After the incredible amount of releases over the past two to three weeks, there are relatively few this week, however there are some real gems. Legendary DJ Colin Curtis serves up a double CD or Double LP of Jazz Dance fusion dancers with fantastic music from the muse label which is essential.

Ronnie Wright aka Bespeak has a strong Soul/R&B album which includes some good slow jams. Chris Bowden and Wayne Escoffrey have made really good new jazz albums in the tradition , plus Maceo Parker has a new set. Those who are into or want to explore early Detroit Soul the Motor Town Soul from Detroit is an excellent value 10 cd set containing 18 original albums.

Please check the previous couple of weeks releases as there were many great new and reissue titles and 45’s that you may have missed

Pre-order for next week new 45’s from expansion plus the new Marion Meadows cd. You can see all the pre-order titles here.

This weekend we are offering a 10% discount off all titles on the website for all orders (*excluding Vouchers). This offer is exclusively for on-line orders (but can be used for on-line shop collect orders) and ends midnight on Monday 5th March, so get involved and treat yourself to some new music to take your mind away from  the Beast from the East. Your cart will automatically update with the discount.

Ropeadope have released some great albums in the last year or so, including the lovely new Molly Tanterelli album,  and highly acclaimed albums from Christian Scott, Nicholas Payton, The Pollyseeds and Eddie Palmeiri amongst others. You can see our list of Ropeadope titles we carry here.

The Wants List 4 is receiving some great feedback from customers and the press, if you haven’t done so already check out the video here and listen to all the great sophisticated soul tracks that are featured on the CD and Double LP.

Please put Saturday April 21st in your Diary which Record Store Day 2018.  The list of titles will be announced at 6pm on Tuesday 6th March and we will put a list on the site as soon after that as we can.

I hope that you enjoyed the show last week, if you missed it you can catch it on the podcast here. I hope that you can join me this Sunday at 10am on Solar radio/Sky 0129 or on DAB for anther Soul Brother Selection.

For those who receive the printed catalogue the new one is going into production next week and should be with most of you by next Saturday.

Also don’t forget to book to see Darien Dean at the Hideaway in June for another dynamic show.

Have a great weekend

Laurence