '70s and sometimes through early '80s.

One of the goals of the show is to introduce artists who had absolutely no big hits and no immediate name-recognition. (Ever heard of Cold Grits or Sir Guy & the Rocking Cavaliers?) And though I throw in lots of the "biggies" in there (i.e. James Brown, Fatback Band, Donald Byrd, etc.), you will only hear rarities from them.

But the main purpose of the show is to spotlight the best rare funky music in the planet to make you move and keep your Saturday night swingin'!

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