SOUL 4REAL…UPDATE
Just last week we posted about a couple of rather special, upcoming 45s from the ever-dependable SOUL4REAL label. They featured Frederick Knight and Annette Snell (read all about it @ https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/?s=annette ) but now...
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...
IT’S THE GOSPEL TRUTH
All self-respecting soul fans know that Gospel Truth Records was an important subsidiary of the mighty Stax Records empire. The good news for collectors is that Craft Records are preparing the first-ever digital release...
DREAMING BIG – CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT TALKS TO SJF
“My memory is not the best,” confesses 28-year-old Cécile McLorin Salvant, one of jazz’s fast-rising young stars, whose voice and music is not easily forgotten once heard. Her admission is followed by a...
VARIOUS; The Gospel Truth (BGP)
It’s surprising how few soul folk know that the mighty Stax label ran a gospel subsidiary. That imprint, Gospel Truth, was started by Stax exec Al Bell in 1970 and he put a trusted...
MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS: ‘Spellbound: Lost & Found’ (Label: Hip-O Select)
Originally released as an online-only US release some three years ago, this stupendous 2-CD set is finally available to UK record buyers via Universal’s Import Music Services (as the original pressing was limited to...
MARY GRESHAM: ‘Voice from The Shadows: The Story Of A Muscle Shoals Soul Sister’ (Label: Soulscape)
I guarantee that Mary Gresham is an unfamiliar name to 99.9% of soul fans. Indeed, even the most erudite of soul aficionados will appear non-plussed at the mention of her name. However, fans of...
