New Releases St Paul and the Broken Bones return with their brand of Southern Soul and Funk with 'A Sea of Noise' on CD and LP. German trumpeter Til Bronner has a new album. There are a couple of interesting compilations featuring underground soul tracks 'Beauty - A journey through Jeremy's Underground' has some great tracks including Maureen Bailey's 'Taking my time with you' , whilst Praise Poems 4 reveals some great unknown 70's cuts. Kaidi Tatham returns with 3 track EP 12". Tyrone Hendrix 'Rhythm on life' has now been re-pressed and will be in stock early next...
New releases It's a good week for UK artists with the long awaited British Collective - The renaissance Vol 1 CD just arrived plus a new set from Shaun Escoffery on Cd and LP. Meet The British Collective in store You can meet Omar, Junior, Leee John and Noel McKoy at Soul Brother records next Thursday 8th Sept at 7pm - 8.30pm when they will be signing copies of the CD and meeting and greeting. They were here a month ago for their press/media launch you can see pictures here, so this should be a special event, so I hope...
New releases There are some great albums this week. Kindred and the Family Soul return with a strong independent soul album 'Legacy of Love'. Anthony David has a new album on Shanachie and most of the Ropeadope titles (Edgewood Agents, Future Prospect etc) are now in. On the Vinyl side Wood Brass and Steel Hard & Heavy 180gm limited edition LP is now in stock and the Sargent Tucker 45 has arrived and there is a limited edition indie stores only clear vinyl LP. Pre-orders Pre-order for next week for British Collective cd , Lee Moses and Betty Davis and...
New releases Foreign Exchange music really have created their own unique sound. Phonte and Eric Roberson serve us up a portion of 'Tigalerro' that illustrates their brand of Soul music. Keith Sweat has delivered what is probably his best album since his debut 30 years ago. Sharon Jones has been one of the leading female singers over the past 15 years her pure energy and raw funk has sets her apart. There is a film about her life being released Miss Sharon Jones' and as a Daptone Authorised Dealer we have copies of the very limited edition Soundtrack CD available,...
New releases What an incredible week for releases. There are many top drawer new albums and CD and Vinyl Reissues this week. Frank McComb is top of the pile with one of his best ever albums 'Soul Mate' quality Soul throughout, and check his incredible Funky Jazzy version of 'Superstition'- killer !, he also has a tribute to Donny Hathaway album. Tyrone Hendrix also has an unmissable album featuring Jarrod Lawson, Saeeda Wright and Farnell Newton. Ropeadope also have other good albums from Future Prospect, Edgewood Agents, Southwes Terminal, Trio Subtronic and Winston Byrd. Joey DeFrancesco and Charlie Hunter also...
New Releases Kyle Auldist has made a superb retro early 80's Boogie style album that will keep your feet moving during the summer nights, the best in this style for sometime. London artist Funkshy has made a nice contemporary Jazzy Soul album featuring male and female vocalists. Dj Spinna has compiled a great album featuring covers of Stevie Wonder songs. Dayme Arocena's great Cuban Jazz album 'One Takes' is now available on CD. There are two new Athens of the North label 45's this week, one gospel/disco from Spirit of Love the other 'Nobody' has an early 80's Twin Cities...
New Releases Nat Birchall has established himself as one of the leading UK Jazzmen and 'Creation' is another strong spiritual jazz album. King supported Stevie Wonder in Hyde Park their album has been one of the most popular New Soul albums so far this year and it is now released on Double Vinyl. Branford Marsalis has a nice album featuring the voice of Kurt Elling, Euge Groove have a good smooth jazz album ft Rahsaan Patterson. Joyce's daughter Clara Moreno remakes a classic Bossa Nova album in her style and there is a superb album of recent tracks influenced by...
New releases The music of Michael Kiwanuka sits at the cusp of Soul and Folk , his second album 'Love & Hate' has a more soulful approach is lyrically strong and well worth checking out, check out the 10 minute opener 'Cold little heart'. Joey Negro and Z records score again with 'Under the Influence vol 5' compiled by Sean P and features some great underground disco and club tracks. There's plenty of Smooth Jazz this week with Oli Silk, Greg Manning and Steve Cole plus pre-order for next week Euge Groove. You can check the other pre-order items here. We...
New releases Its a good week for Soul Releases this week, the best for a while with new albums from Will Downing, William Bell, Felicia Adams and a nice R&B/slow jam/2-step compilation Welcome2groovecity featuring the in demand Antonio McClendon recordings. There are also new jazz albums from Kenny Garrett and Marquis Hill. Reissues Two of The Dells mid 70's albums are released on CD for the first time on a great 2 on 1 set. Wood Brass and Steel superb debut album is officially re-released for the first time on 180gm vinyl remastered from the original tapes and sounding great....
