Jarrod Lawson finally releases the follow up to his ground breaking epic 2014 self titled debut album. ‘Be the Change’ is very accomplished and mature album featuring eleven meaningful self written and produced melodic Jazz tinged Soul songs. ‘Be The Change’ glides effortlessly, the funky ‘Battlefield’ and ‘Why don't you call me baby anymore’ chug along, and the dreamy Stevie influenced ‘Universal Chord’ has a charm of his own. ‘I’ll be your radio’ featuring Moonchild, ‘Connected’ and more laid back ‘Soul Symphony’ are good mid tempo tracks and ‘Love Isn’t always enough’ a nice ballad. Best of all though is...
Every once in a while, an album comes along by a new artist that raises the bar and blows you away (think D’Angelo, Badu, Maxwell). Jarrod Lawson has made one of those albums although all together different from those artists, his debut comprises songs and musicianship of such quality it is like a breath of fresh air. Jarrod writes songs with meaning, sings with true feeling and beautiful harmonies, and his keyboard playing is superb throughout. Jarrod sits in the Jazzy Soul camp, vocally somewhere between Benet and Omar, but musically a bit jazzier. Every one of the 12 songs...
First ever Vinyl release of this iconic critically acclaimed Soul album from 2014 for Record Store Day 2018. This record is one of the most significant and award winning Soul albums of the 21st century. The album is presented a Double Vinyl with a gatefold sleeve limited to 750 copies. The album draws on the spirit of Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye along with influences from Stevie Wonder and many of the Soul and Jazz greats, but Jarrod has created his own identity. The twelve self-penned songs have meaningful lyrics and a spirituality which is uncommon in contemporary music, making...
A big thank you to everybody who visited the shop on Sunday for the Tahirah Memory in store. Here are the pictures of the event. You will see that Jarrod Lawson came along with Tahirah and there was a great atmosphere in the store. Signed CDs/LPs We have a few signed copies of Tahirah's lovely album 'Pride' one of the best Soul albums of 2015, and a few of Jarrod's self titled debut Cd and 'Live at The BBC' LP available which you can order below. See all the pics here Laurence
