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Recommended new releases – 12th June 2015

New releases We have another special release, this week from Rasheed Ali - 1968 Soul Power a superb new album reflecting the music and events of 1968 in Black America. This CD will be exclusively available from Soul Brother Records in the UK for the next two months. Hiatus Kaiyote are an Australian band whose album 'Choose your Weapon' is coming from the same direction as Moonchild, left field Soul but with other influences. There are three excellent Smooth jazz cds' arriving on Monday, from Brian Culbertson, Vincent Ingala and Blake Aaron. Reissues There are some great reissues and comps...
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Recommended new releases 5th June 2015

New Releases Wow ! what a week for releases with over 30 new albums and singles this week, our music is going through a purple patch at the moment. New albums from Maysa and Opolopo plus a great mixed compilation of soulful house from DJ Spen will keep Soul folk happy. Bugge Wesseltoft has a great up tempo Jazz album featuring Joe Claussell, and Melody Gardot has made a superb album produced by Larry Klein which will have wide appeal. Congratulation to Joe Davis Far Out label on its 20th Anniversary, the Brazilika compilation features many of the classic cuts...
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Recommended releases of the week: 29th May 2015

New Releases The long wait is over the Tahirah memory CD Pride is finally available for shipping. if you are not familiar with this album yet, please check it out, it is a superb album co-produced and featuring Jarrod Lawson. Their duet 'All the time' is likely to be one of the tracks of the year. Finish saxophonist Timo Lassy makes another good album with Love Bullet. The Sonny Knight Album from last year has finally arrived on Vinyl. Pre-order Maysa and Jessy J Cd's arriving early next week. Reissues There are some good reissues this week with long awaited CD...
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Singles special

There has been an incredible amount of quality new and re-issue 45's issued over the past month or so, including many in the last week. Here is a list of 40 of the best titles including the remaining RSD titles. Most of these have been pressed in small quantities and will not be around for long, so please grab any you are after whilst we still have therm in stock. We also have a limited amount of the Martin Dumas 12" single back in. One per customer. happy diggin laurence
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Recommended new releases: 22nd May 2015

New releases The flow of great new releases continues with new albums from Mario Biondi, the much anticipated  Nia neo-soul album, plus a couple of great new southern soul sets from Tad Robinson and Billy Price Otis Clay. There is also an amazing funky jazz set from Naughty Professor on Ropeadope , shades of Snarky Puppy meets the Meters. May has been a fabulous month for new Soul and Jazz releases with essential albums from Saun and Starr, Joyce Elaine Yuille, Diane Shaw, Conya Doss, Cool Million Ty Causey and many more. Pre-orders There are some good albums to look...
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Recommended releases of the week: 15th May 2015

New releases Its a great week for new releases with many fantastic albums this week. Saun and Starr have made an incredible old school Soul album, one of the best of its genre in recent years. Cool Million return with possibly their best album, Conya Doss makes her best in a long while and Diane Shaw's long awaited superb debut is here, great Soul backed by strings etc. Kamazi Washington incredible 'The Epic' 3CD is one of the best Spiritual Jazz sets in a long time. Canadian Jazz group The Cookers make a really good  volume two and singer Iain...
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Recommended releases of the week: 8th May 2015

There are some really good albums this week. Boney James returns with a really nice quality smooth jazz album that features the voice of Stokely on a good soul cut. Ty Causey is Mr Consistent and his Cause and effect album will delight his fans , nice quality mid tempo soul. Confunkshun and Orgone have good funky soul albums and Tortured Soul a good soulful house set. 80's Boogie man J W McGee makes his first album in nearly 30 years. Joyce Elaine Yuille excellent welcome to my world album gets a vinyl release, and on the same Schema label...
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Recommended new releases and pre-orders: 1st May 2015

There are some good albums this week including an amazing live Cd/DVD and Vinyl set from the incredible Snarky Puppy. The Mighty Mocambos serve us up with a good slice of Funk, Reel People music give us some Soul Love 2015 and there is a good double CD featuring the house master Frankie Knuckles. Good reissues include a best of Zulema and Lee Moses classic album on CD. There is some nice Vinyl reissue albums including Ned Doheny's classic Prone and some nice Blue Note reissues. 45's are coming in rapidly at the moment check out Nicole Willis new offering,...
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Recommended releases 24-04-15

New Releases There are some really good new releases and reissues this week. At long last Dawn Pemberton 's Say something album has arrived on vinyl, its a great album so grab a copy while you can. Schema records have two very strong Italian Jazz albums from Yoyce Elaine Yuille - check her version of Penny Goodwin's classic 'Too soon your old' and Alessandro Scala. Greg Hestor and friends have a nice tribute to James Brown album.Shelia Ford has a soulful house album and there are good Jazz sets from Frank Catalano and Sax Pack. New Vinyl  Vinyl reissues include...
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Recommended releases 17th April 2015

There are some good new releases and reissues this week. Farnell Newton teams up with Jarrod Lawson to produce a really strong album. Bluey steps up with his second solo set. The reissues are amazing with Sandra Wright classic 70's soul set remastered CD, Leon Ware's two Elektra albums on one CD, Tyrone Davis, and extended Manhattans, Phyllis Hyman and james brown cds' . Gwen McCrae's funky classic 90% of me is you is on a reissue 45. Big thanks to everyone who came to Soul Brother last Sunday to meet Jarrod Lawson you can see the pictures here. We...