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GET CONNECTED!

A-P CONNECTION is a French soul and funk band founded in 2012. At the core are Antoine Perez and Pierre Bonnet (hence the name!) Their mutual passion is funk and disco music of the...

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SHADOWLANDS

Lizz Wright talks about loss, cheffing in the community, and recalls hanging out with jazz legend Jimmy Scott.  As a serious recording artist whose career is almost midway through its third decade, singer/songwriter Lizz...

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SOUL DIRECTION : TWO – GOOD TO GO!

The team over at SOUL DIRECTION RECORDS have informed us that their two latest 7” vinyl singles are now good to go on their “Origins” imprint! The first is a pairing of ‘To Make...

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FOR ALL THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!

The eagerly awaited new album from MICHELLE DAVID & THE TRUE-TONES, ‘Brothers And Sisters’ wins release today, April 5th via Record Kicks. We’ve already enjoyed two singles from the album – the title track...

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JOSÉ JAMES: 1978 (Rainbow Blonde Records)

Acclaimed soulful jazz singer José James releases his long anticipated new album, ‘1978’, today, Friday,  5th April. It’s his 12th long player and it was flagged up as long ago as November when José...

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LUTHER – RARITIES A GO GO!

In February we posted the exiting news that a treasure trove of LUTHER VANDROSS rarities was to be made available very soon. Well. release dates have now been firmed up but the story behind...

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JAMES IS LIVING IT UP!

JAMES SAYER is a UK singer/songwriter and instrumentalist who made some waves earlier this year with his singles, ‘Cherry’ and ‘Chemistry’. Both channeled a melodic, poppy blue-eyed soul sound and there’s more of the...

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DEADLY NITESHADE!

NITESHADE is a soul and funk band hailing from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, though feisty lead singer Sharon Wilson is keen to point out that’s she’s from Norwich! The band have released a number of...

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BACK IN THE DAY…

Hard to believe  but it’s been something like 25 years since we first heard and enjoyed the talents of HIL ST SOUL. That was  via their Dome album ‘Soul Organic’ and in 1999, Hil...