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  • Sunday 5 p.m.–8 p.m.

You can now hear more of today's urban music on New Soul Sunday with Nick Austin. Nick's imaginative mix merges genres like soul and hip-hop with electronica and funk into a rich tapestry of rhythm and sound that is uniquely Detroit.

Get in touch with Nick at naustin@wdet.org.

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  • May 19

    New Soul Sunday: 5-19-2013 - New Soul Sunday

    This edition of New Soul Sunday features new music from Tall Black Guy productions, as well as tracks from Jill Scott, Jazz Liberatorz, Donald Byrd, PJ Morton, and Lupe Fiasco.

    Song

    Artist

    Album
    Sade's Taboo (Sweetest Taboo Blap-up)
    (New Release)
    		Sade/Tall Black Guy
    Turn It Up (Us3 Jazz Remix)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Us3 Turn It Up EP Purchase
    Can't Wait
    		Jevon Reynolds Bare EP Purchase
    Curtain Call
    		Lilli K Metal Petals Purchase
    The Rightness
    		Jill Scott The Real Thing: Words And Sounds Vol. 3 (Deluxe Limited Edition) Purchase
    Caught Up (Ft. Aaries)
    		Musiq Soulchild Juslisen Purchase
    Rock The Stage (Rock With You)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Michael Jackson/Tall Black Guy
    Indonesia
    		Jazz Liberators/Tableek from Maspyke Purchase
    Birds of a Feather
    		Sidewalk Chalk Corner Store Purchase
    Through The Wind
    		Nicolay and Kay Time:Line Purchase
    They Say (Ft. Tay Walker)
    		The Internet 12 Odd Future Songs Purchase
    Soul Divine
    		Amp Fiddler Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly Purchase
    One More Drink
    		Jaguar Wright Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul Purchase
    Want Your Love
    		Jevon Reynolds/Samantha Purple Bare EP Purchase
    Suspicion (She Knows Me Too Well)
    		Van Hunt On The Jungle Floor (Bonus Track Edition) Purchase
    Crazy Day
    		Amp Fiddler/Sly & Robbie Crazy Day/Lonely Purchase
    I Want You
    		Cee-Lo Green/Tawiah The Lady Killer Purchase
  • May 12

    New Soul Sunday: 5-12-2013 - New Soul Sunday

    Song

    Artist

    Album
    Mama Knew Love
    		Anthony Hamilton Comin' From Where I'm From
    Turn It Up (Us3 Jazz Remix)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Us3 Turn It Up EP
    Do What U Gotta Do
    		Angie Stone Rich Girl
    Lovemological
    		Arima Ederra Earth To Arima
    Cut The Jazz
    		De-Phazz
    Behold These Days, Berlin '74
    		Jazzanova Coming Home
    I Wish I Was A Chair
    		Phony Ppl Phonyland
    A Mother's Love
    (Detroit)
    		Kem Intimacy
    Hey Brother
    		The Voices Of East Harlem Right On Be Free
    Les Fleurs
    		The Decoders
    Movement Of The Mind
    		Sidewalk Chalk Corner Store
    Didn't Cha Know
    		Erykah Badu Mama's Gun
    LoveLight
    		Kaya Lovelight
    The Super Villan
    		Lucille Ghatti High Grade
    Compliments
    		Tank This Is How I Feel
    Day Dreaming
    		Tweet
  • May 05

    New Soul Sunday: 5-5-2013 - New Soul Sunday

    Song

    Artist

    Album
    I've Read About
    		D'Nell 1st Magic Purchase
    Turn It Up (Us3 Jazz Remix)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Us3 Turn It Up EP
    Morning Child
    		4hero/Carina Anderson Play With The Changes
    Lay It On Me
    		Sylvia Pillow Talk
    1st Magic Groove
    		D'Nell 1st Magic Purchase
    I've Seen The Light
    		N*E*R*D Nothing
    Q.U.E.E.N.
    (New Release)
    		Janelle Monae/Erykah Badu Electric Lady Purchase
    Special
    (Detroit)
    		Monica Blaire Portraits of Me
    Copa (Cabanga)
    		De La Soul Art Official Intelligence
    Boogie 2nite
    		Tweet Southern Hummingbird
    Love Is A Game
    		Yolanda Johnson Breathing
    Black Radio (Pete Rock Remix)
    		The Robert Glasper Experiment/yasiin bey Black Radio Recovered
    Falling In Love (Swell Sessions Boy Wonder Mix)
    		Stateless
    Secret Sun
    		Jimpster Amour
  • Apr 28

    New Soul Sunday: 4-28-2013 - New Soul Sunday

    Today's at 5pm on New Soul Sunday we'll feature a preview of music from UK Soulstress Alice Russell's upcoming release, "To Dust," dropping this Tuesday. We'll also listen to music from India.Arie, Eric Roberson, Chaka Khan, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, and get ready for some (finally?) fast approaching nice weather with a lesson in materialism from Collette, as well as the original "Suit & Tie" before JT tried to jock his style...

    Song

    Artist

    Album
    Strength, Courage, and Wisdom
    		India.Arie Acoustic Soul Purchase
    Turn It Up (Us3 Jazz Remix)
    		Us3 Turn It Up EP
    A Fool Like Me
    		Jmdee-Beat/Tassel & Natural
    Cant Fight The Feeling
    		Yolanda Johnson Breathing Purchase
    Round Midnight
    		Amy Winehouse Frank B-Sides Purchase
    Be Careful (Denz UK Soul Remix)
    		Collette Juneteenth Revolution Purchase
    Sound of Sweetness
    		Sinitus Tempo Journey Purchase
    Lunar.Sun.Light
    (Free Download Available via Purchase Link)
    		Defsound and Nikko Gray Lunar.Sunlight Purchase
    The Process
    		Jazz Liberatorz/Apani B Fly Clin d'oeil Purchase
    No One Knows
    		Asa Asa Purchase
    The One For Me
    		Rashaan Patterson After Hours Purchase
    Baby What You Do To Me
    		Reva Devito The Catnip Collective Purchase
    Dance Tonight (Soulpersona Remix)
    		Lucy Pearl
    All Night Long
    		Mary Jane Girls In My House Purchase
    Perception
    		Electric Wire Hustle
  • Apr 26

    New Soul Friday - New Soul Sunday

    Song

    Artist

    Album
    Turn It Up (Instrumental)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Us3 Turn It Up EP
    Like A Feather
    		Nikka Costa Everybody Got Their Something
    Appletree
    		Erykah Badu Baduizm
    Cry Over You
    		YahZarah The Ballad of Purple Saint James
    Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix)
    		Bill Withers
    It's A New Thing (It's Your Thing) (D-Nat & Onda)
    		The Isley Brothers Taken To The Next Phase
    Disrespectful
    		Chaka Khan Funk This
    Take A Time
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Jazz Liberatorz Take A Time
    Player's Anthem (Remix Instrumental)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Junior M.A.F.I.A. Player's Anthem
    Do You Like The Way
    		Santana/Lauryn Hill/Cee-Lo Supernatural
    All I Got
    		Amel Larrieux Bravebird
    Got
    		Mos Def Black on Both Sides
    Grow Again
    		Zaki Ibrahim Eclectica (Episodes in Purple)
    Leanin'
    (Detroit)
    		Randolph Lonely Eden
    On Your Face
    		Earth, Wind, & Fire Spirit
    Look At Me, Look At Your (We're Flying)
    		Marlena Shaw
    Our Generation
    		John Legend & The Roots/CL Smooth Wake Up!
    Magnetic
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		BoomBaptist The Lost Files Vol. 3
    Wake Up In Another Life
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Nicolay City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya
    PDA (We Just Don't Care)
    		John Legend Once Again
    I'm Every Woman
    		Chaka Khan
    Return To Paradise (Mark de Clive-Lowe Remix)
    		Shirley Horn Verve // Remixed
    For Me
    		Joanna Borromeo Kaleidoscope
    Lead Us To The End
    		The Quantic Soul Orchestra Tropidélico
    Saturday Nite (Remix)
    (Detroit)
    		Jay Dee/The Brand New Heavies
    American Pimp
    (Detroit)
    		PPP/Nico Redd Abundance
    Luv Affair
    (Detroit)
    		PPP Abundance
    Saturday Night (Instrumental)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Nicolay City Lights, Vol. 2: Shibuya
  • Apr 21

    New Soul Sunday: 4-21-2013 - New Soul Sunday

    This week's edition of New Soul Sunday features music from Raashan Ahmad's March release, "Celebration," as well as new music from Zo! & Sy Smith, The Endangered, and a track from Detroit's own Clear Soul Forces forthcoming sophomore release. We'll also have fun with our On-Air Fundraiser by devoting a set entirely to the $$$, listen to some of the show's favorite lesser known tracks from 2012, and enjoy tunes from Lauryn Hill, Donald Byrd, The Platinum Pied Pipers, and Maylee Todd.

    Song

    Artist

    Album
    Milk & Honey
    (New Release)
    		The Endangered Purchase
    Turn It Up (Us3 Jazz Remix)
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Us3 Turn It Up EP
    Hats & Shoes
    		Sidewalk Chalk Corner Store
    Beats x Rhymes x Life
    (New Release; Detroit)
    		Clear Soul Forces Purchase
    There I Go
    (New Release; Detroit = Frank Nitt)
    		Numbe:ra/Frank Nitt The Heart: Vol. 3
    Ital
    (New Release)
    		Raashan Ahmad/Soia Ceremony
    Memory
    (Instrumental Music Bed)
    		Jeeja Suitcase
    Far Out
    		Crown Heights Affair Do It Your Way
    Rockin' After Midnight
    (Detroit)
    		Marvin Gaye Midnight Love
    Computer Girl
    		Zaki Ibrahim Electica: Episodes in Purple
    Daylight
    		Zaki Ibrahim No Edge Ups, Vol. 1
    Mbeguel
    (New Release)
    		Raashan Ahmad Ceremony
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