R&B

One of the most revered Deep Soul singers of the Sixties alongside the likes of James Carr, Percy Sledge and O. V. Wright... OTIS CLAY was born in Waxhaw, Mississippi in 1942. He grew up singing in the church graduating into one of the greatest gospel...

One of the most creative musicians today, even though he says... "I just be doing shiet mane!"... Mononeon is always searching for what else he can do with his music. His songwriting and singing is quirky, experimental and definitely funky. What is...

One of the mainstays of the late 90s / early 2000s Deep Funk movement 'Soul Brother's Testify' is a fiery mix of funk beats and almost psychedelic, verging on heavy rock guitar. Randle was a jobbing Louisiana guitarist and bandleader, whose group...

One of the Italian soul-mod tracks that every DJ has always dreamed of having on 7-inch! Taken from GLI ANGELI DEL 2000 OST by Mario Molino, ASH is an ace uptempo dancefloor burner, provided by a great brass section, and sung by the fabulous Edda...

One of the great, lost albums of Philly Soul! And we mean really lost... we had to go to Italy and pay close to 500 euros to snag a copy for artwork. Jean Davis, Gwen Oliver, and Cassandra Wooten were known as The Yum-Yums when they auditioned for Arctic...

One of the biggest, breakbeat channeling stompers out there, courtesy of the in-demand duo Borai and Denham Audio, finally gets an official release with three fiery remixes via Room Two Records. A track that's ripped through airwaves and club dancefloors...

One of southern soul's finest records! The solo debut from Ollie Nightingale, Sweet Surrender, originally released in 1973, is finally getting a long-deserved analog reissue! Best known as the lead singer of Ollie and The Nightingale, Ollie...

One of soul music's great female voices, Millie Jackson's reputation was made by the release of "Caught Up" and "Still Caught Up", released in 1974 and 1975 respectively. Here we reissue "Caught Up" on vinyl. Both albums deal with infidelity - and see it...

One of my favourite Spring singles has always been 'I'm The Other Half Of You' by the supremely talented singer/songwriter and producer Ray Godfrey aka Raeford Gerald. When we looked further at the multi-track master tapes of the session, we found a...

One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory...

One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory...

One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory...