There are some good releases this week. Mike City is a well known producer and his album of mainly uptempo soul/soulful house features many good contemporary vocalists incl Dwele, Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, Maysa and Lalah Hathaway amongst many others. This title is likely to be in limited supply so please order early to avoid disappointment. Joey Negro also has an album, of his productions 'Produced with love' which also features some remixes of classic tracks. Yet another producer Simon Law has an album this week 'Look To The Sky' ft wife Joanna law, Caron Wheeler, Chante Moore and maxi...
Josef Limberg 'Astral Progressions' Double Vinyl album has finally arrived and what a great album it is. If you liked Kamasi Washington 'The Epic' then this is for you, It features Kamasi, Terrace Martin, Bilal Georgia Anne Muldrow and many others, Brilliant stuff. Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano have an ice Coltrane tribute album and there is an instrumental of Lee Fields & the Expressions Special night LP. Two good 45's this week from Robert Montgomery (good double a sider on Soul Junction) and a new old school dancer from Benjamin & the Dreamdancers. There are some nice Reggae cd's/Lp's...
As the name suggests, this album documents Dutch masters Tristan’s live concert performance at “Club De Pul” and features some of their best known works from their two albums so far. ‘Keep On’, ‘Moontune’, the pulsating ‘Lifestyle’, the classic throwback of ‘Riverflow’, the Chaka/Rufus sounding ‘Let me Breathe’ and the less frantic ‘New Beginning’ serve to highlight what a tight band they are live, how strong Evelyn Kallansee’s voice is and what a great set of tunes they have in their repertoire. You really get the feel for the performances here. Superb stuff.
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...
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 Norah Jones returns to her Jazz roots with an album in the style of her debut from 2002. It is available as a regular CD, LP and a limited edition Deluxe Cd with four bonus live cuts. The Jacob Collier and Miles Davis soundtrack albums are now available on Vinyl. Reissues and compilations Edwin Birdsong's Philadelphia album is on CD with bonus cuts, and there is a good Definitive Grover Washington Jr double CD covering his total career. There are 4 Legacy of 3 CD sets from Sony offering great value and some un issued versions/mixes of classic Soul,Funk...
Some great releases again this month headed by the inimitable Gregory Porter who once again delivers a faultless set that will expand both his existing fan base and those yet to fully discover this unique talent. The ever busy Snarky Puppy provide us with yet another top album while Natasha Watts has followed up her debut with another sparkling set of well crafted tunes. Soul Brother favourite Marcell Russell teams up with Teddy Douglas to produce a great bit of 'Retro Soul' while Tristan are back with their third album. The Doggett Brothers have come back with a stunning set...
