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| Soul Clinic |
| April, 2009 |
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| Just arrived at April 1, 2009 |
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Roy C. / L.I.V.E. (HT)
his first "live" album including lots of his big hits, "live" at "The Roots N' Blues N' BBQ Festival", Columbus Missouri in Oct. '08, deep'n soulful southern R&B with his OWN style |
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| April 2, 2009 |
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C.O.A. / Melt with you (Toval Weakley)
three pice male group from Houston, urban R&B with a touch of hiphop, soulful vcals with harmonies, worth checkin' this |
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| April 3, 2009 |
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Miles Jaye / Time to get my mind right (Black Tree)
all his usual emotional/soulful ballads with a touch of jazzy sophistication, good for late night listening (CD-R) |
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Empire & Dean / A change is gonna come (Reg-Tone)
remake of Sam Cook's famous song, soulful oldschool, one song three versions (CD single, CD-R)
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| April ‚S, 2009 |
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Gary Lovett / Doin' it! ( - )
male singer from New York but sounds "southern R&B" with a little touch of blues, what's deep'n soulful voice! worth checkin' if you love southern blues'n soul sounds |
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| April 5, 2009 |
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Darien / If these walls could talk (Righteous Music)
"old meets new" R&B with "warm" feeling, male singer from New York, D'angelo or Eric Roberson meets Stevie Wonder? |
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| April 6, 2009 |
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Tamika Nicole / The art of letting go ( - )
the same singer as Tamika Williams-Clark, follow-up release to her "My message" album, soulful R&B with funk, blues and jazz flavors |
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Rare Gems Odyssey's Charles & Sandy Givings / Tear-jerker love songs (Sound Company Productions)
not the latest recordings I suppose, full of Sandy's emotional "oldschool R&B" vocals, good for your "sentimental" mood (CD-R) |
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| April 7, 2009 |
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G.G. & Lee / Simple things ( - )
team of Gloria Grayson and Lee Carswell, BeBe & CeCe follower with a touch of southern R&B, 7 songs only (mini CD) |
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God is Almighty / God is almighty ( - )
traditional male gospel with R&B, neo-soul and hiphop flavors |
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| April 8, 2009 |
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Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Get Level)
Akina is grandaughter of jazz trumpet great Nat Adderly, "New meets old" type R&B influenced by Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings |
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Bump Kitchen / Who ordered the waffle? ( - )
multi-racial funk group with a touch of "Washington go-go", male vocals |
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| April 9, 2009 |
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Carlos Redman / Love letters (Brown Eyes)
jazz vocals with R&B flavor = jazzy R&B? (CD-R) |
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Ron Parks / Platonic sex (Deedom)
laidback R&B with Barry White or Issac Hayes influence, warm smooth & sexy, followup release to his "Let's make a street" album |
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| April 10, 2009 |
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Sunih Reed / A story to tell (M&R International)
contemporary urban R&B with a touch of hiphop, some talkbox sounds, male singer from New York (CD-R) |
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Sonya / My journey (Thickbrow)
Sonya McGuire from Georgia, gospel lyrics but sounda like Jill Scott or... (CD-R) |
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| April 11, 2009 |
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Martha High / It's high time (Diaspora Connections)
the "full" album featuring her '07 single "The big payback", oldschool R&B with her usual funky feeling, better than expected, worth checkin' this |
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| April 12, 2009 |
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Jr Cross / Brainchild (JR CROSS MUSIC)
soulful blend of urban R&B, neo-soul, new Philly soul, jazz and hiphop, try if you like "slow groove", male singer from Oklahoma (CD-R) |
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Don Mac / Soul deluxe (Don Mac Music)
mixture of R&B, funk, hiphop and pop, light influence of southern R&B also, male singer from Louisiana (CD-R) |
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The Million Dollar Orchestra / Better days (BBE)
this takes me back to my favorite club sounds of late '70s "disco" produced by legendary Detroit musician Al Kent, snappin' drums and bumpin' bass with jazzy horns and little strings, few R&B vocals but mostly in a chorus mode |
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| April 13, 2009 |
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Serieux / I can give you love (Mar-Lo)
5 piece male group from Michigan, oldschool harmony R&B sounds with a new twist, The Temptations follower? some songs written by G.C. Cameron, worth tryin' if you're "group buff" |
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| April 14, 2009 |
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J. Whaley / The service station ( - )
mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul, oldschool soul and a little blues, emotional slow jams |
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Chidi / Unrehearsed (Selah)
UK female singer, blend of smooth R&B, traditional soul music, neo-soul and a little gospel, emotional singings |
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| April 15, 2009 |
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Von Sway / Are U ready (Brothers & Sisters Ent.)
urban R&B with hiphop influence from slow jams to groovy dancers |
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H Black / Virgo (H Black)
his 6th album? R&B/pop crossover with a touch of hiphop, some "talk box" sounds |
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| April 16, 2009 |
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"OG" Jacki Blu / Chiken wang (Cosmic Touch Entertainment)
bluesy funk'n Curtis Mayfield? laidback yet soulful singings with his guitar in '70s flavored back sounds, "CD (CD-R) + DVD" set |
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Makeda / Escape from Egypt (TIME Inc.)
