SOUL / FUNK

"Good Things" marks a shift in methodology from personal to political for Aloe Blacc, who refers to the project as his report on present conditions -...

As long as there’s been soul music there’s been Booker T. Jones. A session saxophonist on Stax Records while it was still Satellite Records at age 16...

'Tha Funk Capital Of The World' is the new solo studio album by American funk legend Bootsy Collins. The album includes the single "Don't Take My...

Chapter Two is singer Kelly Dickson and guitarist Werner Kristiansen. Having worked on several musical projects spanning a variety of musical forays...

On first spin, most listeners won't be able to tell that gutsy soul singer Charles Bradley's Daptone debut wasn't recorded in the late '60s and...

Dennis Coffey is a musician of rare pedigree. His recording career actually stretches back to the 1950s, though he is best known for the wah-wah and...

The Outsiders Are Back is the debut album by Kings Go Forth, the Milwaukee based soul band co-founded by Andy Noble, proprietor of the fabled Lotus...

Tweet When Jeff Tweedy and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legend Mavis Staples sat down to talk about what they wanted her album to sound like, they...

Some of today's biggest recording artists and producers have joined together to celebrate the music of multi-Grammy winning producer, composer and...

"I like songs that tell stories and I like songs that express universal emotions: for example, everybody falls in love and so I think my songs...

Following on from the Eighties Ladies reissue, Soul Jazz's Universal Sound offshoot deliver another sought -after Roy Ayers rarity. This time we get...

An attention to texture and surface lustre like nothing before. An immaculate album that oozes class and sophistication, moments of serene candour...

"I Learned The Hard Way" marks a bold step forward for a band who almost singlehandedly stewarded today’s return of soul music to its more...