New releases Veteran 80's Soul singer Cliff Dawson returns with a new album backed by members of the Love town all stars, which will appeal to fans of Cool Million etc. The third volume of the Black Feeling series has some great covers of classic funk and jazz funk tracks. Solar radio figure head and well loved radio DJ Tony Monson compiles his first compilation featuring his Ethereal magic. The Barry White produced Jay Dee (Jackie Lee) album 'Come on in love' is finally out on CD. The Rasheed Ali 'Soul Power' album is back in stock today. There are...
There is a great new album this week from a new group to us Mad Satta who have a very interesting and creative sound, definitely check the clips on this one you might be pleasantly surprised. Daptone Gold 11 collects 21 diverse but quality tracks from their group of labels featuring many non albums tracks. Christian McBride illustrates why his gigs are always worth catching with a great live at the village vanguard cd. Check out the J B Bingham unissued track on 45 backed with his classic All alone by the telephone. We’ve unearthed a batch of Soul Brother/Expansion...
New Releases There are some good new albums on CD and Vinyl this week. Trumpeter Christian Scott has made a very interesting Jazz album on Ropeadope for which he has designed three new styles of trumpet to create unique sound and introduces a great new talent Eland Pinderhughes on flute. Label Focus: Ropeadope Check the other great albums on Ropeadope and associated labels here, which are available exclusively from Soul Brother records in the UK. There are also good albums from JD73, Katie Leone and Lauren Desberg , Incognito's 35th anniversary live set and vinyl issues for the...
There are only a few releases this week, after the incredible volume from last week. The beautiful Lizz Wright makes her 5th album at the soulful end of Jazz vocals, Tony Leo is a new name to us but his album S.E.V.E.N is well worth checking out, the and critically acclaimed Jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant returns with a new album. There is a good reissues from Willie Hutch, and a great 3CD compilation covering the best of the NY P&P label. Pre-order for next week Jay Dee and Cedar Walton coming out of Expansion. That label has 5 good singles...
New Releases It is a bumper week for New Releases, Reissues and comps this week with nearly 40 new titles having arrived. Album of the week is the fantastic compilation 'Bespeak Love' showcasing independent artists from Portland Oregon , the highlight being Chris Turner ft Jarrod Lawson ' You Got Me' one of the man of the moment's most Soulful cuts to date. Kim Burrell serves up a really nice Gospel Soul album 'A Different Place' and Fourplay celebrate their 25th anniversary with a new album 'Silver'. Carmen Lundy's fantastic 'Soul To Soul' our jazz album of 2014 is now...
New releases There are some strong albums this week. Foreign Exchange return with another good set of slightly leftfield Soul,Teedra Moses has a good R&B Soul, there's a really good Jazz/Soul comp from Tony Minvielle and some good smooth Jazz from Four80East and Lebron. Reissues On the Reissues there are 6 long out of press albums from War, a 2 on from Womack and Womack and 3 albums on 2 from the Gap Band and a massive 23 CD set from the Isley Brothers. 45s There is a nice new 45 from Nicole Willis, plus a couple of great reissues...
New releases Terri Lyne Carrington is joined by an amazing cast of great female singers including Chaka Khan, Valarie Simpson, Ledisi, Lalah Hathaway, Chante Moore and Nancy Wilson to create on of the albums of the year The Mosiac Project - Love and Soul released today. Peggi Blu 'Blu Blowin album from 19787 gets it's CD debut release and there is a great 3 albums on 2cd set from Allen Toussaint and a really good Brazilian reissue from Jorge Ben. Pre-orders Pre-order for next week good new albums from Foreign Exchange, Four80East and Lebron, and Fourplay the week after Best...
There is an outstanding release this week from the band Solutions ‘Destiny’ a superb selection of contemporary up tempo Soul tracks like ‘Listen and ‘Philly Line’ plus some deeper cuts like ‘Love and Wisdom’ and ‘Downtown’ which show a Norman Whitfield influence. In store Pics and product Tracy Hamlin was in store on Saturday signing copies of her superb ‘No Limits’ CD we have a few signed copies available here. We also have a few signed copies of the Diane Shaw album available on CD and LP. A Big thanks to everyone who came to the in stores, you can...
There is an outstanding release this week from the band Solutions 'Destiny' a superb selection of contemporary up tempo Soul tracks like 'Listen and 'Philly Line' plus some deeper cuts like 'Love and Wisdom' and 'Downtown' which show a Norman Whitfield influence. Tracy Hamlin is in store tomorrow signing copies of her superb 'No Limits' CD, if you can't make it you can pre-order a signed copy here. We have a few signed copies of the Diane Shaw album available on CD and LP. The Lindsey Webster and Rasheed Ali Cd's are now back in stock. There are some good...
There are some interesting releases this week Lianne La Havas impressed on Jools Holland show a couple of months ago and her album has some nice tracks, Soul with a new twist. Quantic has made a lovely instrumental Jazz album recorded live in the studio with a great band it has a classic 60's feel , the Hardbacked Vinyl cover is a work of art and very limited. Samuel D Sanders 45 is now back in stock in limited quantities, so if you missed out before grab a copy now before they go completely. Joss Stone returns with a reggae album,...
