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Johnnie Marshall's struck gold with this great self-produced release -- a sweetly-crafted record that takes us back to California soul of a few decades before! There's a nicely old school feel to the set -- not in terms of the production, because that's top shelf -- but in the way that Johnnie ...

Future Soul galore -- a great little compilation from the Freestyle label -- all put together from a range of US and UK Neo Soul recordings, but with a definite ear for the more cosmic side of the spectrum! The artists here aren't trying merely to ape contemporary or classic soul -- and instead ...

Killer work from Ledisi -- one of the best underground soul singers alive! This album has Ledisi opening up her bag a lot from her Soulsinger debut -- moving into some more jazz-based material, sung with a sweet mellow vibe that still retains all the soulfulness of earlier work, yet which also has ...

An excellent bit of modern soul -- very much in the vein of Jill Scott, Laurnea, N'Dambi, or some of the other current underground divas from the US indie soul scene! Ledisi's got a heck of a voice -- very rich and mellow, in a style that reminds us a bit of classic work by jazzy soul singers like ...

A strange title for a first record -- but quite fitting, given the impact that Erykah Badu has had on soul music! The record defines a whole new style of expression -- "Baduizm", if you will -- one in which Erykah sings with a depth that stretches back through a century's worth of jazz, ...

A wonderful, bossa-inflected jazzy soul surprise from UK-bred/Atlanta-based diva Julie Dexter and ATL-fellow Khari Simmons of Jiva -- an effervescent batch of tunes that meld the best modern soul styles of both artists with a mutual affection for bossa rhythms! The duo pulls off the blend with ...

The debut double team effort from G & D -- aka Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins -- two of the most stubbornly unclassifiable hip hop soul eccentrics on the Stones Throw roster -- working here on the Look label! Both Georgia and Dudley are responsible from some of the most out efforts on ...

The only album ever from Groove Theory -- but the set that introduced the world to Amel Larrieux -- whose vocal talents alone are worth the price of admission! The feel here is a bit more mainstream soul than some of Amel's later work -- but given the mid 90s date of release, the sound is still ...

The first release in a very cool little series -- one that focuses on up-and-coming indie soul acts -- none of which have a record deal yet! The 4-track EP features 4 really great tunes -- all numbers by artists we'd never heard before, and all done with a smoothly shimmering approach to ...

Simply incredible work from Swing Out Sister -- a group who left the charts decades ago, it seems, but who sound better and better with each passing year! This album may well be their best so far -- a swirling blend of soul, jazz, bossa, and 60s mod touches -- put together with an amazing approach ...

The long-overdue release of Inside My Love -- a sublime little set recorded by Trina Broussard in the late 90s -- originally planned for the So-So Def label, but never properly issued at the time! The album's years ahead of most soul of the time -- a great precursor to the Neo Soul explosion that ...

The long-awaited return of Ledisi -- an artist we've dug for years, finally getting her shot on a major label! Ledisi's lost nothing in her transition to the big time -- and the album's as deeply personal and soulful as her previous indie efforts -- a tremendous little record that we'd easily rank ...

Hats off to Kloud 9 for this excellent set of music -- new tracks from the current soul underground, all produced and supported by the mighty talents of the Kloud 9 duo! There's a much more unified feel here than other collections of this type -- thanks to a set of original tunes penned by the ...

A surprisingly wonderful tribute to the genius of Earth Wind & Fire -- new versions of some of the group's best songs from the 70s, all put together in a set that was supervised by Maurice White himself! The package is hardly the scatter-shot affair that other tribute albums tend to be -- and ...

We love this album! The set's a classic batch of jazzy grooves from a combo who were first known as Sade's backing band -- but who've rose to almost near-legendary fame through the strength of this set! The album's quite unique -- and was even more so for the time -- a cool, classy set that's ...

An excellent collection of contemporary soul from the New York scene -- key proof that the Big Apple is ready to challenge the underground work coming from Philly and Atlanta in recent years! Many of the artists here are ones that don't really foreground their New York connection -- especially in ...

A finally-released version of Frank McComb's legendary first album -- recorded in the mid 90s for Motown, but never released until now! Some of these tracks have appeared on the 1995 Bootleg set, but this 14 track CD presents the whole effort, but in a different song order and additional songs. ...

