BROWNS BAG – SOUL SATISFIED

Great consistent old school style soul follow up to their ‘Labor Of love’ album. ‘You Touched My heart’ and ‘You Love Me’ are both great two steppers ft Ward Brown’s deep soulful voice. ‘You’re Contagious’ is a nice upper mid tempo dancer, whilst ‘Me Around’ and ‘Toss N Turn’ are catchy modern soul dancers with horns. ‘Rain’ and ‘More Than Friends’ are good ballads, and the remixes of ‘No More Love’ and ‘Things You Say’ from their debut will appeal to dancers. Overall a really good solid soul album which if anything is slightly stronger than their debut.
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JOHN LEGEND – ONCE AGAIN

Strong follow up to his massive debut is more mature allowing John’s voice to shine over some nice melodies and dancers. The single ‘Save Room’ is like a late 60’s floor filler, ‘Heaven’ an understated dancer and ‘Another Again’ a full production mid tempo head nodder. The 60’s theme is maintained with the beat ballad ‘Slow Dance’, and the shuffler ‘Maxine’, with the highlights being the motown style dancers ‘Each Day Gets Better’ and the great P.D.A (We just don’t care). Add a few piano led ballads like ‘Again’, ‘Where Did My Baby Go’ and Coming Home’ and you have a strong album.
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NATALIE WILLIAMS – SECRET GARDEN

Very strong and varied album from the UK singer, by far her best to date. The flute led ‘Secret Garden’, ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Don’t It Feel Good’ are great Organic style dancers. ‘Psychedelic Love’ is a nice mid tempo plodder with strings, ‘Conversation’ ft Nate James and ‘Dance For Me’ are more contemporary dancers. The up-tempo ‘This Girl’ has an early 70’s Invictus feel to it, as do the mid tempo dancer ‘Wall’ and the cover of ‘To Know You Is to Love You’, whilst the excellent beat ballad ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ has a 6o’s feel. Highly Recommended.
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REAL KOFY BROWN – LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO – MECCA SESSION

Incredible live session from one of our favourite word-song singers backed by an acoustic band (drums, piano, guitar, dbl bass) in a San Francisco restaurant. Kofy’s vocals soar over the warm but funky and jazzy as hell band. The driving ‘Let It Go’, Atmospheric ‘Do’ and catchy ‘What Could Be’ are familiar tracks to KB fans but this session brings them to life like N’Dambi did on ‘Tunin Up’ to songs from her first album. ‘The menacing ‘Dope Fiend’, more mellow ‘Fender Rhodes’ and the great 16 min ‘Cat In The Hat’ are equally strong. This is music with an edge that you can really feel. Wish I’d been at the gig.
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RUSSELL TAYLOR – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

Strong independent album from the soulful voiced Russell. ‘Hey Yeah’ is a fresh sounding up-tempo funky groover, ‘2B loved’ a nice mid tempo chugger and ‘Lady’ a strong mid tempo pulsating groove. Russell really excels on the smouldering mid tempo and beat ballads like ‘I Love You’, ‘How Deep’ , ‘Maybe I’ll Stay’, ‘Go Away’ and the title track. Well worth checking out.
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DARIEN BROCKINGTON – SOMEBODY TO LOVE

Darien’s music is at the soulful end of R&B in a similar territory to Raheem DeVaughn. The album mainly consists of mid tempo head nodding layered tracks like ‘Think It Over’, ‘More And More’, ‘Don’t Say Goodbye’, ‘I Got What You Want’ and the slightly slower ‘Come On Over’, ‘I Miss You’ and ‘Crazy’.
The highlights are the mid tempo dancers ‘He Will Break Your Heart’ and ‘Can We Fall In love’. its nice album, but would have greatly benefited by using real instruments.
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BRUCE GARDNER - BRUCE GARDNER

Good Indie album with a strong Maxwell feel, which also reminds me of the K’Alyn album of last year.
The album is mainly mid tempo head nodders, feat Bruce’s understated vocals like ‘He She You Me’, ‘That’s Me’ ,’Click’ and the hypnotic ‘Miss My Baby’ which has some nice keyboards. The highlights are the lightly funky foot taper’s ‘Your Man’ and ‘Madness’ and the moody slow beat ballad ‘Tonight’ (ala Gary Taylor) and the catchy ‘Kiddo’. This album grows on you with each play.
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TRAYCEE LYNN – THE AWAKENING

