Funk / Soul CDs

“Rolling In The Deep” will be the first single, released on Sunday January 16th. Written and produced by Adele and award winning British producer Paul Epworth, it’s a “dark bluesy gospel disco tune” according to Adele herself. Adele’s new album “21”...

The first posthumous compilation album by English recording artist Amy Winehouse. The album features unreleased songs and demos picked by producers Mark Ronson, Salaam Remi and Winehouse's family, including the first single, "Body and Soul", with Tony Bennett. The album is being released in ...

In 2006 the notorious 'Hopepa' (aka Joe Lindsay trombonist extraordinaire) - eased his outlandish antics for a brief moment and formed his own group: The Yoots! He enlisted his younger brother Sam Lindsay along with collegues Ian Gordon and Toby Laing. Then he summoned Mike Fabulous, the Yeabley ...

Who would have thought 15 years ago, a group of people, dedicated to bringing eclectic live music, an array of artists and like-minded people together would have come so far- From 700 people gathering in the Black Mountains in 1994 to 30,000 people gathering among the fields of Eastnor Castle Deer P...

Top 10 Urban Album of the Year. The sound of young Finnish funk. Willis and band breathe new life into an often curatorial musical tradition. – Mojo “Feeling Free” – Song of the Year – Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 1 They round up every stray vibe a soul LP should boa...

 Good Things is the 2nd album for California native Aloe Blacc, released by Stones Throw Records. Following on from his well-received debut album, Shine Through, also on Stones Throw, the Good Things album marks a shift in methodology from personal to political for Aloe, who refers to t...

The 2nd single from Aloe Blacc’s forthcoming Stones Throw album Good Things is a cover of the Velvet Underground classic Femme Fatale, backed with the instrumental version, on a heavy slab of 7” vinyl. Produced by Truth+Soul’s Leon Michels & Jeff Silverman, the track highlig...

Phil Collins's upcoming eighth studio album, titled Going Back, is due to be released on 13 September 2010. It will feature covers of 60's Motown & Soul classics. It is also to be his first full solo release in eight years, Collins having primarily concentrated on soundtracks, compilations, and...

Bobby Womack is set to release a brand new album on 11th June 2012 in the UK (12th in the US). Co-produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell, The Bravest Man In The Universe was recorded at Albarn's 'Studio 13' in west London and New York's Manhattan Center between October and December 2011. It's ...

Tracks: Disc 1 The Sunburst Band - He Is Akabu - Phuture Bound AC Soul Symphony - The Kinda Love Akabu - I'm Not Afraid Of The Future The Sunburst Band - Far Beyond Joey Negro - Make A Move Tamarras World - Trampoline! Sessomatto - Movin On Jakatta -...

New York City's premier jazz venue got the blues in April 2011 when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theatre at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage blues. The extraordinary collaboration paired these musical vi...

Warp Records is pleased to announce the release of Jamie Lidell’s third full-length album “Compass”. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, New York and Canada, Jamie’s fellow travelers on “Compass” include Beck, Feist, Gonzales, Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear,...

Uncovered breathes new life into tracks that you've already grown to love once before. A double CD of intelligent reworkings of hits, both young and old, by artists from across the musical spectrum. From classical to dance, from indie-rock to chilled out acoustic; each cover steers the original into...

Tracks: Disc 1 Asle Bjørn - Fyresvatn Booka Shade - Outskirts Glass Candy - Computer Love Hercules And Love Affair - Classique #2 (Edit) Figurines - The Air We Breathe (Prins Thomas Disco Mix) Infamy - Rest (Exclusive) Aeroplane 'Caramellas' Wi...

‘The Magic Of Boney M Deluxe Edition’ combines the previously available ‘Magic Of Boney M’ album and DVD releases in to one CD/DVD package. Also features addition of songs from hugely popular ‘Christmas With Boney M’ album. Featured tracks include &lsqu...

31 of her best, including "The Blues is My Business", "Crawlin' King Snake", "Born on the Bayou", "I've Been Lovin' You Too Long", "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", "Somebody to Love", "Try A Little Tenderness" and many more.

Soldier of Love is the upcoming sixth studio album from British soul, Pop, and R&B band Sade. It is their first new material since the 2000 multi-platinum Lovers Rock.

