NYC-based DJ outfit Chances With Wolves (CWW) has long been a CH favorite (check out their Fourth of July playlist from a few years ago) for their musical philosophy, encyclopedic knowledge of tunes, and personal positive vibes. Nothing, however, outshines the group’s inherent and genuine love for music. Today, CWW release a Nina Simone special set—on what would have been the singer/songwriter, musician and civil rights activist’s birthday. Simone impacted generations of musicians and audiences and CWW share some of these shining, powerful moments. The group has considered making a playlist for her birthday for the last eight years, “but each time, we hesitated because we really wanted to make it as good as it could possibly be. For some reason this year felt right,” CWW member Kenan Juska says.
Track list
Intro (To Be Free)
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Here Comes the Sun
What Have They Done To My Song Ma?
Blue Skies
It Be’s That Way Sometimes
But Beautiful
Go To Hell
Nina Simone
Cosi Ti Amo (To Love Somebody)
Od Yesh Homa
Baltimore
That Blackness
Break Down And Let It All Out
You Can Sing a Rainbow
O-o-h Child
The Assignment Sequence
Ain’t Got No—I Got Life
Some Say
Rich Girl
Either Way I
Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter
The Pusher
Suzanne
Golden Earrings
Turn! Turn! Turn!
See Line Woman
God God God
Sign o the Times
Real Real
Buck
Moon over Alabama
The House of the Rising Sun
Dambala
22nd Century
Mr Bojangles
Tell It Like It Is
No Woman No Cry
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Live)
Images courtesy of Chances With Wolves