Sweet voiced singer/writer/journalist Traycee hails from Philadelphia (sounds a little bit like Erykah) makes a good organic soul album with an edge interspersed with extract from interviews with people like Jaguar Wright, Common, Saul Williams etc. ‘Music Of my Mind’ is the albums highlight an uplifting mid tempo groover which really hits the spot. ‘Salted Wounds’ and ‘Relax Unwind’ are nice acoustic Badu style catchy mid tempo ditty’s and the unusual ‘Video Whore’ , ‘Without The Tears’ and ‘I Don’t Have to Be Right’ are also worth checking. The Spoken Word ‘Bloody Waters’ and ‘Middle Passage’ are lyrically strong with good grooves. Some of the language is explicit – unsuitable for children.
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W.ELLINGTON FELTON OUTROSPECTIVE ME THEN, ME NOW

We kick off with ‘Funky Feeling’ and then slip into the groove with ‘Postcards From The Edge’ which Feat. Eric Roberson. Other tracks of note include the up-tempo ‘I Want You Like Her’, ‘3 sides’ a soul/rap track which feat Sy Smith and the groove driven ‘How Dare You’.
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NICOLAY HERE

From what is primarily a hip hop album comes some soul gems in the way of ‘I Love The Way You Love Me’ feat. Darien Brockington. A mid tempo beat ballad. Yahzarah shines on ‘Adore’. Sy Smith sings the hook on ‘My Story’. A back in the day groove feat rapper Kay.
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GEORGE SOULE – TAKE A RIDE

Legendary Muscle Shoals songwriter/producers and occasional singer George Soule makes his first ever album, over 30 years after his brilliant classic ‘Get Involved’. Naturally his updated version is true to the original but gives it a slightly contemporary flavour. ‘Something Went Right’, ‘I’ll Be Your Everything’, ‘Shoes’ illustrate his country soul approach, whilst ‘My World Tumbles Down’, ‘Bend Over Backwards’ and the dancer ‘A Man Cant Be A Man’ show his southern soul roots. The atmospheric haunting ‘Find The Time’ is a highlight, but ‘Get Involved’ is still such an awesome track it overshadows everything else.
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JOCELYN BROWN – UNRELEASED

14 unreleased tracks recorded by strong voiced Jocelyn between 2001-5. Highlights are the funky dancer ‘She’d Call’, the typically Jocelyn dancers ‘Find Someone To Love’, ‘Real Thing’, ‘Hey You Over There’, the beaty ‘Don’t Make a Mistake’ , ‘Sweet Fine baby’ and the jazzier ‘Forever’. Well worth checkin out.
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VARIOUS - BROWNSWOOD BUBBLERS

There are many tracks of note, but check Shawn J Period’s ‘Places Everyone’, Colonel Red’s ‘Blue Eye Blak’, Nicole Willis superb soul dancer ‘Feeling Free’ and Ben Westbeech monster ‘Nothing Else’. Soul , Jazz and Leftfield of the highest order.
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AMY WINEHOUSE – BACK TO BLACK

Amy goes Soul and retro on her 2nd set. The autobiographical ‘Rehab’ a sixty soul style dancer. In fact 60’s and particularly Motown set the tone for the whole album, with a touch of old school reggae which suits her brassy delivery. A solid effort , but note it contains explicit lyrics.
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FRANK McCOMB THE TRUTH 2

At last Franks' legendary Motown album gets an official and properly mastered release, combined with the remainder of his Malibu Sessions with Steve Harvey. The ballads 'More Than Friends', 'Only In My Dreams', 'So Lovely', 'Labelled As Love' and 'Intimate Times' illustrate why Frank is often compared to Donny Hathaway, with sparse keyboards and THAT deep soulful voice. The cover of Stevie's 'Golden Lady' is of course brilliant, and the slightly more groove driven 'Somebody Like You', 'Do You Remember' and the outstanding 'Love Is On Its Way' are also highlights. Even if you have a bootleg copy, you need this version of this timeless album from one of the premier artists of our time. Unmissable.
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ANTHONY DAVID - RED CLAY CHRONICLES


