By common consent one of the year’s best soul albums has been INCOGNITO’S ‘Into You’. Full review here: https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/reviews/incognito-into-you-shanachie-splash-blue-space-shower/. Released in October, it won critical acclaim, plenty of radio support and, most importantly, the...
EVERIS (Pellius) may not be a name too familiar to you but he’s worked with plenty of big names and my guess is that most soul collectors will have some Everis music somewhere in...
Five Star’s DENIECE PEARSON has worked hard this year to commemorate the band’s 40th anniversary and the momentum continues as Ms P launches her first festive single! It’s a new, original song ‘Santa Claus Is...
Been a while (10 years?) since we had new music from singer/songwriter, ALICE RUSSELL; so, nice to welcome her back with a new single, ‘Rain’. The song (written and produced alongside long-time collaborator TM...
Steve Okonski is the classically trained keyboardist with Durand Jones and the Indications but he also has a side hustle – a jazz trio that is called OKONSKI. His colleagues are bassist Michael Isvara...
THE TIBBS are a continental Premier League Dutch soul and funk outfit whose last two albums won ‘em plenty of friends. Both their 2016 LP ‘Takin’ Over’ and 2020’s ‘Another Shot Fired’ proffered an authentic take...
Since Aretha’s sad passing in 2018 there haven’t been that many retrospective/ greatest hits packages to (for want of a better phrase) “cash in” on the tragic news. Rhino released a 4 CD/81 track...
DOZJAK is a US musical duo made up of Ben Jackson and Fletcher Dozier. (Hence the name DOZ/JAK) . Ben is a guitarist and keyboardist while Fletcher plays trombone and guitar. The two came...
