Ghost Walk — The Budos Band 

A variety of influences from jazz, funk, Afro-beat, soul and more permeate the Budos Band, an instrumental group on Daptones Records who records in Brooklyn.

Hollywood Swinging — Kool & The Gang 

Get down with the glory days of funk — 1973, to be exact. 

Le Marin — Babet 

You know we love our French-language grooves. 

Get Out Of My Life Woman — Lee Dorsey 

Check out this lost 60s classic from R&B pioneer Lee Dorsey. 

Bombay — El Guincho 

Whether it’s winter in Chicago or summer in Miami, this bright beat will pick you up and get you going. 

Memory — The Lemons 

Chicago’s own The Lemons write the catchiest little ditties around, in the classic style of 50s bubblegum pop with a modern twist.

 

Help Yourself — Tom Jones 

It’s impossible not to love Tom Jones, the eternal guilty pleasure. 

Grandma’s Hands — Bill Withers 

Check out this deep cut from classic 70s soul singer Bill Withers. 

Thought U Wuz Nice (Instrumental) — Phife Dawg 

Pouring one out for Phife Dawg, a member of A Tribe Called Quest, who we lost to the Great Musical Icon Death Wave of 2016. 

Stand By Me — Cassius Clay

That Cassius Clay? Aka Muhammad Ali, the Greatest of All Time? Why yes, he did record an album, in 1963. Another great lost to 2016.