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| Soul Clinic |
| March, 2009 |
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Click on CD Cover to listen or purchase |
| Just arrived at March 1, 2009 |
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Centerpiece / Kinda right (New Season)
really SOULFUL lead singers with TIGHT harmonies!! urban R&B meets traditional "soul music", contemporary version of The Dells, The Dramatics etc.? every group buff's MUST, well-worth buying (CD-R) |
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| March 2, 2009 |
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Rayain (Holiday RJirah Enterprises)
pronounced "rain", three piece male group with today's harmony, smooth yet emotional singings, 8 songs (mini CD, CD-R) |
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The Showcases / The change has come (L.A. 2000 Project)
5 gentlemen group from L.A., oldschool singings with smooth harmonies, worth tryin' if you love the moods of late '60s/early '70s (CD-R) |
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J. Rawls & Middle Child / Rawls & middle (Polar Ent.)
urban R&B/hiphop mix with "smooth soul" flavor, female lead singer a la Jill Scott or Sade |
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BluTrain / Freamwell (Canamera Entertainment Group)
smooth R&B with touches of pop, oldschool, funk or jazz, features various type of singers, Canadian release, try if you love the sounds from UK's Expansion label |
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| March 3, 2009 |
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Bobby Jones / Comin' back hard (Delta Groove)
veteran Chicago blues'n soul singer, mainly blues (with The Mannish Boys) but with light oldschool R&B flavor, hard singings |
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Billy Price & Fred Chapellier / Night work (Dixie Frog)
one of the most soulful blue-eyed singer meets French blues guitarist, mainly blues this time, but try Bill's version of "Love and hapiness" or song titled "O.V. Wright" |
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Mello Dee / Songs in the key of dee (Waybac)
female jazzy R&B with a touch of funk (CD-R) |
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| March ‚S, 2009 |
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Blackshire / Real world (Last Move Productions)
really soulful male duo (Johnnie & DuJuan) from Georgia, K-Ci & JoJo style and also sounda like R&B group like Jodeci or Blackstreet, worth tryin' this! (CD-R) |
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L.J. Echols / Another level (Neckbone)
southern R&B sounds from deep slowies to funky uptempos, not super heavy but emotional and groovy enough |
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Earl Gaines / Nothin' but the blues (Ecko)
wow! what a veteran singer! over 50 years long carrer! mainly blues but with few southern R&B slow like "If I could do it all over" |
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Vance Kelly & his Backstreet Blues Band / Bluebird 8Wolf)
mainly modern Chicago blues, few R&B with Johnny Taylor style |
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| March 5, 2009 |
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Soulfruit / Venerate (Soulfruite)
one of the most R&B tinged contemporary gospel group, their 4th album, soulful and strong singings with harmonies |
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Sheba / Butter on my rolls (Sheba Beck)
a.k.a. The Mississippi Queen, not Sheba Potts-Wright, downhome southern blues + Etta James type songs |
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| March 6, 2009 |
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L4L /Love 4 Ladies (JacBob)
harmony R&B group by four Haitian American males, strong singings with tight harmonies, sure good for ladies (CD-R) |
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Walt Coleman / Songs in tansition ( - )
mixture of urban R&B, oldschool soul and jazz, lots of emotional slowies, try if you like Jeffrey Osborne etc. |
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No Image / on't fall (Jacbob Productions)
female singer from New York, India Arie type, sophisticated blend of urban R&B, neo-soul, jazz and sopken words (CD-R) |
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| March 7, 2009 |
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Talking Book / Chasing the green (Third Angles)
Georgia band featuring Sam Salter! almost all emotional slowies with "neo-soul" feel |
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Crystal Aikin (Verity)
soulful contemporary gospel with her powerful vocals
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Lamont Johnson / Amore dance ( - )
full of oldschool R&B slowies, soft, delicate, relaxing & smooth singings with '70s flavor, some sung with sympathetic female singer (CD-R) |
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| March 8, 2009 |
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Harry Collins / Taste this ( - )
urban R&B with smooth and relaxing vocals, a bit easy-listening feel but emotional enough |
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Antonio Taylor / I love you girl ( - )
urban R&B with "old meets new" flavor, soulful vocals but with unstable rhythm |
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| March 9, 2009 |
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Jodi V / Seed of love (Rotation Music)
mixture of urban R&B, latin, pop and hiphop, lots of catchy songs |
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Ruben Cortez / Songs for the weary ( - )
R&B/pop crossover, 5 songs (mini CD) |
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Rachael Maurer / Go on and love ( - )
adult R&B + blues + jazz, soulful singings with emotion, 6 songs (mini CD) |
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Rocky Padilla / Raider nation (RPG Entertainment)
Chicano rap/R&B mix with funk flavor, no sentimental ballads in this album |
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| March 10, 2009 |
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Jelani Jackson / Expose (Jaleni &Jackson)
soulful urban R&B, full of emotional singtings with his own tenor voice |
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| March 11, 2009 |
