Apostles – Banko Woman
Cultures of Soul has forged quite a name for themselves in the record industry. Whether it’s tackling a Brazilian forty five box set, private press jazz, Bombay disco, rare female […]
Cultures of Soul has forged quite a name for themselves in the record industry. Whether it’s tackling a Brazilian forty five box set, private press jazz, Bombay disco, rare female […]
The name Blay Ambolley and his Sekondi Highlife Band are synonymous with African highlife music. His latest release, Ketan is his thirtieth release. That’s right we said thirtieth, and still […]
Belgian outfit Black Flower come through this morning with an Ethio-jazz track to start off your week. Steering the ship is saxophonist Nathan Daems, who alongside Jon Birdsong on coronet, […]
This past year we had quite a bit of other records that were funky but didn’t fall under the funk or soul genre. They were influenced by a whole lot […]
Today’s goodness comes courtesy of Davd Hanke from Renegades of Jazz who has a new side project called Dem JuJu Poets. This project will feature heavy dance floor jazz and […]
With so much music out every day, sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So when we were introduced to Paris based composer/arranger/producer Etienne de la Sayette’s solo effort Maputo Queens, […]
In its seventh selection of Mukatsuku Records Afro Funk Gems, Mukatsuku Records visits South Africa and gives us two tracks that will certainly have the dance floor busting and grooving […]
Remember when you first were introduced to Cymande? We can remember it like yesterday. One of our DJ buddies broke out “Bra” and “The Message” and we went nuts. We […]
Music sounds and styles take many various forms, and a lot of sounds eventually come full circle in return. We’ve seen a certain funk and soul sound akin to the […]
In this round of international 45s, Mr. Bongo goes back to Africa with a pair of scorchers to light up the dance floor any time. For the first in the […]