Anthony's second album is in a similar vien to but improves upon his first. 'Stop Playin' is a great mid tempo soulful foot taper, 'Everything Is Everything', 'Smoke one' and 'Words' ft India Arie are slightly slower but retain the vybe. 'Atl Sunshine'and 'Something About You' are real feel good catchy mid tempo tunes, and the hypnotic 'Kin Folk' and funkier 'Shonuff' maintain the quality, but the real killer is the title track a social commentary in the style of Cunnie Williams or Gil Scott Heron pure magic. This album grows all over you and is Atlanta Soul at its best, quality listening music with an edge (like a modern day Bill Withers), and will appeal to those who dug PJ Morton's excellent 'Emotions' set.
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LIV WARFIELD EMBRACE ME
LIV WARFIELD EMBRACE ME CD £13.95
Most of this year this would have been one of albums of the month. Liv has a great voice bringing comparisons with Ledisi and Antionique, and a good band with particularly nice keyboards. 'ABC' ft Bernard Purdie is a slinky hard hitting funky dancer, 'I Decided' a beautiful mid tempo atmospheric beat ballad and 'Feeling Lonely' a great ballad. Most of the album is mid tempo with highlights the Organic groover 'Groove DJ', the floaters 'Embrace Me' and 'Get Away' , the funkier 'Sophisticated Sista' and 'Work For Me' and the jazzier 'Waiting'. One of the best female albums so far this year.
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MARCELL AND THE TRUTH HOPES TOO HIGH
What a great uplifting album featuring the deep soulful voiced Baltimore based Marcell and a great band. 'Never Leave You Lonely' is a great inspiring jerky dancer (with shades of Rance Allen group), 'Hopes Too High' and 'Cold Rain' have a 2 step groove, whiles the string laden 'Breathe Love' and 'Your Eyes' have a Maze Influence. 'Maybe I'm Not The Man' is a nice mid tempo ballad (ala In The Rain) and the slower 'Coming Home To You' builds into a great climax. 'Evil Woman' is a modern dancer (using the riff from Valdez In The Country) and the driving 'Sending Your Way' also standout in this consistent album.
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SOPHIA DARCELL - SOUL ECLECTIC
Very nice smooth and sultry album from Miami songstress, that reminds me of both Sade and the Kuh Ledesma album from a few years back. The catchy dancer '7 Seas' has a mildly funky backing, 'They Love Like That' is a modern dancer, 'Ceyrah' and 'Make up Your Mind' are mid tempo tracks with unusual backing. The mid tempo plodder 'Senor Alvarez' is another highlight. The full band play well throughout and the soft horns and acoustic guitar interspersing with Sophia's sophisticated voice gives the album a nice feel, that is familiar but refreshingly different, which will appeal to both soul and smooth jazz fans.
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GARY TAYLOR - RETRO BLACKNESS

Gary's best album for a few years, mainly consisting of the quality soulful mood music that he is known for. 'Love Like No Other' and 'Loving My People' are good mid tempo plodders, whilst 'Do You Know','Old School', 'As If', 'Soul Murder', 'Thought I Knew You' and the great 'Ghetto People' are typical Taylor atmospheric mid tempo grooves. The killer though is 'My Blackness' a great mid tempo dancer that really stands out.
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RAY ROBINSON - WHAT IT IS

Canadian Ray, produces an album that in places has a D'Angelo feel to it. 'My Heart' is a good dancer in a Raphael Saadiq style, 'I'm Down' 'Good Times' and 'Heaven' are beat led mid tempo plodders whilst 'Girlfriend' has a more commercial feel to it with its catchy hook line. The slower mid tempo 'Gone', 'Bad Times' and the atmospheric 'Pleasure Is Pain' are amongst the highlights and really make the D'Angelo connection, whilst 'Patiently Waiting' is a nice beat ballad. This album is a real grower and well worth the effort of getting into.
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GOVERNOR - SON OF PAIN
Powerful voiced Governor Washington makes a lyrically strong intense album that is a good mix of Soul and R&B, that has an edge and improves with every play. 'Blood Sweat And Tears' using a Bohannon sample has a Jahiem/Donell Jones feel and is the most instant track. 'Out Of My Hands', and 'Forgive Me' (sampling Creed/Bell 'Lazy Susan') are also hard hitting soul tracks. 'Destiny' and the Raphael Saadiq produced cover of Donny H's haunting 'Never Wanna Leave' are more mellow and soulful and the albums highlights, but also check the mid tempo ballads 'That's What I'm Talkin' and 'On My Way'.
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INCOGNITO BEES + THINGS + FLOWERS