THE QUEEN’S SOUL SESSIONS. Two-Disc Aretha Franklin Collection Uncovers Unreleased Demos, Outtakes, and B-Sides Featuring Vintage Aretha at Work in the Studio. Nearly every music legend leaves behind a slew of unreleased songs, alternate takes of released tunes, and live and demo mater...

As a world-renowned soul singer who Smokey Robinson calls “Aretha Joplin,” Joss has sold over 11 million records globally. Having just turned 24, Joss has already amassed a career's worth of successes. She is also a Grammy winner, five-time Grammy nominee, and the recipient of two Brit Awards. St...

Tracks: Disc 1 Make You Smile - Russell, Brenda My Life - Chanel Gonna Get Over You - Brown, Beverlei Heads Up - Avani Just A Matter Of Time - Hill St. Soul Right Away - Patterson, Rahsaan All I Want Is you - Incognito Atlas - Redbone, Martha Just Because - Doss, Conya I Can't Get You O...

Philladelphia born, singer songwriter and legendary king of rock & soul, blues & gospel had worked with some of the most prolific producers of all time including Jerry Wrexler, Bert Berns, Dann Penn, Chips Moman, Tom Dowd & Don Convay to name yet a few. This Very best of compilation feat...

Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 have just been on a world tour, including New Zealand at the end of November 2009, opening for Pearl Jam at Ericcsson Stadium, and working their album White Lies For Dark Times which came out in 2009. Number With No Name has been on a B Rotate for 4 months on The...

The story goes that Ann Arbor native Andrew Cohen, a DJ/producer and member of Athletic Mic League and Now On, began recording neo-soul tunes as a little side project for friends and family, layering in all the instruments himself, then singing all the vocal parts, and then mixing the tracks with a ...

Featuring "I Want You Back", "Who's Lovin' You", "Honey Love", "Got To Be There", "Pride and Joy", "Eternal Light", "Boogie Man", "Maybe Tomorrow" and more.

Some of the best from the King of Soul.

This reissed collection features tracks from Jackson's childhood solo days, with singles such as "Rockin' Robin," "Up Again" and "With A Child's Heart."

Following up the first volume of classic tracks from the Big Chill label (remixed by Pete Lawrence) comes this two CD set of more remixes of the label's key tracks by one of Ninja Tunes' most respected artists, Mr. Scruff. Big Chill. 2006.

On November 1, EMI’s Blue Note Records will release …Featuring, a star-studded collection of the multi-platinum selling, multi-Grammy Award winning singer Norah Jones’s musical collaborations from the past decade. The 18 songs on the album include duets with such legends as Ray Ch...

Truth & Soul Records is proud to announce the re-release of Lee Fields Problems. The sonic palette of this record reaches far and wide, ranging from the rampaging psychedelic funk of "Bad Trip" to the softer introspective sounds of "Honey Dove", but that's just the beginning....

Postwar urban America produced street corner harmony groups who updated the sound of the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots into a hip style suited to the Rock & Roll era.

A collection from the New Orleans legend. Professor Longhair was a crucial influence on Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint among many others, as his irresistibly infectious piano playing perfectly echoed the spirit of his native New Orleans. This double disc compilation contains 36 tracks including...

Christmas Day 2008 saw the passing of one of the true pioneers of Afro-American entertainment. Eartha Kitt was not only an international star but one that gave new meaning to the word versatile. She distinguished herself in film, theatre, cabaret, music and on television. Miss Kitt is one of only a ...

Angie Stone has never shied away from pushing the limits of her music. With each new recording, she has consistently hit the world with something it didn't see coming. Unexpected encompasses a diversity of styles and influences that Stone has distilled over the years - rap, R&B, soul, funk and m...

A bargain bin reissue of the 1986 album FRIENDSHIP, SUPERHITS features Brother Ray in a series of duets with country singers, an idea that shouldn't be too surprising to anyone aware of Charles' classic 1961 album MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC. Most of the singers (and in the case ...

Spawnbreezie is back. The Urban Island artist from Independence, Missouri is back at it again with a third album dropping this month. Entitled Dear Billy, this new album definitely shows Spawnbreezie’s emergence and growth as a music artist. Since taking on music professionally in 2006, he has pe...

Deluxe edition includes 3 bonus remixes and a DVD with music videos and in-studio videos Aloe Blacc, the American soul singer, rapper and musician, has certainly already made a statement in Australia. Good Things was first released in Australia in March this year, and features the smash I Need A ...