Reviews
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2013-02-18
To Dust Alice Russell
Russell deserves to move from cult concern to a queen of British soul.reviewed by Adam Kennedy
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2012-10-10
Still Life Kylie Auldist
An invocation of classic 1960s and early-70s soul sounds.reviewed by Martin Longley
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2012-08-23
Green Onions Booker T. & the MG’s
They defined the Stax sound, but were always more than just a backing band.reviewed by Sean Egan
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2012-08-13
The Secret Life of Us Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band
A beautifully realised fourth outing for Dave Lee’s disco-heavy big band.reviewed by Daryl Easlea
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2012-05-31
What the World Needs Now The Sugarman 3
Thirty-seven economical minutes of discerning soulful party stompers.reviewed by Daryl Easlea
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2012-05-24
Medicine Man The Bamboos
The Australians’ hybrid soul and funk sound continues to impress.reviewed by David Katz
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2012-05-14
This Is Not a Drill The Impellers
Spirits-lifting funk from the south coast.reviewed by David Katz
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2012-04-09
2 Funkshone
A summery second set from the British groove merchants.reviewed by Angus Taylor
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2012-03-26
Faithful Man Lee Fields
It should be no problem for Fields to find a new audience with this collection.reviewed by Ian Wade
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2011-12-19
Presents: Britannia Shing-A-Ling Sunlightsquare
This is a triumph, and it’ll be exciting to hear what Sunlightsquare cook up next.reviewed by David Katz
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2011-11-11
Band on a Mission Push
Nothing new, but there’s enough fine funk here to keep the body moving.reviewed by David Katz
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2011-11-07
Soul Time! Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Forty very happy minutes in SJDK’s discrete funk universe.reviewed by Daryl Easlea
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2011-10-03
This Time Lack of Afro
Great party tunes which, weirdly, can’t quite relax.reviewed by Lloyd Bradley
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2011-09-05
The Best Of Quantic Quantic
A mammoth retrospective of the producer’s wide spectrum of sounds.reviewed by Martin Longley
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2011-07-18
The Bomb Shelter Sessions Vintage Trouble
LA’s saviours of old-school rock‘n’soul are too trad for 2011.reviewed by Andrew Perry
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2011-07-04
Soul UK Beverley Knight
Knight’s taste for a cover version is impeccable.reviewed by David Quantick
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2011-05-16
Off the Grid Dinner At The Thompson’s
A quiet, thoughtful, leftfield success for fans of the genre formerly known as trip hop.reviewed by Daryl Easlea
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2011-04-18
Tha Funk Capital of the World Bootsy Collins
Bootsy sets about waking up a new generation to funk’s heritage.reviewed by Daniel Ross
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2011-04-11
Dennis Coffey Dennis Coffey
Funk legend Coffey revisits his back catalogue with a lot of help from some friends.reviewed by David Katz
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2011-04-04
Scandalous Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
More of the same from Black Joe Lewis – and this is a good thing.reviewed by Daryl Easlea