Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My

‘Oh Me Oh My’ is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one moment and a balm the next. It details histories both global and personal. Lonnie Holley’s harrowing […]

Durand Jones & The Indications – American Love Call

“Durand Jones & the Indications aren’t looking backwards. Helmed by foil vocalists in Durand Jones and drummer Aaron Frazer, the Indications conjure the dynamism of Jackie Wilson, [...]

Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool

Lee Fields is arguably the greatest soul singer alive today. In an age when the shelf life of an artist largely depends on posturing and trends, he has proven to […]

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – I Learned The Hard Way

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are already well known as one of the most exciting acts in the nation for both their explosive live shows and their prolic output of […]

Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You

Durand Jones’s Wait ‘Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones’s life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown […]

V/A – Mid-Atlantic Story Vol. 3

For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, […]

Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing

Howard “Youngblood” Bomar’s long overdue debut album finally makes landfall! Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers. But his artistry escapes that fate thanks to I, Who [...]

Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl

In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and “godfather of black cinema” Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970’s Watermelon Man shattered [...]

East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)

The only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn’t generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie’s Encounter label, which mustered only five LP [...]

Little Willie John – The Complete R&B Hit Singles (Yellow “Fever” Vinyl)

Diminutive in size but gigantic in stature, Little Willie John was a genuine architect of soul. Along with Clyde McPhatter, Ray Charles, and Sam Cooke, the visionary singer stood at […]

Cymande – S/T (Translucent Orange Crush Vinyl)

In 1972, with the release of their self-titled debut album, Cymande emerged as innovators of the black British music scene. Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots, the band […]

Sunny & The Sunliners – Mr. Brown Eyed Soul Vol. 2

Sunny Ozuna is a living legend and a man worthy of praise on many levels. In the Texas and Latin Music pantheon, few have been at it longer and are […]

Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)

A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh’s youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in […]

Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)

Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience – in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer [...]

Bobby Oroza – Get On The Otherside

Bobby Oroza puts his desire for the profound on wax with his sophomore album Get On The Otherside. Musically, he has updated the formula we were introduced to on the […]

Sylk – S/T

Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

Quinn Harris – Statements

Born in Texas but raised in Riverside, California, Quinn Harris first started playing music in 1954 when he saved up his paper route money for an alto sax. At a […]

JPQ – Quintessence

JPQ (Jimmy Person Quintet) was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Greensboro, North Carolina area who released just one album in 1983. Their only album (Quintessence) would become […]

Shock – Electrophonic Funk

Roger Sause (Born in Portland, Oregon) is a musician, songwriter and producer with several gold and platinum recording credits to his name. He started playing the piano as soon he […]

Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…

Houston’s reputation for developing first-class jazz acts is well-established, as a stream of young players has been distinguishing themselves for decades…among those musicians and mentors who [...]

Otis Redding – The Soul Album

Vinyl LP pressing. The Soul Album is the fourth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, released in 1966. Otis Ray Redding was an American singer, songwriter, record [...]

Lonnie Holley – National Freedom

This 5-song collaboration between artist Lonnie Holley and the late visionary producer Richard Swift is a tribute to urgent, raw, American art — from Howlin’ Wolf to Captain Beefheart, from [...]

Mfalme – Let Your Soul Fly

Yes ! Mfalme is the Swahili name that Jimmie Raye decided to keep while on holidays in Kenya. He used his real name and this alias to release the same […]

Marvin Holmes – Ooh Ooh The Dragon And The Other Monsters

Reissue of a funk banger originally released in 1969

Frankie Nieves – The Terrible Frankie Nieves

Executive Suite – Executive Suite 1

The hard to find wonderful Executive Suite debut from 1974. A Philadelphia quartet with deep Philly roots, the members were part of various recording entities before Executive Suite. When the [...]

Voices Of East Harlem – S/T

The Voices Of East Harlem were an ensemble of vocalists who for Just Sunshine Records recorded two albums under the direction of Leroy Hutson and Curtis Mayfield. They were managed […]

The Miracles – I’ll Try Something

I’ll Try Something New is the third Tamla (Motown) album by The Miracles. The title track was an important early single for the group, featuring Smokey Robinson‘s lead voice, a […]

Ben Pirani – How Do I Talk To My Brother?

“It’d be easy to mistake this release for yet another soul revival album made by a dude who wasn’t there the first time around – but it’d be the listener’s […]

The Freedom Affair – Freedom Is Love

“Freedom Is Love” is the debut album from Kansas City’s newest soul juggernaut, The Freedom Affair. The album explores themes of love, heartache, empowerment, and togetherness through a varying [...]