soul/funk
See: Rosie Lowe reveals new live video for ‘Mango’
Rosie Lowe has unveiled beautiful new song Mango, from her second album ‘YU’. With empowering new single ‘Pharoah’ currently playlisted on 6Music, Lowe has confirmed additional live shows at Rough Trade East, The Great Escape, All Points East festival and Giles Peterson’s We Out Here, on top of an October headline date at London’s Village Underground …
Classic Compilation: Sam and Dave – The Best of Sam & Dave
Sam and Dave, while not regularly being the first name to spring to the lips of members of the general public when asked to name a great soul act, released as many classic soul tunes as anyone during soul’s golden period. From the brilliant “Hold On, I’m Comin’” (the picture-sleeve of which depicted them riding …
EP: Smuggler Brothers – In the City / Jam
Palermo jazz/funk outfit Smuggler Brothers have returned after a long haitus with a new 7″ EP on the Schema label ahead of a new album, the follow up to 2015’s self titled debut, which drops next month. As an added bonus the tracks on the EP are not on the album, so it serves as …
Track: Jordan Rakei – Say Something, plus album and world tour news
Jordan Rekei has announced his new album, ‘Origin’ is out on June 14th via Ninja Tune, and from it he’s released a single, Say Something. It’s a happy go lucky smooth slice of modern soul at first glance. The sheen on the production glows, as Rekei’s silvery vocals warm the cockles against a backdrop of …
Album Review: Marvin Gaye – You’re the Man
In case you were wondering, You’re the Man is a double album’s worth of prime period Marvin Gaye, one of the few Tamla Motown artists that could remotely hold a candle to his label mate Stevie Wonder over the course of an album in the early 70s. From crooner, to both solo star and duet …
Album Review: Nick Waterhouse – Nick Waterhouse
In my 25 years plus as a music obsessive, one of the things that has become apparent to me is that sometimes you just need to hear a certain album or artist at a certain time for them to make sense to you. If you’d played me a Nick Waterhouse album five years ago, chances …
Not Forgotten: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul
For some, the convoluted release of Dark Night of the Soul (the record label shenanigans, the fact that Danger Mouse, Mark Linkous and David Lynch released a lavish booklet with a blank CDR on which you could burn copy from files that would not be nefariously downloaded (wink, wink)) almost eclipses the fact that this …
Track: Yasmin Lacey – Something my heart trusts
Out right now is ‘Something My Heart Trusts’, the new single from Yasmin Lacey, and the follow up to her recent single 90 Degrees. She’s one of the outstanding voices in British Jazz right now, and has received strong support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova, Tom Ravenscroft, Huey Morgan and Jamie Cullum, …
Track: Moses Mosima – Everything will be alright
Philadelphia singer-songwriter Moses Mosima has shared his new, self produced single, everything will be alright, and as he explains – it’s a reaction to all the negativity going on in the world at the monent. I felt compelled to record and write this song in response to the onslaught of negativity we are confronted with …
Track: Potatohead People – Do My Thing / Returning The Flavour
Vancouver duo Potatohead People, aka Nick Wisdom and Astrologica, herald the arrival of their album Nick & Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy, wout May 11th via Bastard Jazz, with a 7″ comprising of two of the albums tracks – Do My Thing and Returning the Flavour. It sees them teaming up again with Illa J, …