funk/soul tracks
Track: Rathborne – Losing It
If his last LP, ‘Soft’ peeked interest, then ‘Losing it’, the new single from New York City based singer songwriter Luke Rathborne will knock you to the (dance)floor. It’s taken from his upcoming long player ‘Again’, due out in march on his own label True Believer, and he’s drafted in Ted Young (Kurt Vile, Sonic …
Track: Jodie Abacus – Halfway to Mexico
Following on from his debut single ‘Good Feeling’, London based soul singer Jodie Abacus has released a new track, Halfway to Mexico. He’s already won support from the likes of BBC1Xtra as he marries R&B with golden age funk for something that sounds fresh and relevant. Produced by Royce Wood Junior, Halfway to Mexico opens …
Track: Kirin J Callinan – The Teacher
Its been a successful year so far for Australian singer songwriter Kirin J Callinan, after opening for both TV on the Radio and Tame Impala, dueling guitars with Mark Ronson & Kevin Parker as well as taking a park in the International production of “In Dreams – The Music of David Lynch”. He’s back with …
See: Jodie Abacus releases video for “Good Feeling”
Its getting dark outside, its raining, the cat’s mewing to be fed, the kids are becoming more like zombies ever minute they spend on whatever probably wholly inappropriate game they’ve talked me into downloading last, and yet here I am, sat amongst it all, with a smile on my face. It’s all down to Jodie …
See: Sean Nicholas Savage releases video for “Promises”
Just ahead of his three month tour of North America and Europe, which includes two UK dates (25th/26th November) Montreal based lo-Fi singer and songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage has released a self directed video for “Promises”, taken from his recent album Other Death, out now on Artubus Records. Amongst shots of Savage lurking in his …
Track: Jojee – Think of Anything
We’re a little behind – holidays and all that, but sometimes while trawling through the emails and submissions, you happen upon a little gem. So was the case with Jojee. Following on from her debut single ‘I don’t give a’ comes a new track – ‘Think of Anything’, once again produced by Mickey Valen. It’s …
Track: Lauren Desberg – He Loves and She Loves
Seems a bit of a cheek to have this, the new track from 23 year old Los Angeles singer Lauren Desberg, given that it was written by George Gershwin for his 1927 musical ‘Funny Face’. A Graduate of Berklee where she won the ASCAP Foundation’s Leiber and Stoller Music Award, Lauren Desberg has been gaining …
Track: Brownish Black – Life Lessons
I’m here, stuck in traffic, and yet, with a bit of sunshine outside and the new Brownish Black single Life Lessons, and you know what – life’s all ok here. The Portland based octet started out as a three-piece garage rock band, who have expanded and added a soul edge to their garage roots. Life …
Track: Bryan Ferry – Loop De Li, plus album news
Sometimes age isn’t kind. Judgement becomes cloudy, and previously unsullied back catalogues become minefields. So there’s always a bit of baited breath when artists such as Bryan Ferry (69 as it happens) decide to bring out a new album. Avonmore, out on November 17th, follows on from “The Jazz Age” and his more that passing …
Track: Fat Freddy’s Drop’s Clean the house available on free download
Damn those free offers. There’s always, always a catch. It’s those term and conditions that always do it. You know the bit that says, to the effect of – when it says free, what it means is free when you’ve spent about half your monthly wages on our other (slightly less well selling) stuff. Or …