WEEK 17 – SOUL INDEPENDENCE VOL 2/ TY CAUSEY

Solar Radio’s JM first Soul Independence compilation was one of the best new soul comps of 2011. The second volume will only enhance the reputation of this great series, doing what it says on the can highlighting the best new ‘Independent Soul’.

Ty Causey has built up a strong fan base for his mid tempo soulful grooves, his new also ‘False Faces’ is another good set from this consistent artist.

Victor Haynes album has been available as a download for some while and gets a welcome physical release.

Bill Withers is one of Soul music’s greats and his first album ‘Just As I Am’ has been unavailable for many years so the re mastered reissue is timely.

Hope that you managed to catch the new monthly daytime show on Wednesday, if you missed it the podcast will be available soon.

Have a great Bank Holiday weekend
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Laurence

Our sixth cloudcast on Mixcloud is up now - this time we're heavy on the Latin Jazz flavours with some great tunes pulled from the shelves here at Soul Brother HQ.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK - week ending 4th May 2012

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL INDEPENDENCE 2 - CD - MUSIC CONNECT - NEW - £13.99
The first volume of Soul Independence was one of the best new soul comps of 2011, and Soul Independence Liberated could well be of 2012. 16 tracks ranging from the summer groove of  Opaz ft Carter Frasier ‘Mr Lost’ to Syleena Johnson’s  cover of Curtis beautiful  ‘Makings Of You’. Kendra Cash ‘Smile’ Honey Larochelle ‘Be my Baby’ , Melodie Nicholson ‘ Stay Gone’, Smokie E Digglera ‘Say You Really Luv Me Baby’ are good upper mid tempo groovers, and Darrius ‘Say All The Things’ is the best  f the slower tracks. Really good comp.

Read full review and hear clips forVARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL INDEPENDENCE 2 - CD

TY CAUSEY - FALSE FACES - CD - TY CAUSEY MUSIC - NEW - £13.99 Ty Causey has his own groove, slinky mid tempo soul featuring his so soulful vocals. ‘False Faces’ will satisfy his fans as Mr Consistent delivers another album featuring 12 good tracks. ‘Must Be Magic’ ‘Too Much Baggage’ , ‘False Faces’ , ‘A Reason Why’ ‘Creepin (Showdown)’ are smooth soul with a groove, whilst the slightly slower ‘Tap Into This Chemistry’ and ‘I’ll Wait For You’ provide a nice contrast.

Read full review and hear clips for TY CAUSEY - FALSE FACES - CD
NEW, RECOMMENDED AND HOT SELLERS w/e 4th May 2012
NEW SOUL/JAZZ
TY CAUSEY - FALSE FACES - TY CAUSEY MUSIC - CD - NEW - £13.99 VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL INDEPENDENCE 2 - MUSIC CONNECT - CD - NEW - £13.99 VICTOR HAYNES - FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART - EXPANSION - CD - NEW - £13.99
COMPS
VARIOUS ARTISTS - LATIN CONCRETE - BBE - CD - NEW - £13.99 VARIOUS ARTISTS - BRISTOL REGGAE EXPLOSION VOL 1 - ARCHIVE - CD - NEW - £12.99 VARIOUS ARTISTS - BRISTOL REGGAE EXPLOSION VOL 2 - ARCHIVE - CD - NEW - £12.99 VARIOUS ARTISTS - BRISTOL REGGAE EXPLOSION VOL 3 - ARCHIVE - CD - NEW - £12.99
REISSUES
BILL WITHERS - JUST AS I AM - BIG BREAK - CD - NEW - £12.99
SINGLES
DYNAMITES FT CHARLES WALKER AND BETTYE LAVETTE - YOURS AND MINE/SERENDIPITY - OUTTASIGHT - SEV - new - £7

