This show guided me through cooking dinner, a bath, yoga and eating dinner. Thank you for sharing the gems!!

Thank you so much Soul Connection for having me at Good Room on 2/23/23. Rave vibes - a bit outside of my usual ting - but an incredible journey going b2b with Cosmo all night in the Bad Room. This is a clip from my second set. Hope you enjoy <3

Ayanna Heaven w/ Soul Connection @ Good Room 2/23/23

Apologies for the poor sound quality on the mix.

Tune in to the next Sounds of Heaven on 5/18/23!

Tracklist:
“I Woke Up In Love This Morning” Max Romeo
"Ranking Jack" Jackie Mittoo
“Skanking Jack” Jackie Mittoo
“Do You” Aleicia Scott
“Energy” Mystic Marley
“Rice & Peas” Jaz Elise
“You Don’t Know My Name (f r a n c h i s e. Reggae Remix)” Alicia Keys
“Rock Wit U” Alicia Keys
“Flowers” Theo Parrish
"Berimbau" Bodikkhu
"Oooop Yeahhh" by Digital Mozart
"Moqueca" Captain Planet, Zuzuka Poderosa
“Wanda” Charanga 76
“No Nos Pararan” Charanga 76
“Lightspeed Rejam” Delfonic & Kapote
“Le Lo Li (Jez Collins Mix)” Latin Project
“Open My Heart (Spiritual Workout Mix)” Yolanda Adams
"8. ok" Knxledge
"7. friday" Knxledge
"3. baknw" Knxledge
"Glorious Game” El Michels Affair, Black Thought
"Fill My Cup" Iotosh
"Fill My Dub" Iotosh
"Sweet Spot" Ooklah the Moc
"La La Means I Love You" Delroy Wilson

Sounds Of Heaven 4/20/23

Tune in to Across 110th Street live every week on 89.9 FM (NYC) or via WKCR.org from 12-2 PM EST!

Tracklist:
"Bird of Beauty" Stevie Wonder
"Girl Blue" Stevie Wonder
~Talk
"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" Stevie Wonder
"Mestizo Eyes" Bobbi Humphrey
"Please Set Me At Ease" Bobbi Humphrey
"Same Beat (Pt. 1)" Fred Wesley, The J.B.'s
"Make Me What You Want Me to Be" Fred Wesley, The J.B.'s 
~Talk
"The Grunt" Fred Wesley, The J.B.'s 
"Soul Power (Pt. 1)" James Brown
"Untitled Instrumental" James Brown
"Taurus Aries & Leo" James Brown
~Talk
"Now Is Tomorrow (Anticipation)" Brass Construction
"Tongue Power" Roy Ayers
"Hollywood" Rufus, Chaka Khan
"Wind Parade" Donald Byrd
~Talk
"The Moving Finger" Dorothy Ashby
"Sally Go Round the Roses" The Jaynetts
"Soulful Strut" Young Holt Unlimited
~Talk
"Hang It Up" Patrice Rushen

Photo: James Brown

Across 110th Street 5/6/23

Tune in to the next Sounds of Heaven on @thelotradio on August 10!

Tracklist:
"OBinRiN (Holmesly More Life Remix)” DIVINeANGEL, muva of Earth, Angel Sea
“Miss Mercury” Crate Classics & Cres feat. Jordan Natty
"Odo Mframa  (Interlude 4)" Ernest Honny
“Yeaba” CK Mann & His Carousel 7
"Sweet My Ear” Jembaa Groove, K.O.G
"Balla Balla (Bombay Dub Orchestra's Boys Of Summer Remix)” Brazilian Girls
"A Big Brain” Nico Mauskovic
“Ego Trippin' (Part Two)” De La Soul, Shortie No Mass	Buhloone Mindstate
"U Got Me” MMYYKK
"Golden Horn” Eitan Noyze
“Transition” Danniella Dee
"Don’t Explain” Tara Lily
"That's Tha Way Life Goes” Nia Archives	
"Luv & Happiness (Shall I Bruk It jazz skank)"	First Choice
"Bruk til its gone brukt” Jackinson (Janet Jackson & Busta Rhymes)
“Mysterious Vibes (Astro Jazz Remix)” Blackbyrds
"Dreadlock Pall Bearers (Bass Dub)” Black Uhuru
Unity in Our Community” Little Harry, Junior Cat	
"Wine (Wine Wine)” Little Harry
"Sweet Rub a Dub” King Kong
"Summer Madness” Mato
“on the pisces moon” Yaya Bey
"Only Have Eyes 42” Janelle Monáe
"I Was Born A Winner” Freddie McGregor
"All Dem Deh” Dejavilla 
“Crown” Samory I
"PRETTY SUIT” Runkus, Toddla T, Chronixx
“Outsnipe” Jackie Mittoo
"Our Train” Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Sounds Of Heaven 7/13/23

Tune in to the next Sounds of Heaven on 9/7/23!

