The Grooms ” Slow Down / I Deserve A Little Bit More” (197?)
In the 1960’s, when Atlantic, Stax and Motown were at their peak, a little-known label in Norfolk, Virginia, was also giving young kids with singing talent an opportunity to perform. Shiptown Records was headed up by Noah H. Biggs, who was nearly as famous around Norfolk for his sharp appearance …
Crucial Material – October 6th, 2020
Hope you are doing well and that some of these records will make your day! Here are our favorite EP’s, Albums and Reissues of the past week. As always we encourage you to buy digital or physical releases if you discover a release you love. Support artists and labels! JAZZ …
Crucial Material – September 28th, 2020
Back on the weekly pace. Hope you are doing well and that some of these records will make your day! Here are our favorite EP’s, Albums and Reissues of the past week. As always we encourage you to buy digital or physical releases if you discover a release you love. …
Special Touch “Garden of Life” (1991)
UK Street Soul, too often merely a footnote in the evolution of dancemusic in Britain, is receiving some long overdue attention. A recent string of essential reissues and features, plus increased airtime on radio and podcasts attest to the growing popularity of this often retrospectively termed genre, which loosely categorised …
Crucial Material – September 21st, 2020
Back on the weekly pace. Hope you are doing well and that some of these records will make your day! Here are our favorite EP’s, Albums and Reissues of the past week. As always we encourage you to buy digital or physical releases if you discover a release you love. …
Crucial Material – September 14th, 2020
Hope everyone is doing great after a restful month of August. Summer is over. Social distancing is back on. Dreams of massive global reunion parties are still on hold. 🙁 This will be our last double-stuff edition before we get back to our weekly pace of that crucial material. So …
Neil Swainson Quintet “49th Parallel”
Bassist Neil Swainson’s rare and sought after recording, 49th Parallel, is finally getting a much needed re-release (first time on vinyl) on Cellar Live’s Reel to Real imprint and la reserve Records. The debut and only album from one of Canada’s most important bassists, Swainson features tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and trumpeter Woody Shaw along with Jerry Fuller on drums …
Nikitch & Kuna Maze “The Leak / Domu & Sonar’s Ghost Remix”
It’s a very rare day when any record label manages to lure the legendary broken beat pioneer and veteran of Reinforced’s “2nd Wave”, Dominic Stanton, most commonly known as Domu, to come out of retirement to share one remix, let alone three, yet Tru Thoughts have managed just that. French …
Siti Muharam “Siti of Unguja”
The weight of history permeates this sumptuous album of modern taarab from Siti Muharam, the great-granddaughter of “mother of taarab” Siti binti Saad. Taarab originated in late 19th century Zanzibar when Arabic music introduced by the ruling sultans combined with influences from east Africa and the Indian sub-continent. Born in …