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Darrall Campbell / I dig you ( - )
urban R&B with "smooth" jazz flavor, try if you love "smooth'n groovy" sounds |
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Tony P. / Getcha home ( - )
full of emotional R&B singings Keith Sweat influence, male singer from Florida (CD-R) |
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| March 12, 2009 |
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Enkore / The Basement (Dem Paper Boyz)
male R&B group with hip hop influence, smooth'n today's harmonies with a touch of oldschool, try if you love Jagged Edge etc. (CD-R) |
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Alvin Wayne Irving / Sexsolisions ( Nothing But Beauty)
smooth R&B with his own soulful voice, lots of emotional slowies influenced by traditional or oldschool R&B |
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| March 13, 2009 |
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Ron Anthony / II (Scorpiogem)
"grown & sexy" R&B with his emotionaly crooning voice, try if you like romantic love songs (CD-R) |
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Ron Anthony / It's Christmas (Scorpiogem)
all original R&B Christmas songs by this Luther Vandross type crooner, originally '06 release? (CD-R) |
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| March 14, 2009 |
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The Revelations featuring Tre' Williams / Deep soul (Decision)
what's a release! one of my best favorite R&B album in this few months, deep'n soulful singings with "traditional soul" flavor, this is really "old meets new" |
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| March 15, 2009 |
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Christian Keyes / Personal (Fahrenheit Music Group)
mixture of club bangin' uptempos and passionate love songs, male singer from California |
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Victoria Adexa / The prologue ( - )
mixture of gospel lyrics, neo-soul, and jazzy R&B, UK female singer, 4 songs only (mini CD) |
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Dion Mikel / The real diamond D ( - )
urban R&B/pop crossover with lots of downtempo songs, some sexy slow jams (CD-R) |
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Michael Angelface / American made ( - )
mixture of contemporary R&B, oldschool soul and rap with his own unique style (CD-R) |
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| March 16, 2009 |
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Charlie Wilson / Uncle Charlie (Jive)
what a veteran singer! and he did a really nice job again to create such his own "old meets new" style, soulful vocals with today's beat |
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| March 17, 2009 |
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V.A. / Love train : The sound of Philadelphia : Live in concert (Sony BMG
Music)
recorded "live" in June 7th '08 by TSOP, Threee Degrees, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Russell Thompkins Jr. & The New Stylistics, The O'Jays, G.C. Cameron, Bunny Sigler,The Delfonics, etc., they all still sing well (DVD) |
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The Dresden soul symphony (Four Music Productions)
very interesting concert "live", big symphony orchestra plays "soul oldies", features some big name singers like Dwele, Bilal, Tweet etc., German release (DVD) |
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| March 18, 2009 |
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Charles Alexander / The key (Kats)
pop'n oldscool R&B balladia, smooth or too smooth (CD-R) |
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Jai / Focus (Jai Entertainment)
gospel lyrics with urban funk'n R&B sounds, female singer from Missouri songs (mini CD) |
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kierra / The princess (42ent.com)
female singer from Georgia, mixture of urban R&B, dance, hiphop and funk (CD-R) |
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| March 19, 2009 |
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Ment 2B ( - )
you should listen if you're lookin' for todays's "Boyz II Men" or "Jodeci", full of soulful sultry and silky vocals! with harmony, well-worth tryin' this! |
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Boobie / Somethin I wanna say (Hot Shot)
urban R&B with Anthony Hamilton flavor, soulful male singer from North Carolina, 3 songs (CD single) |
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| March 20, 2009 |
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PC the Final Verdict / Control of me (Caveman Publishing)
Paul Caver from Ohio, mixture of guitar blues, southern R&B and urban jazz, smooth'n emotional singings (CD-R) |
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Martin Kember / Cycles (Teamwork Multi-Media)
blue-eyed urban R&B with Babyface influence |
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| March 21, 2009 |
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James Johnson & The Juke in Jazz Band / Rise up! (Fleshcoat Music)
mixture of urban R&B, smooth jazz, oldschool soul, hiphop and funk, some impressive ballads with emotional vocals like "Tippin' out" (CD-R) |
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Michael "Mr. Mike" Simpson / Evening after ( - )
followup release to his "Garden" album, pop'n R&B ballads/midtempos/dancers with smooth singings, oldschool flavor (CD-R) |
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Ebonee / Out of my life ( - )
contemporary female R&B with "pop" feel, catchy hooks (CD-R) |
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| March 22, 2009 |
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Mike Murphy / Love ( - )
soulful urban contemporary R&B with heartfelt lyrics, male singer from Ohio, worth tryin' this |
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Ruthie Foster / The truth according to Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music)
now she goes to Memphis! blues'n soul with Memphis twist backed by Robben Ford, Jim Dickinson, Charles Hodges or Memphis Horns, soulful and very southern! |
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| March 23, 2009 |
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Waltei / It is what it is (3-D Management, Inc.)
