After several amazing weeks of releases there are very few this week, however there is a quality Deep Soul 45 on Expansion from Gloria Taylor ,plus a couple of high quality Cd's on Vocallion. Also we have managed to source a few copies of the limited edition Miles Davis 'Rubberband' RSD 12", i believe this is the first time we have been able to offer this title on mail order, there's only a few so please get in quick on this one PRE-ORDERS Pre-order for next week for some really good titles with the Royal Krunk Jazz Orchestra on Ropeadope...
Lynne Fiddmont has made a really nice quality Sophisticated Jazzy Soul album , which deserves it's album of the week status. Ty Causey is Mr Reliable and his new album 'Mr Mellow' is up to his usual standard of quality independent soul music. Roy Ayers Uno Melodic label released some great tracks in the early 80's ,the best of which are included in the new compilation of the label. Bill Mason's rare funky jazz gem 'Gettin Off' is the latest Eastbound label album to be reissued on vinyl on the Tidal Waves label, also pre-order for the Gary Chandler album...
Cornell CC Carter hooks up with Soulpersona and others to create a very strong 80's sounding Soul album 'One Love'. This album is likely to receive heavy airplay on Solar and Mi-Soul etc and dance floor action. Brian Simpson returns with another quality smooth Jazz offering. Serge Gamesbourg presents the best of Boston disco with a fine compilation featuring many lesser known tracks. Salsoul Funk does what it says on the cover. There are some very good Jazz Vinyl reissues with the killer Nimbus Spiritual Jazz/fusion album from Jesse Sharps on a double LP with additional track, the rare Bobby...
There many really good new releases and reissues this week with something for most people. Pride of place goes to our own Soul singer Bashiyra whose album 'Independent' is really strong and varied and deserves being our album of the week. Bashiyra will be at Soul Brother Records store on Sat 11th August 1.30pm signing copies of the CD, so put that date in your diary and come and meet and support one of the leading UK Soul vocalists. Chris Jasper has made many solo albums since his days with the Isley Brothers , 'Dance With You' is another good...
There are some really good albums this week and a few great 45's. Agape Soul impressed with their debut six years ago and Darryl Anders returns with another strong album 'Conversations', quality contemporary soul with a retro feel. The Internet are a young band who have been causing a stir and their 4th album 'Hive Mind' is likely to be their big breakthrough album, good new neo-soul with a groove, well worth checking out. There are several smooth jazz albums this week from Brian Bromberg, Will Donato and three new artists to us. Great resisue Cds from Lalomie Washburn, Whispers...
There are relatively few releases this week but there are some great albums and reissues. The Suffers have made what is likely to be one of THE Soul albums of the year with 'Everything Here' a beautiful album to lift up our spirits. Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad present The Midnight Hour another very strong New Soul album. Jaki Graham returns sounding very much like she did 30 years ago. Reissues include Randolph Baker's rare 1982 set which includes the in demand title track 'Getting Next to you' somewhat of a lost classic. BACK IN STOCK We are finally...
Kaidi Tatham is an incredible keyboard player and pioneer of the West London Broken beat sound. Albums from Kaidi are few and far in between and usually sell out quickly, so grab this fantastic album whilst we have them, on CD and Double vinyl. Sons of Kemet album sold out very quickly but we have some vinyl copies now back in stock, again these are likely to go quickly. The Bamboo's are the Australian band who brought Kyle Auldist to the fore, they return another new album. Shirley Davis' retro soul album is now in on vinyl. Some great reissues...
There are a lot of seriously good releases this week. Louie Vega has made a fantastic album of disco and soulful house. 'NYC Disco' is what it says in the title and includes vocal contributions from Luther, Be Be Winans, Rochelle Fleming, Josh Milan and many more, now available on a 2CD set plus 2 x 2LP essential summer listening !. Michon Young returns with 'Love Life Experiences vol 2' and it is another quality soul album from the contemporary soulstress. Michael Franks is back on form with his best album in years 'The music in my head' . Southern...
Kamasi Washington blew us away with his debut 'The Epic' in 2015 and he returns with a possibly an even better album 'heaven & Earth' released today. It is a 2CD or 4LP set with a bonus disc and is an incredible piece of music which will not only appeal to his fans but also to a broader audience. This will be one of, if not the album of the year, miss at your peril! A big thanks for those of you you came to the album playback party last night, it was actually quite special listening to the entire...
It is a fantastic week for new releases with 4 albums worthy of being album of the week. Nicola Conte has produced what is quite possibly his best to date with 'Let Your Light shine on' ,an amazing album that gets better on each play, featuring a great cast of musicians incl Theo Croker and Logan Richardson. Tenderlonious has made what could also be the best album so far on the 22a label a beautiful spiritually influenced album that totally encapsulates the new London Jazz sound. Robert Glasper teams up with Terrace Martin , Christian Scott and others to create...