gospel lyrics but dounda like jazzy neo-soul, lots of smooth'n emotional slowies, female singer from California |
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| April 17, 2009 |
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BlkIndianMale / Mad love 4 U ( - )
his 5th album? oldschool R&B with smooth and romantic flavors, lots of emotional slowies with a touch of Barry White etc. (CD-R) |
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| April 18, 2009 |
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Michael Powell / Get with U ( - )
urban R&B with smooth. mellow and laidback flavors, lots of "sexy" ballads (CD-R) |
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| April 19, 2009 |
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Larry Lange and his Lonely Knights / Live at Evangeline Cafe (My Tee Fine)
blue-eyed group with swamp or Louisiana flavor a la Sunny & The Sunliners or The Boogie Kings, sounds "oldschool Chicago soul" also, not bad if your keywords are oldschool, swamp, blue-eyed or Chicago |
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| April 20, 2009 |
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Julius / My time (Jubo)
lots of romantic R&B slowies with Luther Vandross influence, soulful male singer from Las Vegas, worth checkin' this! |
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| April 21, 2009 |
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Amanda Hendrix / Dream away (Caviar)
mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul and latin with "mainstream feel" (CD-R) |
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V.A. / HDP sessions (Higgy Diggy Productions)
lots of hiphop'n R&B songs by mainly young Chicago artists, showcase for the talents? (CD-R) |
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| April 22, 2009 |
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V.A. / Soul unsigned volume 2 (Soul Unsigned)
subtitled as "14soulful grooves from usigned & independent artists", Nash Reed, G.L.O., Unkle Funkle, Maxi, Sean Miranda, J-Funk, Muthafunk, Kevin East etc., lots of talented UK or USA artists, well-worth listening |
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Carmen J. Prince / No regrets ( - )
gospel lyrics but sounda like R&B! sultry and soulful singings with "old meets new" type flavor(CD-R) |
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| April 23, 2009 |
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Simply Torentha / Simply inspirational (Hush Money)
gospel? but sounds very smooth urban R&B with a touch of oldschool, very emotional and soulful singings, I love this album, well-worth listening, male singer from Connecticut |
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Randevyn / The Randevyn Project (Earthtone Music Group)
Atlanta based Corolado singer, urban R&B with "pop" flavor, good melodies |
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Lil' Baby / The way (T. Charles Productions)
female singer from Texas, R&B/pop crossover with oldschool feel (CD-R) |
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Uckdaddy / Swagga ( - )
mixture of urban R&B, oldschool soul, deep funk and hiphop, sounds a bit "home brew" (CD-R) |
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| April 24, 2009 |
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Uvee Hayes / Play something pretty (CDS)
veteran female singer! title song (duo with Otis Clay) is nice remale of Johnny Taylor's, soulful oldschool with relaxing feel, some blues also |
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| April 25, 2009 |
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CDP / Stimulation
Charles Payne from Virginia, smooth yet emotional R&B with a touch of oldschool, try if you love Gerald Levert etc. (CD-R) |
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| April 26, 2009 |
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Pat Cooley / Boy toy (L&L)
southern R&B diva, lots of remakes from slow ballads to groovy dancers, better than expected (CD-R) |
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Shirley Johnson / Blues attack (Delmark)
second album on this legenday Chicago blues label, modern blues with light touch of oldschool R&B |
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| April 27, 2009 |
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Big Robb / Jerri curl muzic (Over 25 Sounds)
his usual southern R&B with "talkbox" sounds, many guests like Carl Marshall, The Floaters, Archie Love, Omar Cunningham, Shirley Murdock, Sir Charles Jones etc., well-worth trying if you love his other albums |
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Theodis Ealey / Live (IFGAM)
modern blues with his guitar, almost all blues including his jukejoint favorite "Stand up in it", one blues song with Latimore |
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| April 28, 2009 |
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Chuck Strong / Sneakin' out (Laryan)
full of his usual southern midtempo groovers! smooth yet soulful singings (CD-R) |
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| April 29, 2009 |
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Anthony Wright / Feet on the ground (Palawan)
really "old meets new" type singer, all souful songs with his emotional singings, good and talented singer, try "Looking through the window" etc., well-worth trying |
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Anthony Wright / I stand alone (Palawan)
not on his above album, two songs (CD single) |
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Cyril Neville / Brand new blues (M.C.)
New Orleans funk'n blues with a touch of oldschool R&B, his most bluesy album |
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Luther Lackey / Jody's got my problems! (Ecko)
southern R&B with "downhome blues" flavor, better produced than before |
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| April 30, 2009 |
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O.B. Buchana / All the best of the basck up lover (Ecko)
southern R&B from slow ballads to dancers with his usual soulful voice |
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V.A. / Ecko records sampler (Ecko)
all typical southern R&B by Carl Sims, David Brinson, Denise LaSalle, Sheba Potts-Wright, Earl Gaines etc., plus one previously unreleased by O.B. Buchana, plus 2 songs by Sweet Angel from her forthcoming album |
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