full of smooth'n downtempo R&B with a touch of gospel and jazz, emotional male singer from Virginia |
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June Rochelle / Play this ( - )
contemporary gospel with urban R&B flavor, not bad if you like Aretha or Patti |
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Michael Johnson / On this day (Yellow Skeleton Music)
pop'n R&B like Stevie Wonder influence, 4 songs (mini CD) |
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| March 24, 2009 |
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David Avery / Feel good for awhile (Bonedog)
Bonedog's new find but he's very veteran for over 20 years career, mixture of oldschool R&B, blues and funky with his own SOULFUL vocals, worth listenin' |
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| March 25, 2009 |
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Skrilla / Didn't hear this coming (Nadjaron)
male urban R&B singer from New York, emotional singings with "grown and sexy" mood, also touches of quiet storm and oldschool, you should try if you like Gerald Levert |
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Robert Gee / All my love ( - )
really emotional singer from California, contemporary R&B slowies + quiet storm ballads + sophisticated jazzy ballads, try if you like Brian McKnight or Kino Watson, worth checkin' this |
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Yahaloma / Fire ( - )
her 2nd album? contemporary gospel with strong urbamn R&B flavor (CD-R) |
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| March 26, 2009 |
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Darn-L / Grown folks music (D.M. Entertainment)
followup release to his "Conversation vol. 1" album, Ohio-born-Texas-based male singer, lots of emotional slow/midtempos with smooth-jazz flavor |
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Danian (Flow City)
Canadian female singer, urban R&B with smooth vocals, mainstream with a touch of "neo-soul" |
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| March 27, 2009 |
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Timothy Campbell II / Silent tears (HIMP HEAD INC)
urban R&B with soulful vocals, slow jams with emotion or groovy midtempos, worth checkin' this |
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Marsonette / The journey of a woman (Kemetdigital Publishing)
urban R&B with Mary J. Blige influence, female singer from Tennessee (CD-R) |
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Dane Riley / The return of funk ( - )
oldschool funk'n soul, self produced, arranged and composed album, male singer from Washington D.C. |
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Alex Williams / Living the dream ( - )
mixture of oldschool R&B, urban R&B and pop, male singer from North Carolina, only 7 songs (mini CD, CD-R) |
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| March 28, 2009 |
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V.A. / The Philly soul tribute project ( - )
new recordings of classic tunes from the Philly soul era originally made famous by The Stylistics, The O'Jays, TheSpinners etc., 11 various singers from Nashville, possibly blue-eyed singers, some soft-rock influence (CD-R) |
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| March 29, 2009 |
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James Bell / Sweet candy man (Three Diamonds)
followup release to his "Message to the world" album, veteran
Indiana (ex The Highlighters, "The funky 16 corners" fame) singer,
southern R&B like Tyrone Davis with his still soulful voice(CD-R) |
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Sheki / Not a lil gurl NE more EP 8 - )
pronounced "sHee'k eye", 17 years old girl from Pennsylvania, mixture of urban R&B, pop, dance, disco and gospel, 6 tracks (mini CD, CD-R) |
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| March 30, 2009 |
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Ricardo Malone / Songs from a journey (Seeing Light Productions)
gospel lyrics but almost sounda like soulful '60s/'70s soul, very soulful vocals, should try if you still love Sam Cooke or his followers!! |
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Vinney / It's a feeling ( - )
smooth yet soulful, heartfelt yet funky, urban male R&B with a touch of funk from UK (CD-R) |
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| March 31, 2009 |
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Elliot Luv Blaque (RE Music Group)
mixture of neo-soul, urban R&B, jazz and little hiphop, full of emotional slow/mid tempo songs, worth checkin' |
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Kashmere / Up and walking (AKXL)
dedicated of hope to children affected by war, emotional ballad, male singer from New York, one song 3 versions (CD single) |
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