R&B

Marcus Machado fresh off a collaboration with Daru Jones in th1rt3en is releasing his LP "Aquarious Purple." For fans of D'Angelo, Jimi Hendrix, and Raphael Saadiq. Sit back and prepare yourself to take a trip with this record that will touch an insane...

Mara Tk, a golden voiced, Maori-Scottish world-wandering citizen of Aotearoa (New Zealand) announces his debut solo album 'Bad Meditation', released 7th May on Extra Soul Perception. Stepping out on his own, Mara Tk is the former frontman of the...

Many people's favourite soul singer James Carr performs two classic songs that were discovered on Goldwax's tapes some years back but appear on a single for the first time. 'These Arms Of Mine' was an Otis classic, admired and recorded by many but...

Many great singers passed through the hands of late great soul/R&B producer Jerry Wexler, from Aretha Franklin to Dusty Springfield, but Etta James was a singer he willingly waited 20 long years to work with. 'Etta is a church in herself,' he said in his...

Mannequin Moonwalk.1. A Hire Plane 2. Irresistible Bitch (Feat. Kokane) 3. Funkasaurus Maxximus 4. Mannequin Moonwalk 5. Freedom (Feat. Kokane) 6. Hazel Nutt

Mamas Gun conjure the spirit of conscious '70s soul on bold and big-hearted new album, Cure The Jones. Out of the turbulence of the last two years comes the new offering from UK-based soul outfit Mamas Gun - a lush, nuanced meditation on a world turned...

Malaco has long been a favourite label of mine and I always felt that Jewel Bass was a huge talent that never realised her potential there. She was somehow was overtaken by the likes of Dorothy Moore, Denise Lasalle and Fern Kinney in the "pecking order"...

LUCKY BROWN's complete SPACE DREAM collection PART 2!!! The story of the invention of the term, 'deepfunk' is probably only known among fans and practitioners of this niche-genre. In short, it all started in the 1990s when DJs like Keb Darge, Mark...

LUCKY BROWN's complete SPACE DREAM collection PART 1!!! The story of the invention of the term, 'deepfunk' is probably only known among fans and practitioners of this niche-genre. In short, it all started in the 1990s when DJs like Keb Darge, Mark...

Lucky Brown is the alias and stage persona of American composer Joel Ricci, who conducts myriad combinations of musicians drawn from his Seattle Washington based Westsound Recording Collective in dynamic and spiritual public and private happenings. Via...

Lucille Mathis was a two-release mystery on the Abet label back in 1968. "I'm Not Your Regular Women" is a girl power anthem that was way ahead of it's time. Cut with one of three singles by Holly St. James. Also released in '68, "That's Not love" is an...

LP version. "Drum-machine soul, funk, disco and boogie from Buffalo, NYC. Rare 7' singles and previously unreleased tracks presented as an album for the first time. In the early '70s, Jessie Key and Sylvester Cleary - two passionate idealists living in...