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Show No. 002 · 26 October 2026

The Quiet Room

Soul, R&B & Deep Soul, 1969–1983 · 55 min
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The room where male soul voices stopped performing and started telling the truth - twelve tracks, no hiding.

There is a room in soul music that doesn't appear on any map. Not the dancefloor, not the church — somewhere between them, where a man sings something he cannot say straight out. That is where this show lives.

William Bell and Judy Clay listening to each other across a Memphis studio. Ronnie Dyson's falsetto sitting still rather than reaching. Curtis Mayfield setting down the weight for a moment. Bobby Womack talking to someone in the same room. Two Teddy Pendergrass tracks from the same year, the same label — completely opposite ends of himself.

Minnie Riperton answers at the end. Because intimacy was always a conversation, not a monologue.

— Simone

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Tracklist
  1. William BellPrivate Number (feat. Judy Clay)0:00
  2. SimoneOn Ronnie Dyson2:32
  3. Ronnie DysonJust Don't Want to Be Lonely (Single Version)2:47
  4. SimoneOn The Dramatics5:47
  5. The DramaticsIn the Rain (Single Version)5:55
  6. SimoneOn Curtis Mayfield9:12
  7. Curtis MayfieldSo In Love9:32
  8. SimoneOn Marvin Gaye14:35
  9. Marvin GayeMy Love Is Waiting15:12
  10. SimoneOn Bobby Womack20:04
  11. Bobby WomackHow Could You Break My Heart?20:41
  12. SimoneOn Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes25:39
  13. Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesHope That We Can Be Together Soon (feat. Sharon Paige)26:02
  14. SimoneOn The Isley Brothers29:28
  15. The Isley BrothersBetween the Sheets29:43
  16. SimoneOn Luther Vandross35:01
  17. Luther VandrossBetter Love35:18
  18. SimoneOn Teddy Pendergrass41:22
  19. Teddy PendergrassYou Can't Hide from Yourself41:48
  20. SimoneOn Teddy Pendergrass45:40
  21. Teddy PendergrassThe Whole Town's Laughing at Me46:06
  22. SimoneOn Minnie Riperton50:20
  23. Minnie RipertonBaby, This Love I Have50:47
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From the show
“In the Rain is a piano, some strings, and a man with nowhere left to hide. It's the most unguarded moment in this show. Let it land.”
Simone
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