The lovely Natasha Watts recorded an amazing concert in Japan with the 20+ piece A hundred birds orchestra which is now available from today on an exclusive limited edition CD. Natasha will be in store on Sat 8th June signing the album so hope that you can join us to meet her, if you can';t make it you can pre-order a signed copy now. There are also really good new albums from Vivian Sessoms 'Life 2' a continuation of her superb 'Life' from last year. Shayna Steele (remember her on Snaky Puppy family dinner cd ?) has made a great Bluesy...
It's a great week for releases with some fantastic new albums on both CD and LP. Tahirah Memory 'Asha' is a beautiful follow up to her superb 'Pride' in store today and pre-order for a signed copy for when she is here on 15th June. Rahsaan Patterson returns with his best album is years 'Heroes and Gods' . Theo Croker has made another great album 'Star people nation' available today on CD and next week on Vinyl. Shafiq Husayn is a new name to us but you will be familiar with many of the many of the vocalists incl Erykah...
Some great albums and 45s feature this week, none less so than the stunning and highly anticapted set from Carlton Jumel Smith. With the crack team of Timmion house band/writing crew Cold Diamond & Mink behind this, Carlton has delivered an album that oozes vintage soul class. If you liked the monster crossover killer 'This Is What Love Looks Like' this is essential! Tony Momrelle releases his stunning new set - the 'The Best Is Yet To Come' - and the music and vocals are absolutely on point. This album is packed with really strong cuts that will further elevate...
The long awaited Disco Soul Gold 2 CD is out this week, with 19 contemporary Modern soul gems mixed by Nigel Lowis. Alfa Mist have a really good new Jazz album, mainly instrumental but ft Jordan Rakei on LP only. Bobby Oroza is a Finnish Blue eyed soul singer and his album 'This love' is really nice retro soul. There two outstanding Spiritual jazz reissues on the ever reliable Pure Pleasure 180gm analogue label. Adele Sebastian 'Desert Fairy Princess''' and Dadisi Komolafe ''''Hassans Walk'' are both from the Nimbus West catalogue and are brilliant albums not to be missed, and...
There are some very good new and reissue albums this week. Marvin Gaye 'You're the man' album is now available on CD, shipping today , still awaiting date on Vinyl repress. Kelly Finnigan is the latest artist to produce a good retro soul album on the Colemine label, available on CD and black or limited coloured vinyl. The O'jays return with 'The Last word' on Cd and LP and London based Ezra Collective release their first full album again on CD. Lp or limited Coloured vinyl. George Benson produce a tribute album to Chuck Berry and Fats Domino and Aaron...
Chelsea Wilson returns with a very strong new Soul album 'Chasing Gold' now in stock on CD and LP. Dwight Trible fantastic 'Mothership'' album is now in stock on limited coloured Vinyl as well as CD and Black Vinyl. Bill Laurance 'Cables' is also now on LP and the Budos Band have a new album 'V' . There are some good reissues this week 9th Creation have an unreleased album from the early 80's on CD, Vinyl due next week. Lamont Dozier's classic 'Love & Beauty' and the fantastic Eliminators 'Lovin Explosion' get welcome vinyl reissues, and there is a...
Quiana Lyndell is the latest winner of the Sarah Vaughan contest to record for Concord and her debut album 'A Little Love' illustrates how beautiful her voice really is, with a really lovely vocal jazz album, don't miss this.Chelsea Wilson fantastic album 'Chasing Gold' is now here on Vinyl , the CD will follow in the next week or so. Carmichael Musiclover 'Happy Place' is a good R&B/Soul album and we have a very limited number of copies of the rare promo CD 'Love Jones the musical' CD. Cykada is another new British Jazz band whose self titled album is...
There are a couple of brilliant albums this week. Peckham's finest Ruby Rushton return with what is probably their best album to date 'Ironside' a superb album that shows how great the new Jazz coming out of London is at this moment. Veteran Lee Fields returns with one of his finest albums 'It Rains Love' a great album of Retro Soul which is available as a single CD , or deluxe with instrumentals and on Black or Coloured Vinyl. Joey De Francesco 'In the key of the Universe' ft Pharoah Sanders is another really strong new jazz album , now...
It is another great week for releases this week. it's not every week you can announced a 'New' Marvin Gaye album especially one that was supposed to be released in 1972 ! 'You're The Man' is the long lost follow up to 'What's Going On' and features all of Marvin's non soundtrack recording from '72. Essential for every Soul fan. The Double LP is out now, the CD will be up for pre-order next week, due 26th April. Ralf Gum releases another strong Soulful and Afro house album ft Monique Bingham and others. Starlene Bey is another new Soul singer...
Bobby Sparks II has produced a great album that reminds me of the kind of record George Duke may have made back in the day, a mixture of Funky Jazz, P-Funk and Soul (feat Frank McComb and Isaiah Sharkey) mixed with a little craziness and a lot of energy !, well worth checking out. Christian Scott returns with another deep Jazz journey 'Ancestral Recall'. Snarky Puppy 'Immigrance' is now in on LP and well as CD, and we have a few vinyl copies back in stock of the Seed Ensemble 'Driftglass' (CD delayed to April due to manufacturing issue). There...