Tracklist:
"Tribute to Count Ossie” Jackie Mittoo
“Kind Girls” Jackie Mittoo
“Bullseye” Yeza
“Island In The Sun” Jesse Royal
“Surreal” Tessanne Chin & Natural High Music
“Never Too Much” Derrick Cross
“Lovas” Shaka Lion, Singularis
“Never Give Your Heart Away” Carlton & The Shoes
“Had Enough” Don Toliver, Quavo, Offset
“Sprinter Dub” Y U QT
“Strikers (Bakey Edit)” YFF
“Go DJ (Jammin)” DJ Zinc
“Welcome to London (Bakey Edit) YGG
“Touch Down (Metronome Refix)” Stylo G
“Night Fever” Grandmagneto
“Ariya (Catalyst Remix)” Tony Allen
“If It’s Good Shall I Bruk It Flip” Shall I Bruk IT
“I Want You (DJ Fudge Rework)” Marvin Gaye
“Touch Me Tease Me (Ezel Remix)” Case
“Let’s Get Down (GA Club Bump)” Toni Tone Tony
“If I Ruled the World (Dimitri Monev Edit)” Nas & Lauryn Hill
“I Thought It Was You” Herbie Hancock
“I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)” Instant Funk
“Money” Doug Shorts
“Billie Jean” Sly & Robbie
“Can We Pretend” Trus’me, Amp Fiddler, K
“Carnaval ’74” DJ Harrison
“Window seat” Jun Tanaka
“Wanna Be Your Lover” Mtbrd
“Dub Be Good To Me Soul Mix” National Bass
“Life Is Just A Moment - Part 2” Roy Ayers Ubiquity
“WuGambinos” DJ Grumble
“Love Line” Blu & Exile
“Loop Prisoner” Jazz Liberatorz
“Bohemian Idol (DJ Day’s Chair-Bro Remix)” Lord Echo, DJ Day
“Give It To Me (Supa Dubba)” Masters at Work feat. Screechy Dan
“If You Want My Love” Trevor Junior
“Sweet Talking” Heptones

Sounds Of Heaven 8/10/23

Tune in to the next Sounds of Heaven on 11/30/23!

Tracklist:
“Peace on Earth” Ebo Taylor
“Open Paths” Nu Genea, Tony Allen
"Dreamy (Brabe Cover // Simba Re-Edit)” J Dilla
“Red Room (Ezel Remix)” Hiatus Kaiyote
“Greenleaf” Duke Hugh
“Le basse et les shakers” Domenique Dumont
“Jah Jah Dub the Conquerer” Prince Fatty
“Garden of Dub” Prince Fatty
“Adubajanoi” Prince Fatty
“No Dub In Their Heart” Prince Fatty
“Give Thanks And Dub” Prince Fatty
“Jah Deliver Me (Dub)” Protoje

"Still Bloom” Protoje ft. Lila Iké

"Still Bloom (Dub)” Protoje ft. Lila Iké

"Wait On The Law” Protoje
“Kojo Hoy” Vin Gordon ft. Aswad Riddim Section
“Prediction” Steel Pulse
“Only A Fool Would Say That” Steely Dan
“They Say Freestyle” Austin Marc
"Bounce In E Flat” Matthew Law
“You Gets No Love (Dez Electrik Remix)” Faith Evans
“Ddoje Facce” Nu Genea
“SAMBA” Blaque Dynamite
“I’m Ready for Dancing” Ronald Langestraat
"In the middle of the night” Ronald Langestraat
"Gimme Your Dub” Eddie C
"SOFT THANG” 1905
“Aphrodite Dub” JONNY REEBOK
“Stasis - Calm Before the Storm” Nu Genea, Tony Allen

Sounds Of Heaven 11/2/23

Tune into the next Sounds of Heaven on 12/28/23!

Tracklist:

1. "Gelato” Yussef Dayes
2. “Camby Bolongo” Idris Muhammad
3. “Christo Redentor” Horus All Stars
4. “Trouble” Prince Fatty, Shniece McMenamin, Horseman
5. “Janet Sinclair” Little John, Billy Boyo
6. “Love Is A Feeling” Earl Sixteen
7. “Grazing In The Grass” Roland Alphonso
8. “Oh It’s You” Super Cat
9. “Continent” Samory I, Jesse Royal
10. “Cinnamon” Navy
11. “Cyanide (Remix/Redrum)” Simen Sez
12. “Jamaica Instrumental” MXTT HXLL & Nick Bike
13. “Ready or Not (Clarke Kent/Django Remix)” Fugees
14. “Bad Company” Yazmin Lacey
15. “Mami Wata” Brian Jackson
16. “Cameroun Central” Al Dobson Jr
 17. “Monday’s Generation” Stro Elliot
18. “Stressed Out” Babyface
19. “PROTOTYPE” Close Counters
20. “LONNIE’S DREAM” CHRIS KINGDON
21. “Mama (TEYMORI EDIT)” Hugh Masekela
22. “Could Heaven Be Like This (mikeandtess edit)” Idris Muhammad
23. “HOUSE OF LUCIEN” Close Counters
24. “And The Break Goes On (Hip House Mix)” The Break Boys
25. “Holdin’ On” FS Green
26. “Searching - The Africa 70 Version - Yoruba Soul” Roy Ayers, Osunlade
27. “Dlareme” Don Glori
28. “Morning Brings The Light” Grand Union
29. “Truth Is” Zac Jone$, Sarah Couch
30. ”We Gonna Make It” Jadakiss, Styles P

Sounds Of Heaven 11/30/23

Happy belated birthday to the great Donald Byrd.