Bluey hits a retro groove with this album primarily consisting of covers and re-arrangements.. Check Roy Ayers' 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' featuring Joy Rose on vocals and the smouldering take of 'Summer In The City', where Carleen Anderson takes the lead. Maysa adds her unique vocals to the evergreen 'Thats The Way Of The World'. Several Incognito classics are given different semi-acoustic takes including 'Always There' and 'Still A Friend Of Mine'.
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SUPER-PHONICS INTERSTELLAR
This selection of fine soulful and upbeat grooves is provided by a collection of stellar UK session players. Try the driving riff-laden 'Dial L For Love' or the funkier Clavinet led 'Give A Little Love'. Linda Williams' 'Elevate Our Minds' is given a flute driven jazzy re-working, whereas 'Interstellar' is an early 80's style British Jazz Funk dancer. 'Everybody' follows a similar theme (Incognito/Freeez influence). Highly recommended.
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YVONNE GAGE - S/T

Welcome return from the 80's soulstress, this is the remastered version of an album from earlier this year.
'See Ya Again' is a good mid tempo foot taper, 'Surrender' a funky head nodder whilst 'Stuck On You', and 'Stay A While With Me' are nice beat ballads. 'Hey Boy' is another good ballad, and the powerhouse funky dancer 'Rainbow' is the albums highlight.
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V/A CLASSIC DETROIT STYLE R&B

A new album of 60's/70's/80's style soul. The highlights are the 80's style modern soul plodder 'Cant Help But Say I'm Sorry', and the 70's style modern dancers 'Give It What Cha Got' by Funk Factory and 'Anytime You Need Love' by Forte ft Jose Hamilton. Also check the dancer Charles Davies 'Born Again', the upbeat 'Over The Hills, Through The Woods' by Bluestown ft Melvin Davis, and the two steppers Arnell Carmichael 'Cant Help But Say Sorry' and Forte ft Scott Reo 'I'll Be Around'. This album will appeal to those who liked the Unifics album of last year.

AMP FIDDLER - AFRO STRUT


Amp's second album is actually stronger than his great debut. 'Faith' is a great funky foot tapper with a great B-Line. 'Right Where you Are', the unusual 'If I Don't' and 'Ridin' are all relentless dancers, 'Find My Way' a nice mid tempo plodder with a catchy hook and 'Hustle' a string laden atmospheric mid tempo groove (ala Hutson/Curtis). The beautiful melodic duet with Stephanie McKay 'Heaven' which features Bluey on guitar is one of the best tracks of the year so far. Outstanding album.
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MALA WALDRON - ALWAYS THERE

Quality vocal jazz with soulful overtones (ala Rachelle Ferrell/Carmen Lundy), from another lady with a famous father (the late pianist Mal Waldron). ‘Whispers In The Wind’ is a killer jazzy soul midtempo floater, ‘Ellie’ a scat vocal jazz dancer (ala Tania Maria) showing Mala’s keyboard skills, whilst ‘BVeacuae Of you’, ‘Always There’, ‘Too Good For Words’ and ‘I Do Remember You’ are more jazzy. Mala has a great deep soulful voices and this is best illustrated on the catchy midtempo soulful ‘Cant Stop Thinking About You’, the upper mid tempo ‘Maybe Its Not So’ and her slinky cover of ‘Light My Fire’.
This is quality throughout and probably the best jazzy soul album so far this year.
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YOLANDA JOHNSON - VIOLET FLOWER

