VARIOUS: Motown Around The World (Label: Hip-o Select)
The Motown vault has to be the definitive bottomless pit. Like a creation of some Dan Brown type fantasist, its far corners and dark depths continue to yield great music that offers delights right...
VARIOUS: Uptown Soul And Funk (Label: Super Bird)
It’s amazing how the reissue and collectors’ labels keep turning up rare and obscure soul music and this new 20 tracker from the Super Bird label contains plenty of both. The album focuses on...
VARIOUS: The 2010 Summer Session (Label: Soul Unsigned)
This is the second in Soul Unsigned’s DJ series and the picker this time around is Mike Thompson. Thompson was a member of 80s band, Savanna, but since its demise he’s earned a worldwide...
VARIOUS: Get Down With The Philly Sound (Label: bbe)
Compared to the mighty Motown, the sounds of the equally magnificent Philadelphia International label (and its various offshoots) have been sorely neglected by its copyright holders. Sure, we’ve had lots of single artist reissues...
VARIOUS: Kon and Amir Present Off Track III, Brooklyn (Label: bbe)
For their third bbe compilation those redoubtable crate diggers – Kon and Amir have scoured Brooklyn and come up with a strong, soulful and funky collection that is both eclectic and accessible. The selections...
VARIOUS: Double Cookin’ (Label: Kent)
The instrumental has always been a crucial part of the Northern soul scene and (at least to the best of my knowledge) there’s never been an album dedicated to them… till now. Here the...
VARIOUS: Soul Unsigned Volume 4 (Label: Soul Unsigned)
This is Soul Unsigned’s fourth foray into the unchartered waters of the indie and unsigned soul scene and to my ears it’s the label’s most varied collection to date – varied in terms of...
VARIOUS: Funky Sensation (Label: Jazz FM)
Jazz FM’s latest compilation takes its titling from both the station’s regular party nights held at venues like Ronnie Scott’s and its Saturday evening soul show. Both take their names from Gwen McRae’s uplifting...
VARIOUS: Disco Love – Compiled and Mixed by Al Kent (Label: bbe)
To old time soulsters the name Al Kent means just one man – the legendary Detroit guitarist/producer best known for the infectious instrumental ‘You Gotta Pay The Price’. The 21st century soul dancers though...
