Monthly Archives: October 2017

Summer Vibes 2017

Darren Holland
A few tracks that have caught my attention so far this year –

    Avery Sunshine “Jump”
    Will Downing / Avery Sunshine “I’m Feeling The Love”
    Blez “Black Girl Magic”
    Paul Tilman Smith “Out There In Space” / “Soft Eyes” / “Summer Sky” / “April Fool”
    Mikelle “Regrets
    Gene Moore “Coming Home”
    Soul Understated (Ft Mavis Swan Poole) “We Fantasy”
    Tyra Levone “Can’t Love You More”
    Michon Young “Everyday”
    Coriology “Be With You”
    Kim Tibbs “Could I Make A Life With You”
    Not forgetting the new/old stuff – The Intrigues, Melvin Brown & Sammie Relford etc.

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Cooperettes & The Toppiks

“Win all your love” (Soul Junction) 7′ SJ1009
Release Date: Monday October 23rd 2017

The Cooperettes were four sisters, Janette, Angela, Debbie and Tina Cooper from Germantown PA. Who began their singing career under the guidance of their mother Ethyl. Originally performing gospel as The Little Cooperettes they dropped the ‘Little’ when they switched to secular music. Still under the wing of the matriarchal Ethyl Cooper they signed to the management of respected Philly radio disc-jockey and entrepreneur Sonny Hopson (The Mighty Burner) securing a recording deal with Brunswick Records in 1966.

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Scoot Groove feat: Al Hudson & One Way

“So glad”/ “Oceans of thoughts and dreams”  (Scoot Grooves) 7′

Many Young artists today are copying the funk soul of yesteryear quite successfully,
it’s not necessary to name names or bash their sonic efforts.
But just know Al Hudson & One Way are the real deal.
There’s no need to educate them on this era of music, they were THERE in the thick of it and more importantly still kicking today.

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Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul


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In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul music. It was a deeply segregated city, ill at ease with the modern world and yet to adjust to the era of civil rights and racial integration. Stax Records offered an escape from the turmoil of the real world for many soul and blues musicians, with much of the music created there becoming the soundtrack to the civil rights movements. Continue reading Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul →

The Chairmen Of The Board (Featuring Ken Knox)

“Words Left Unsaid” (Mophilly International) CD

When one of America’s most evergreen soul groups, The Chairmen Of The Board, collaborates with one of Philadelphia’s most prolific song writing teams, The Steals Brothers, who in turn are aided and abetted by one of Detroit’s most respected producers and arrangers McKinley Jackson, then you just know that the end product is going to be something that’s an extra bit special.

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