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...
I was away last week so here is the new arrivals email which you would normally have received on Friday. There are some great reissue LPs this week from Alex Brown, Ruby Andrews and Cecil McBee. Josh Milan incredible 6.9.69 is now back in stock on CD whilst this batch lasts, so if you missed it before grab your copy now before they all go again. Lou Courtney 'I'm in need of love' is one of the best 70's Soul albums and it is now released again on cd with 2 non album tracks, the Vinyl lp coming soon. Strut...
Soulutions made a big impact with their debut album a couple of years ago and now return with their second album 'Thankful', which has been receiving a lot of airplay. The legendary band Tower of Power have been together for over 45 years and their first album in some years 'The Other Side of Town' is a strong testament to the powerful Oakland band. MF Robots album is now released on LP as well as CD. Eddie Daniels returns with a Brazilian jazz album, and bassist Marcus Miller has a new album showing off his talents. Their are some good...
There are some very good new releases and reissues this week. Kamaal Williams is one half of Yussef Kamaal that took us all by a storm with 'Black Focus' a couple of years ago. Henry Wu (Kamaal Williams) 'Returns' which will further enhance the reputation of underground London based New Jazz.it is available on CD, LP and limited edition White Vinyl. Chip Wickham returns with another strong album of UK Jazz, this one more on the spiritual jazz side. Florian Pellissier has another good new jazz album, and there are further good new jazz albums this week from Tia Fuller,...