Great Organic soul album from the daughter of Samuel Jonathan (of ‘My Music’ fame). Mainly consisting of funky mid tempo organic dancers like ‘Fly.. Shine’, ‘Keep It Moving’ , ‘Doing Dirty’ and best of all ‘Individual’, it also includes the great hypnotic mid tempo floaters ‘Running’ and ‘Change’ and probably the outstanding track is the slightly slower and more soulful ‘Get 2 Know U’ . Although only seven full tracks, this is possibly the best ‘Organic’ album of the year so far.
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CHERYL PEPSII RILEY - LET ME BE ME
Strong third album from Cheryl , possibly her best to date is lyrically strong and well sung as you would expect. Quality throughout the highlights are the mid tempo ‘Hold On’, ‘Cool’, ‘I’m Here’ ‘Come Over’ and Miss U’, the foot tapper ‘First Time’ and the funky dancer ‘I’m Like Every Other Woman’ (sampling Chaka) . also cherck the beat ballad ‘No But I Want To So Bad’ and the unusual title track.
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RONI - CALL ME

Subtitled ‘The Sexy Lady Of Southern Soul’ Rhonda McCullum (Roni) has a powerful soulful voice, which is strong throughout the album. The up beat ‘Do You Want’, and ‘Hit It Writer’ are winners, along with the more typical southern mid tempo dancers ‘Lets Shake It’ and ‘Cheatin On Me’. Roni’s voice is best suited though to the ballads ‘Call Me’ , ‘Love Grows’, ‘Not Gonna’, ‘Fool On My Hands’ and ‘Cant Stop A Good Thing’. One of the best southern soul album for a while, if liked the Ms Monique album , then you should love this.
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TERISA GRIFFIN - MY NAKED SOUL
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Terisa posesses one of those classic soul voices that ooze emotion with every nuance, like a Brenda Russell or Roberta Flack. Check the slow 'Did You Ever' with some nice rhodes backing or the slightly faster 'Sunshine', or 'Wonderful all timeless tracks. The midtempo 'Rose Coloured Glasses', 'Love Changed' and the catchy 'Alright' are also great songs, with sympathetic real instrumentation.'Cigarette In The RAin' is more contemporary but still very soulful. This is a very unusual album of its time, no dancers, beats or grooves just quality pure naked soul, and very refreshing for it, check it out !
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CONYA DOSS - LOVE RAIN DOWN

Conya's third album is again produced by Myron and mainly reflects his trademark mix of Soulful and R&B flavas. 'Tell Me Why', 'Find A Way' and 'Never Mind' are nice mid tempo plodders, 'Those Wur De Dayz' is a funky dirge like groover, 'Beautiful Thing' is slightly faster but retains the groove. 'The One' is a great mid tempo ballad with interesting chords showing her sweet voice to its best, and 'Why Did You' is a great uptempo jazz dancer and for me the highlight of the album.
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SLY - CHI
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Brassy, funky grooves from Portland Maine. This large group remind me of Tower of Power, Pleasure and in places early Brand new Heavies, full of energy, supertight, a full horn section and four singers. 'Wave Sound', Step on Up' Lost in Time' and 'Emotions' are all relentless funky grooves. 'Waiting For The Sun' , 'Animo' and 'I Can do' are slighlty jazzier but still funky whilst 'Hold On' and 'Its Everything' are more vocal and mellow being almost 2 step in pace. Another very different sounding album, well worth checking.
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VANESSA HAYNES - STAY WITH ME
This excellent debut puts Vanessa's powerful voice in the spotlight. The album has a unique sound that combines the best of the British 90's Soul sound with more contemporary influences. There are four standouts: the jazzy dancer 'Steppin Out', the lilting mid-tempo 'I Wonder', and the similarly paced head nodder 'Embrace' and the awesome 'Somewhere Under The Radar'. Strong instrumentation compliment the lady's undoubted vocal prowess.
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KENNY THOMAS - CRAZY WORLD


One of the most anticipated albums of the year. ‘Crazy World’ has been a popular modern soul dancer for a couple of years, and is typical of the rest of the album. ‘I Will’ is a punchy brassy dancer, ‘No Way In No Way Out’ another dancer with a late 70s Barry White feel, and ‘Sunshine Girl’ probably the best new uptempo track on the album. ‘Him’ is a great mid tempo funky dancer with great strings (ala Hutson),
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MISA MALONE – SHADES OF BLUE

