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,...
New Releases There are some really good albums and 45's this week. Jill Scott makes a triumphant return to form with 'Woman' her best in a few years, combining her unique sound with some old school influenced tracks, check the video on the albums page. The marvellous Diane Shaw album is now available on Vinyl although don't sleep on this as there are only 250 copies pressed, so I expect us to sell out quite quickly. All pre-orders have now been shipped. Philadelphia singer songwriter Aaron Parnell Brown serves up acoustic soul with a different twist on 'Tin Man', and...
New Releases There are some strong new releases this week. Top of the pile is the new Expansion compilation 'Soul Shine' an excellent set of 16 uplifting tracks perfect for your holiday listening, available on Vinyl as well as CD. Tracy Hamlin continues her path of strong independent soul albums with a new set 'No Limits' also released on Expansion. Dego puts his unique West London sound to a new album that has some nice mid tempo melodies released only on Vinyl. Drummer and singer Jamison Ross has a nice album. Soul Jazz records provide us with a second volume...
[threecol_one] New releases - Albums/CDs There are a couple of really good new albums this week. Firstly we have the second album from Lindsey Webster who is filling the void for quality sophisticated soul vacated by Sade many years ago. Her self titled debut was good, but 'You Change' elevates her to another level, check out the clips. Snarky Puppy's keyboard man Shaun Martin has taken seven years to record his debut CD '7 Summers' but it has been worth the wait. The Soul vocal tracks are quality mid tempo's but the jazz tracks are outstanding. Both of these sets...
It's a good week for Vinyl releases, with the Cool Million album now in on a limited Double Album set that looks really nice. Darrell Banks Classic 60's soul album 'Is Here' which includes his great 'Open the door to your heart' gets a welcome and lovingly made reissue on 180gm vinyl mastered from the original analogue tapes. There are some good 45's, Sam Dees 'superb Marvin-esq 'Gimme a little action' and The Avons modern soul 'When the boy that you love' being the cream of the bunch. There are some good CD reissues and comps with Sam records anthology,...
