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MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE…

For his latest single everyone’s fave contemporary soul man CORNELL CC CARTER teams up with his old boss NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN. You’ll remember that CC was a backing singer for Narada for many years...

BASIE SWINGS…AGAIN!

Amongst many of the things the legendary COUNT BASIE and his ORCHESTRA were famous  for were their  “swing” albums ; indeed  the big band were synonymous  with the genre and though Basie died in...

A BLUE ECSTASY!

Over the last several months prolific Italian soul and dance music  producer ALEX PUDDU has released a series of singles – five in total that, we were told, were from an “upcoming” album ....

KINDRED SPIRIT …

JOSEPHINE ONIYAMA is a UK singer/songwriter. Born in Manchester but now working out of Liverpool (and why wouldn’t you?) she has three albums to her credit. Her last one was ‘Kindred’ which was released...

MIGHTY PECULIAR!

The prolific SARGENT TUCKER (above) is back with us with a new single. It’s a  surprising one too. You see it’s a  cover of a soul classic… and what a classic – Marvin Gaye’s...

 QUANTIZE NEWIE!

Latest release from QUANTIZE RECORDS  turns the spotlight on dance diva, INAYA DAY. House heads will know that Ms Day has graced tracks by people like Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper (Director’s Cut), Robin...

WITH TOTAL HEART-SOUL AND INSPIRATION…

Hot on the heels of their last 45 (see recent post on Dwayne Scivally), IZIPHO RECORDS deliver another quality 7” on cult band,  HEART-SOUL & INSPIRATION. You may know that the LA based outfit...

SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA…

MASUMI ORMANDY is a  Japanese jazz vocalist who we’ve just go to know via her latest album – a charming collection of standards, ‘Beyond The Sea’. To our surprise we’ve learned that Ms Ormandy...

AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN…

Boutique label, IZIPHO RECORDS continue their successful liaison with cult Nashville-based soul man DWAYNE SCIVALLY (above) via the release of a delicious, new 7” single that pairs two quality cuts – both of which...