Spinna bats it out of the park with this one -- and lands himself a well-deserved spot in the 21st Century soul stratosphere! We've loved Spinna's work on remixes and other projects for years -- and although his Beat Generation album was great, this set is amazingly even better -- a tremendous ...

An excellent album of modern soul tracks by one of Brazil's current R&B stars! If you don't know Ed Motta, he's got a deep rich voice, a real talent for writing songs, and a strong respect for R&B tradition that runs the gamut from Leroy Hutson to R Kelly. This album features remixes of ...

An amazing album -- and a space soul classic for the 21st Century! Steve Spacek really caught us by surprise with this set -- because he's working here in a much deeper groove than ever before -- one that's slower, spacier, and which has him coming off like some outer space version of Marvin Gaye! ...

A definite trip to Pleasureville with Lizz Fields -- an artist who's really grown tremendously since we last heard from her! Lizz has a much more mature look on the cover of the record, and her music definitely shows that change -- a shift into tighter songwriting than before, and a really solid ...

A really wonderful little record -- equal parts jazz and soul, and recorded with the same warmly flowing vibe as the best recent work from Carmen Lundy or Dee Dee Bridgewater! The style is jazz vocal, but it's definitely got a hip sort of twist -- one that inflects each tune with a strongly ...

Badu is back with some of the deepest, funkiest and best music of her career -- a mindblowing treatise for a New Amerykah -- and what we'll consider an instant classic whether the world at large catches on or not! Erykah steps up this time with a set that balances the wilder impulses of her ...

Here's a great way to build up the modern soul side of your record collection -- a 3CD, 40 track set that's overflowing with great music from the Neo Soul scene! The package draws on work from labels that include Dome, Passion, Oyster, and Purpose -- some of whom also themselves draw on other ...

A really great little album, and one with an old school sort of depth! There's a quality to the music here that shows that Taniq's definitely not going through the motions -- not just rehashing a few contemporary ideas, but really reaching with the songwriting, and coming up with a sound that's ...

A really electric set of grooves from the Heavy team of Casey Benjamin and Nicky Guiland -- stepping out here in a batch of tracks that bristle with a mix of elements borrowed from hip hop and 80s soul! There's a nicely spare approach to the music here -- a really fresh style that's unlike ...

A great title for an equally great little record -- one that marks a whole new stage of genius for Philly soul maestro Vikter Duplaix! Vikter's been making our world plenty brighter with his music for a number of years, but with this record he earns our respect even more -- by smoothing out some ...

A motherlode of rare tracks from The Brand New Heavies -- a 2CD collection of their club and house remixes over the years, most of which were originally only issued on 12" singles! Although the Heavies' core groove has always been great enough to make their best albums instant classics, the ...

Beautiful live material from one of the greatest new soul stars of the past decade! D'Angelo's caught here in the legendary temple of groove -- London's Jazz Café, home to some of the best funk and soul shows in Europe. The crowd is extremely enthusiastic, and the whole thing falls together ...

A long-overdue introduction of Brooklyn singer Stephanie McKay to the US market -- especially given that her debut album was issued in the UK a few years ago! This 5 track EP is a bit of a teaser to Stephanie's projected full length US set -- and it features 3 new tracks that are all totally great ...

Pure niceness from Sy Smith -- her tightest album to date, and a really wonderful set of spacey soul tunes! Sy's always been great, but she really finds herself on this record -- working from a solid, soulful territory that's all her own -- and which makes her one of the freshest talents in the ...

Slinky soul from Tomas Docker -- an up-and-coming songwriter with a strong vision for his own music! Docker's got a style that's proud, but never too cocky -- a laidback, but confident approach to his music -- and one that really comes through in his vocals. He also plays guitar on the set too -- ...

Conya Doss delivers some of the best and brightest underground soul -- and this set is just as beautiful as her earlier work -- and perhaps her best to date! Conya has been bubbling just under the mainstream radar for far too long now, with roots in the Cleveland scene but with a soaring ...

A really classic-styled soul album -- less funk-based than most contemporary efforts, and more in the mode of some of the best mellow soul singers of the 70s! Glen Anthony Henry has some really great vocals -- an approach that's deep, yet never in a way that sounds forced or like it's trying to ...

