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TAKE ME TO THE WATER…

‘To The Water’ is the latest single from KEVIN FLOURNOY – a US keyboardist who’s been on the scene for nearly 30 year. Mr F has  has written, performed or recorded with people like Chaka...

 DOWN IN WEST MEMPHIS…

The (maybe) oddly named PARLOR GREENS (below) is a new soul-jazz-funk trio made up of music biz veterans – guitarist Jimmy James, organ grinder Adam Scone  and drummer Tim Carman. The threesome first came...

NO MATTER WHAT…

‘No Matter What’ is the latest single from US music producer and multi-instrumentalist DAVID McLORREN. It’s a complex, hypnotic affair with a femme vocal (unnamed on my copy). It’s not a lyrical, full-on vocal;...

CAUGHT UP AGAIN!

Wow … was it really as long ago as 1979 that Inner Life wowed us with their classic dancer, ‘I’m Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)’?  It featured, of course, a big...

PEACHY!

While we wait for the promised album from eclectic Californian band  BRAINSTORY, the trio (brothers Kevin and Tony Martin on guitar/vocals and bass, respectfully and drummer Eric Hagstrom) have just released another single that...

SWEET SOUL SUGAR…

We’ve featured French “soul-jazz-reggae” collective SOUL SUGAR several times  before. Based in Montmartre and led by organist GUILLAUME METENIER we were particularly intrigued by their recent single – a reggae flavoured take on Curtis...

WHERE IS THE PEACE?

‘Where Is The Peace?’ is the question posed by New York-born/Paris-based  singer-songwriter WOLFGANG VALBRUN on his latest single. Like his previous singles, ‘Cyclone’, ‘Keep Your Head Up’, ‘Love Yourself ‘and ‘Almighty’, ‘Where Is The...

OLIVER CHEATHAM; REISSUE

The UK soul crowd has a soft spot for Detroit soul man, OLIVER CHEATHAM. Indeed for a time, the singer lived in the UK. He sadly died here in 2013. His reputation rests chiefly...

SPINNERS KEEP SPINNIN’

THE SPINNERS are rightly considered one of soul’s Premier League vocal groups, so it’s always good to have something new from the veteran outfit (whose last original member, Henry Fambrough died in February). The...