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OUR HEARTS DON’T GO THAT WAY!

79.5 is a New York based band founded in 2010 by Kate Mattison. Right now they consist of Kate,  singer and rapper Lola Adanna, drummer Caito Sanchez, bassist Andrew Raposo and sax player  flautist...

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NATASHA WATTS: ‘Music Is My Life’ ( https://www.natashawattsmusic.com/)

NATASHA WATTS is a respected UK soul stylist, her work well-known to and revered by soul  collectors with a passion for quality sounds . Via her collaborations with people like DJ Spen and the...

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MORE SOUL4REAL…

Boutique, Spanish-based  label SOUL4REAL is lining up a brace  of new 7” singles for imminent release. The discs feature two cult artists  – ANNETTE SNELL and FREDERICK KNIGHT. Annette Snell, hailing from Georgia, was...

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EUPHORIC!

KEIKO MATSUI is a Japanese smooth jazz pianist whose work is often filed under “new age” music because of its reflective, meditative quality. She boasts and impressive CV with numerous albums under her belt-...

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HEAVEN’S RIGHT HERE AT HOME!

You probably don’t need me to tell you that sometimes the British soul scene is crazy! So-called British soul fans/collectors often ignore/neglect some great proper soul simply  because it doesn’t fit their narrow ideas...

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MAMAS GUN LIVE!

As previously reported, the Pizza Express Restaurant chain  have just launched a record label (see https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/news/pizzaexpress-launches-record-label/ ) – hardly surprising since several of the chain’s outlets regularly host live music. Amongst the first batch...

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MYSTIC MERLIN

THOM MERLIN is  a Dutch music producer who’s just hooked up with British singer-songwriter OSBORNE for a very catchy single, ‘Try’. ‘Try’ is an interesting cocktail of sounds. Its roots are in soul but...

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CRAZY!

Been a while since we’ve had some brand new music from REEL PEOPLE (Oli Lazarus, Mike Patto and Toni Economides) but we’re delighted to announce that there’s a whole new album (their first for...

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ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS LABEL RETURNS

Craft Records, the custodians of the Prestige, Contemporary, Riverside, Fantasy, and Milestone labels’ catalogues, is set to reactivate the iconic Original Jazz Classics reissue imprint with two new audiophile releases: Workin’ With The Miles...