A batch of smooth, jazzy instrumental takes on hip hop hits -- from Hidden Beach Records! If you scratch just a little bit below the surface of the Hidden Beach roster, digging a little bit deeper than Jill Scott, there's an ultra smooth, kinda Quiet Storm vibe of sophisticated soul with lots of ...

N'Dea Davenport returns to the Brand New Heavies -- and the result is one of the greatest records from the group in many many years! The sound's here is totally wonderful -- a real return to the classic funk of the Brand New Heavies' roots -- and having N'Dea back in the vocal chair, it's almost ...

"Destined To Be A Modern Soul Classic" says the sticker on the front -- and for once, they finally got it right! The album's the first-ever full length from Donnie -- a brilliant young soul singer who's been bubbling out of the Atlanta scene over the past few years, and who has only ...

Jill Scott's a singer with a mighty generous spirit -- and in addition to her own (all too few) recordings over the years, she's made some tremendous appearances on records under the leadership of other artists -- a good deal of which are included in this set! Jill's not the kind of singer to just ...

Instant genius from the mighty Eric Roberson -- easily one of the greatest soul singers we've ever heard -- and that's saying a lot, given how many records we've listened to over the years! Eric's one of the few artists who can bring a smile to our face from the very first note of a new album -- ...

The lost album from Sy Smith -- one of the sweetest voices in nusoul of the past decade! This album was intended for a major label release that never happened -- and it's issued here with bonus tracks. We try to steer clear of the murky waters of music biz politics and record release issues -- ...

The amazing debut of Ledisi -- presented here in the original mix and with the original cover! Ledisi's got a heck of a voice -- very rich and mellow, in a style that reminds us a bit of classic work by jazzy soul singers like Jean Carn or Dee Dee Bridgewater, but with more of a bite, and more of ...

If this is an appetizer, we can't wait until the full meal! Eric Roberson initially put this set together to whet people's appetite for his next album -- which is still a long way off -- but in doing so, he realized that he had way more tracks than he thought for the original EP, and he decided to ...

Philly DJ Junior is a man with some mighty talented ears -- and he's really outdone himself this time around -- coming up with a great array of contemporary grooves from around the globe -- all of which are a lot deeper and more compelling than anything you might hear in the mainstream! The sound ...

Incredible stuff -- an instant classic, and a record that will blow your mind! Ed Motta is known to most as one of Brazil's leading soul singers -- a nephew of Tim Maia, and the one true heir to the unique Brazilian soul sound that Maia formed in the 70s. And while we've loved Ed's records of the ...

A great set from Chicago's Nguzo -- a hip talent from the underground who mixes together equal parts soul, funk, and Jamaican-styled grooves! Nguzo's music is plenty righteous -- and every bit as forward-thinking as you might expect from the title -- a mode that has roots in that stretch back to ...

A wicked little debut from Keite Young -- one of the freshest stars in the Hidden Beach galaxy! Keite's got roots in gospel, but comes across here with a solidly soulful sound -- a style that echoes some of the modes of his Hidden Beach contemporaries, but which also has some grittier elements too ...

No junkyard jewel here, as Maya Azucena sounds even better on this record than she did on her debut -- more focused, more confident, and with a righteous groove that's really incredible! The album has Maya working with a small combo that's mostly acoustic -- a mix of guitars, percussion, bass, ...

Beautiful, simply beautiful -- a fantastic DVD package that really captures all the charm and charisma of Eric Roberson -- easily one of the greatest soul artists working today! We've always loved Eric's music on CD, and we're happy to say that we've put it in the hands of thousands of customers ...

The genesis of a modern soul genius -- Eric Roberson's first album, finally back in print, and filled with a wonderful assortment of early work! Eric kind of set this one up as an introduction to his wide range of talents -- including notes in the booklet about each tune and the story of its ...

Sweet and smooth grooves from the legendary Randy Muller -- an artist we know from his great work with larger horns in 70s soul, but who steps out nicely here on his own! The album focuses on Randy's own work on funky flute -- and features some really great grooves with a sweetly jazzy style! ...