Street Lady

Donald Byrd Special

Thank you to Carter Van Pelt (@cartervanpelt) for joining me on my final show of 2023.

Tracklist:
AH:
“See Line Woman (Masters at Work Edit)” Nina Simone
“Just Friends (Sunny) (Masters at Work Edit)” Musiq Soulchild
"Expansions” Prince Fatty, Shneice
“Expansions Dub” Prince Fatty, Shneice
“Brazil” Herbie Mann
“Mr. C” Norman Connors
“Been Soooo Long (Nu Classic Remix)” Anita Baker
“Dance With Me” Liam Bailey
“Come Around Slowly” Liam Bailey
“Love Me With All of My Heart” Heptones
“Never (My Girl)” Liam Bailey
“Black” Lee Scratch Perry, Kabaka Pyramid
“Cry In Your Sleep (DJ Lulo Remix)” Anais, Chronixx
“Unnerstannit” Travis Mendes
“What Cha Gonna Do For Me” The Decoders, Alex Isley

CVP:
“Take That Funky Feeling” Tony Gazette, The Blue Rhythm Combo
“Na Fight-O! Part 1” Fela Kuti
“I Told Them” Burna Boy
“Fill My Cup” Iotosh
“Somewhere Wonderful” Ras-I
“Fight Again” Bugle
“In Your Eyes” Johnny Osbourne
“One Nation” Bitty Mclean, Sly & Robbie
“World Class” Mykal Rose
“Rude Bwoy” Eesah, ZJ Sparks
“Crown” Samory I
“One Step Ahead” Sugar Minott, Victor Axelrod
“Show Me The Way, My Brother” Harry Belafonte

Sounds Of Heaven 12/28/23

Tune in to the next Sounds of Heaven on 2/22/24!

Tracklist:
“Introlude” Nefer
“Westchester Eagle” Jim Sharp
“A Quest Called Tribe (pts. 1 & 2) Smoove
“Skew It On the Barbee (Double A Remix)” Outkast
“I Like It” Smoove
“Throwin Stones Atcha” The Five Stairsteps
“Time For Me To Go” Apple
“Mercy Tree” Liam Bailey
“Hang On To Your Love (DJ Duckcomb Edit)” Sade
“Take It Easy Smoove” Smoove x Astrud Gilberto
“Go! (C-Sick House Remix)” Common
“Shook Ones (Jengi Remix)” Mobb Deep
“Whirl” Wallace
“Yegelle Tezeta” Mulatu Astatke
“Rejoicing Skank” The Silvertones
“Up! Up! Up!” Iotosh
“Slowly” Mortimer
“Breakfast In Bed” Rayana Jay
“Good Vibes Only” Indie Allen
“Rise Up” Tyrone Evans
“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” Average Disco Band
“A Happy Song For You” Bohannon
“When She Made Me Promise” The Beginning of the End
“Eira Nem Beira - Ritmo” Sabrina Malheiros
“Lamento Do Beija Flor (Hummingbird’s Lament)” Kieran Meadows
“Git Involved (NuClassic Rex)” Stevie B / A Tribe Called Quest
“True For You” Bushwacka!
“Owahku ft. ASAP Shembe (Bruk Rogers & Onj remix)” Smbd & Bruk Rogers

Sounds Of Heaven 1/25/24

Tune into the next Sounds of Heaven on @thelotradio on 3/24/24!

Tracklist:
“Konka” Rex Omar
“Kid Mahout” The Sorcerers
“Bebaynetu” The Sorcerers
“Soulful Strut” Monty Alexander, Sly & Robbie
“People Make The World Go Round” Monty Alexander, Sly & Robbie
“Lucifa” Jim Sharp
“Soul Rebel” Bob Marley
“Work” Aston "Family Man” Barrett
“Leggo Beast” Steel Pulse
“Worth His Weight In Gold” Steel Pulse
“Sly” Herbie Hancock
“When You Are Who You Are” Gil Scot-Heron
“Dada” Rex Omar
“Stronger Than Pride (Alex Nut Remix)” Sade
“Mental Black Resurrection (Piano Dub)” Glenn Underground
“L’Anthropofemme” DJ Harrison
“Palomaris” Jorge Ben
“The Light” Jim Sharp
“Much More” Jim Sharp
“One Question” Schmiddlfinga, DJ Robert Smith, Jim Sharp
“Onward Til Morning” Donald Byrd
“Viva Disco (Double A Quantized Edit)” Tunde Mabadu
“Samba Do Sueno” Chris Bangs
“E.A.R.L.’s Theme” 10th Street
“He Who Kills With One Leap” The Sorcerers
“Ebony Moon Beam” DJ Harrison

Sounds Of Heaven 12/28/23

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