Posted on 21 June 2013 2 July 2013Group: Top Releases of the Week

Albums of The Week – 21st June 2013

Its a Great week for new releases and reissues this week, with quality and quantity.

Omar – The Man is a brilliant new album from the Uk’s leading Soul man and you can meet the man at Soul brother records tomorrow Saturday 22nd June 12-2 when he will be signing copies of the album. I look forward to seeing here. If you can’t make it but would like a signed copy please pre-order one below.

New in this week…

Great Soul releases this week from Tracy Hamlin, India Arie, and Andy Compton’s LAMP, along with the funky Polyrhythmics and smooth jazz of Kim Waters and Colin Watson make it a bumper week.

There are also strong reissues that include Love Committee , Inner life, Baker Harris Young and Tavares plus a brilliant unissued 70’s samba jazz album from Kenny Cox and rarity from Larry Nozero from the Detroit Strata label.

Charles Bradley

Did you see the amazing Charles Bradley film on the BBC recently? If Not, check it out on iplayer
His two fantastic albums are in stock here at Soul Brother – check them out below

Charles Bradley made a big impact with his first album and his more soulful follow up ‘Victim Of Love’ is a class act. He extracts every inch of Soul from his raw gritty voice and is backed by the wonderful Daptone Band and great production. ‘Love Bug Blues’ and the driving beat ‘Confusion’ have that full on production.

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Charles Bradley has one of those great raw and gruff soulful voices (ala Bobby Byrd) bringing his decades of singing experiences into his debut album, released on Daptone. ‘The World (Is Going up In Flames)’ is an outstanding track with a semi-funky midtempo beat and punchy horns, pure magic

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Classic Soul on your radio

On Sunday 23rd June Laurence will be presenting a one-off Sunday Soul soul on Solar radio 10am-12pm featuring classic Soul tracks primarily from the 70’s – hope you can tune in.