Hello All

I'm keen to learn of any (relatively) contemporary artists that are making music that soul fans believe maintain and build upon the heritage of the most creative soul music era of the 60's and 70's. So far I've found a limited number of recent releases (For example some tracks by Cody ChesnutT and Kylie Auldist fit the bill. Are others finding anything from current artists that would stand up to scrutiny against the giants of the past?

Stuart

Good afternoon Stuart and welcome to the board.

Hello All

I'm keen to learn of any (relatively) contemporary artists that are making music that soul fans believe maintain and build upon the heritage of the most creative soul music era of the 60's and 70's. So far I've found a limited number of recent releases (For example some tracks by Cody ChesnutT and Kylie Auldist fit the bill. Are others finding anything from current artists that would stand up to scrutiny against the giants of the past?

Stuart

Try listening to Southern Soul Radio some great new music played on there , not of a Northern nature though.

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings isn't bad although sometimes seems something of a 'pastiche' of what soul should be, but still better than most, especially that endless list of female British white R&B artists (usually with one name) that came along and queue around the block once Amy died & the record money men realised a new revenue stream, they get lorded to high heaven by our media but wouldn't know real soul if it walk right up a smacked them in the gob.

I also quite like The Frank Pops Ensemble.

Aid.

Edited December 20, 201212 yr by MrsWoodsrules

Charles Bradley

Lee Fields

Give Mark Merry's Soul Sermon on Starpoint a go. Full of quality contemporary soul from both new and established artists

Edited December 20, 201212 yr by John Reed

What about this brilliant recording?

Sky Hi - Smoothie Pie - G.E.D Soul

Edited December 21, 201212 yr by marcos rguerra

I saw Charles Bradley at Manchester's Band On The Wall last year, he tore the roof off the place. Best soul singer today and can't believe he only just got discovered a few years ago and had been working small bars only.

Thanks for the responses here, hadn't come across ski hi before. Charles Bradley is something else. All the best

Tons of great stuff coming out on the Timmion label and their subsidiaries out of Finland, including the mighty Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators and Jo Stance.

Here's a few suggestions, a couple of English guys first:

Si Cranstoun. He mainly performs in a 50s R&B style and his idol is Jackie Wilson.

His song 'Dynamo' is a homage to Reet Petite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0z8963G7w&playnext=1&list=PL19D32F7DAE79EECF

James Hunter. He writes almost all of his own material, again mainly in an R&B style.

Kirk Franklin

Raphael Saadiq

I used to be a big Robert Cray fan, but his songs now all sound so very similar and he seems stuck in a rut.

Also well-deserving of mention is San Francisco/LA's Nick Waterhouse, who's doing the "New Breed" R&B thing so flawlessly, in my opinion. Still kicking myself for selling this record...

Edited December 27, 201212 yr by AndreasB

Raphael Saadiq

Check this chap out

Bazza

Al Lindsay - well worth a listen I think - also Dwight Chappell and a fair few others.

Cheers

Manus

And some great British based Soul

and of course al supersonic and the teenagers!!! just amazing that group....

Yeess the Soul boys from Granada, new Lp coming out soon, probably in febreaury ......

This ain't bad.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/articles/soul-news/dynamites-feat-charles-walker-r2610#soul-top