Hope you caught Charles Bradley on Jools holland show on monday singing 'World Is Goin Up In flames', if not check him on again tonight. Its amazing that this guy in his 60's can take the scene by storm with his debut album, raw soul at its best.
Charles Bradley available from soul brother records
CHARLES BRADLEY - STAY AWAY/RUN IT BACK (RSD 2012) - DUNHAM - 7" - 7" - £6 CHARLES BRADLEY - NO TIME FOR DREAMING - DAPTONE - CD - NEW - £13.99 CHARLES BRADLEY - NO TIME FOR DREAMING - DAPTONE - LP - NEW - £14.99
NEW, RECOMMENDED AND HOT SELLERS w/e 27th April 2012
NEW SOUL/JAZZ
QUASIMODE - BEST OF - 4 PIECES - BLUE NOTE (JAPAN) - CD - - £36.99 GEORGIE B - LETS BREAK THE ICE - GROOVE ASSOCIATION - CD - NEW - £11.99 KADICE - ROAD OF LIFE - UEG MUSIC - CD - NEW - £9.99 FILTHY SIX - THE FOX - ACID JAZZ - CD - NEW - £12.99
FILTHY SIX - THE FOX - ACID JAZZ - LP - NEW - £12.99CHARLES BRADLEY - NO TIME FOR DREAMING - DAPTONE - LP - NEW - £14.99
REISSUES
EMOTIONS - FLOWERS - EXPANSION - CD - NEW - £12.99 EMOTIONS - REJOICE - EXPANSION - CD - NEW - £12.99 DONNA MCGHEE - MAKE IT LAST FOREVER - BIG BREAK - CD - NEW - £12.99RENE AND ANGELA - RISE - BIG BREAK - CD - NEW - £12.99
EDDIE RUSS - FRESH OUT - SOUL JAZZ - LP - NEW - £14.99 CLIFFORD COULTER - THE BETTER PART OF ME - BIG BREAK - CD - NEW - £12.99 PATRICE RUSHEN - PATRICE - SOUL MUSIC - CD - NEW - £11.99 PHILLINGANES G - PULSE - BIG BREAK - CD - NEW - £12.99
PHAROAH SANDERS - LOVE WILL FIND A WAY - BIG BREAK - CD - NEW - £12.99
COMPILATIONS
VARIOUS ARTISTS - NORTHERN SOUL COLLECTOR VOL 2 - OUTTA SIGHT - CD - NEW - £12.99 VARIOUS ARTISTS - HALL OF FAME - RARE AND UNISSUED GEMS FROM THE FAME VAULTS - KENT - CD - NEW - £13.99 VARIOUS ARTISTS - KING NEW BREED R&B VOLUME 2 - KENT - CD - NEW - £13.99VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL CAL - FUNKY DISCO AND MODERN SOUL - NOW AGAIN (CD/BK) - CD - NEW - £16.99
7" & 12" SINGLES
BOBBY REED - THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR LOVE/IF I DON'T LOVE YOU - EXPANSION - SEV - - £9 KENNY THOMAS - TURN IT UP/CRAZY WORLD - GO AHEAD - SEV - - £9 DANNY OWENS/LYDIA MARCELLA - I CAN'T BE A FOOL FOR YOU/IT'S NOT LIKE YOU - MANHATTAN (OUTTA SIGHT) - SEV - - £9ANDERSON BROTHERS/SKULLSNAPS - I CAN SEE HIM LOVING YOU/IT'S A NEW DAY - GSF (OUTTA SIGHT) - SEV - - £9
SKULLSNAPS - MY HANG UP IS YOU/I'M YOUR PIMP - GSF (OUTTA SIGHT) - SEV - - £9INCOGNITO - AIN'T IT TIME (EXTENDED) - DOME - TW - NEW - £6

PRE-ORDER FOR EARLY MAY
VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL INDEPENDENCE 2 (FROM EARLY MAY) - MUSIC CONNECT - CD - NEW - £13.99 VICTOR HAYNES - FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART (FROM EARLY MAY) - EXPANSION - CD - NEW - £13.99
LAST WEEK'S TOP ALBUMS

QUASIMODE - BEST OF - 4 PIECES - CD - BLUE NOTE (JAPAN) - £36.99 Quasimode are established as the leading Japanese jazz band and over the past 10 years have given us some incredible music. The Best of - 4 Pieces brings together many of the best tracks from their albums plus 2 new tracks ‘Catch The Fact’ (2012 full version)  beautiful modal jazz workout and ‘Acension’ (land of freedom pt2) ft Akiko is a stunning vocal jazz shuffler. Their classics include ‘Down In The Village’, ‘Object In the Mirror’ ft Carmen Lundy’ and ‘Man From Nagpur’. Absolutely essential.

Read full review and hear clips for QUASIMODE - BEST OF - 4 PIECES - CD

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL CAL - FUNKY DISCO AND MODERN SOUL - CD - NOW AGAIN (CD/BK) - NEW - £16.99 15 Obscure quality tracks from the Soul Cal label recorded 1971-82. Luther Davis 'You Can be A Star', UPC All Stars 'Don't Get Discouraged' Anubis 'Ecology' and Mixed Feelings 'SHa-la-la' are good modern soul dancers . Rhythm Machine's mid tempo rare groover 'Put A Smile On Time'is outstanding. Clifford Nyren 'Keep Running Away', Record Player 'Free Your mind' and Stanton Davis 'Things cannot stop forever are great vocal jazz funk dancers. This superb comp covers a few bases but really works, quality music throughout presented with an 80 page book about the artists.. Essential

Read full review and hear clips for VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL CAL - FUNKY DISCO AND MODERN SOUL - CD
TOP BAKERS DOZEN SOUL


INCOGNITO - SURREAL
Conya Doss - Pocketful of purpose
Pete Belasco – lights out
TINA JENKINS CRAWLEY – LONGEST JOURNEY
Blackbyrds – Gotta Fly
Sy Smith – Fast and Curious
Jonathan Winstead –Jonathan Winstead
Compton – Compton's Soul
Lee Fields –Faithful Man
Anthony Hamilton – Back To Love
Betty Wright –Betty Wright The Movie
Gina Carey – love Letters
L J Reynolds - Get To this

TOP TEN JAZZ

Gregory Porter – Be Good
Robert Glasper –Black Radio
Carmen Lundy –Changes
Filthy Six – The Fox
Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society
Cecilia Stalin – Step Like A Giant
Shilts – Going Underground
Khari Cabral Simmons – Clementine Sun
Club Belugas - Foward
Quasimode – Best of Quasimode