Great new soulful voiced soulstress from the Bay Area makes a strong debut, one of the best female albums so far this year. Strong throughout , the highlights are ‘You Are My Heaven’ a great upper midtempo floater with a catchy hook (musically like Maze), ‘Whatcha Gon Do’ a mildly funky plodder with positive lyrics, the mid tempo floater ‘Free’ and the dancer ‘Love Found Me’. Also check the melodic beat ballads ‘Wondering’, ‘Shades Of Blue’ and ‘I Am Loved’. We’ve waited a long time for an album like this !!
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INDIA ARIE – TESTIMONY VOL 1 – LIFE + RELATIONSHIPS

India returns with her third set that underlines just what a fine songwriter and distinctive vocalist she is as illustrated by cuts like ‘These Eyes’, ‘Good Morning’ and the lovely ‘Private Party’. Try also the infectious single ‘I Am Not My Hair’. The album is infused with the relaxed, acoustic soulful vibe that characterised her brilliant debut ‘Acoustic Soul’ from a few years back.
Also available ‘Acoustic Soul’ and ‘Voyage To India’
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BRAND NEW HEAVIES - GET USED TO IT

N’Dea Davenport returns as lead vocalist of the Heavies and this album will appeal to their many fans. ‘We’ve Got’ , ‘Get Used To It’, ‘Sex God’ and especially ‘Right On’ are BNH style funky tracks. ‘Lets Do It Again’ and ‘All Fired Up’ see them in a disco/boogie groove (ala Chic) and along with ‘right On’ are the albums highlights. Also check the mid tempo ‘Love Is’, ‘Music’ and ‘I’ve Been Touched’ which add some variety. Far better than their last album.
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DONEL JONES – JOURNEY OF A GEMINI

Long awaited forth album from the soulful voiced Donel. Standout tracks are the mid tempo foot tappers ‘Im Gonna Be’, ‘Spend The Night’, ‘ Feelin You’ , ‘Lust Or Love’ and the excellent mid tempo ballads ‘Cry’ and ‘Special Girl’. Also check the nice R&B style ballads ‘My Apology’ and ‘Portrait Of A Woman’.
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LYNN FIDDMONT - FLOW
Good album of melodic jazzy soul from the soulful voiced Lynne. Highlights are ‘Flow’ a great mid tempo foot tapper, the floaters ‘Say’ and ‘Holiday’ and the slinky ‘Feels SO Right’, but the album oozes quality throughout
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DIVINE BROWN - DIVINE BROWN
A Strong contemporary Soul album, that combines different flavours. The killer song is the opener ‘Old skool Love’ but the ballad ‘My Cryin Eyes’ and down home feel of ‘U Shook Me’ run it close. ‘Longer Than I’ growls with understated bluesy Funk – gritty guitar riffs and wandering b-line underpin Devine’s powerful vocal. The set manages to sound very up to date and yet has a classic soul vibe mainly due to the vocal arrangements. If you liked Tasha’s World recent set then this is for you.
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JACQUI NOBLE - RELEASING EXPRESSIONS
Nice slightly jazzy tinged soul album from Atlanta, Jacqui has a voice in the mould of Jean Carn/Phyllis Hyman etc. The tracks are mainly mid tempo like the breezy brassy ‘Do You Know What You Want From Me’, ‘I’m Not Alone’ and the shuffling ‘You Said’ and ‘One Day’ and the ballad ‘Don’t Be Afraid’. If you liked the recent Lori Jenaire album you probably like this.
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V/A – THIS IS SOUL 2006


Another 16 great new independent artists featuring some of the outstanding tracks from the past year.
Incl P J Morton ‘No Ordinary Love’, Nuwamba ‘Forever’, Brown Baby Girl ‘Feels Like Love’, Chavous ‘Much Better’, Jazzhole ‘All The Ways’, Amar Khalil ‘Sunny Day’, Jeff Robinson ‘Waiting For The Tables To Turn’, Martha Redbone ‘Children Of love’ (excl chant and rap) and Natural Selection, Gabbie McGee, Crystal Night, Browns Bag, Inobe, , plus great new unreleased tracks from LaSonya Gunther ‘Ummm Hmmm’, Darien ‘Where Its At’ and Iman Williams ‘Just Wanna Be With You’. Essential
Also available : ‘This Is Soul 2005