New releases There are some great new and reissue albums this week. Carolyn Malachi has made a superb jazzy soul album in a similar style to Erykah Badu. Sultry soul singer Sydni Marie also has a good debut album 'Sankofa' . Jordan Rakei 'Cloak' also a quality 00's Nu soul style album. Kindred 'Legacy of love' is now back in stock on Cd and issued on a limited edition White Vinyl LP. Azymuth brilliant 'Fenix' album is now also available on Vinyl. There are good new jazz albums from Bill Laurance, Victor Gould, Slowly Moving Camera and 4Korners, plus the...
NEW RELEASES There are some good albums of the week. Ali Tennant returns after 15 years with a very strong R&B/Soul album 'Get Loved'. John Legend has another good album 'Darkness and Night'. Brit jazz funk Trumpeter Kenny Wellington pay homage to the great horn players with 'Free Spirit', and keyboardist Brian Simpson has a nice album 'Persuasion'. Soul for the Realside vol 6 is another very strong compilation from the Outta Sight label. Solange and Bahama Soul club albums are now in on vinyl and Sharon Jones fantastic christmas album 'it's a holiday soul party' is now back in...
New Releases Azymuth return with a great new album, 'Fenix' available on CD this week and on Vinyl on 16th. Joe and John Legend also have good new Soul albums, and Lori Williams a great new vocal jazz album. Gregory Porter 'Live In Berlin is released as a DVD or a 2CD/DVD package. All of Johnny Bristol's great records across many labels are featured on 'Modern Soul Classics 1974-1981' and Deniece Williams has a great 2CD package of her Coulbia recordings. Kandace Springs album is finally out on Vinyl and gregg Jackson's Modern soul anthem 'One for the Road' is...
NEW RELEASES Heston returns with one of , if not the best album of his career to date with 'Transparency', a superb set of contemporary Soul with a definite timeless style. Tribe Called Quest make their first (and last album) in 18 years with 'We got it from here' on CD , Vinyl in the new year, and Anderson.Paak returns with Nx Worries 'Yes Lawd' Steve Khan and Jeremy Pelt have good new Jazz albums. There are some good new reissues from Betty Wright, Gladys knight, Peoples Choice (correct music at last) , Lafayette Afro Rock Band and an interesting...
Solange has made a new album that includes the beautiful 'Cranes in the sky' a killer new soul cut. Hannah Williams teams up with the Affirmations for some retro soul in 'Late nights and Heartbreak' and John Ellis has a nice floaty jazz album on Gondwana, plus there a limited edition single from Lee Fields. There are some classic 180gm vinyl reissue,albums on the Be With label from Edna Wright and Willie Hutch, and a couple more Northern soul comps on Outta Sight. Kenya enjoyed her birthday with Gwendolyn Collins and other artists at Soul Brother last friday , you...
There are some great new releases and reissues this week. Khari Cabral Simmons & Jiva 'Heaven & Earth' is a lovely samba soul album, R C and the Gritz is slightly edgier jazzy Neo-Soul and Richard Sears ft Albert 'Tootie' Heath 'Altadena' great spiritual jazz all from the fantastic Ropeadope group of labels. Louis Marks from Ropeadope visited the store on Wednesday you can see pictures here and a feature on the label here. Bahama Soul Club have a good album 'Havana 58' ft Brenda Boykin out on CD this week, Vinyl pre-order for early December. Kenya has an album...
New releases There are some really good albums this week. Lindsey Webster has made a fantastic new Soul/Jazz album 'Back to your heart' confirming her as one of the leading contemporary female singer/songwriters. If you missed them also check out her first two albums 'Lindsey Webster' and 'You Change' which are also great. Yusef Kamaal is a new artist on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label, a superb New Jazz set paying homage to the greats. Lee Fields has made an excellent retro Soul album 'Special night' backed by the fantastic Expressions, there is a limited edition double CD with the instrumentals....
New releases Myles Sanko has made a career defining album with the brilliant 'Just Being Me, which is certainly amongst the best British Soul albums ever recorded. You can catch Myles at Hoochie Coochie tonight if you happen to be anywhere near Newcastle Upon Tyne: The perfect venue to launch an labum of this quality! Leon Timbo has a really good album 'What loves all about', Tony Momrelle 'Keep Pushing' is extended to a deluxe version, he also appears on the Pbug album and Reel People music have another strong comp with 'Soul Love 2016'. Peter White, Gerald Albright and Chuck...
New releases Italian Jazzman Max Ionata has made a good Blue Note style organ jazz album in 'Rewind'. There are three great compilations from the Numero subsidary J&D available on CD and LP. . 'Extra Added Soul' is a superb Modern Soul set , 'All Night Long' great Northern Soul and 'Can you feel the Beat' Funk 45's. Miles Davis 'Freedom Jazz Dance' is the fifth in the unreleased bootleg series, and features the great second quartet including Herbie Hancock. Tthere are three great Latin albums on the Fania label, and six amazing value 5 Original album sets on Blue...
New releases Japanese Trumpeter Takuya Koruda impressed with his debut album a couple of years ago, he returns with an even stronger album 'Zigzagger' some great funky jazz which also features a D'Angelo influenced vocal cut. Joyce Moreno is one of Brazil's leading singers, she has made a nice album of classic standards in her bossa style that is really 'Cool'. Reissues and compilations Tony Monson unleashes another dose of Ethereal magic with the Vol 2 of the series.The second installment of Freestyle's Brian Auger anthology is in on CD, it includes some real gems including his original version version...
