Anybody listen to NU Soul? (I dont mean commercial R&. There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade. To name just a few; Leidisi, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Drizabone, Sounds of Blackness.

Soul Brother Records in London have released some great compilations of New Soul as well as individual artists. Their Organic Soul series as well as This is Soul are exemplary.

Also, some Soulful House is good, although much of it is repetitve IMO. However, producers such as Masters at Work, Dennis Ferrer and Kerri Chandler have released some very soulful tunes.

What the rest of you think?

Anybody listen to NU Soul? (I dont mean commercial R&. There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade. To name just a few; Leidisi, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Drizabone, Sounds of Blackness.

Soul Brother Records in London have released some great compilations of New Soul as well as individual artists. Their Organic Soul series as well as This is Soul are exemplary.

Also, some Soulful House is good, although much of it is repetitve IMO. However, producers such as Masters at Work, Dennis Ferrer and Kerri Chandler have released some very soulful tunes.

What the rest of you think?

Rubish!

Rubish!

so is your spelling

Edited August 18, 200717 yr by chalky

Anybody listen to NU Soul? (I dont mean commercial R&. There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade. To name just a few; Leidisi, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Drizabone, Sounds of Blackness.

Soul Brother Records in London have released some great compilations of New Soul as well as individual artists. Their Organic Soul series as well as This is Soul are exemplary.

Also, some Soulful House is good, although much of it is repetitve IMO. However, producers such as Masters at Work, Dennis Ferrer and Kerri Chandler have released some very soulful tunes.

What the rest of you think?

We had Angie Stone on in the car t'other week. Got the Drizabone, Sounds Of Blackness. Another couple of good ones from around that time are Solo and Jesse Graham.

Edited August 18, 200717 yr by chalky

...What the rest of you think?

Hello,

There's always something soulful out there somewhere.

I'm obviously biased but I genuinely recommend our Selecta singles by Bobby Hutton, Simone De and Sheba Potts-Wright. All are great songs with a classic soul feel and I'm pleased to say they've all had good support and have sold very well.

For more info go to SELECTA RECORDS LTD

By the way, I just did the sync and master deals to place the Bobby Hutton song "Twenty Years Later" (and others) in a new movie which is now in post-production and will get a cinema release early next year.

Best regards,

Paul Mooney

Millbrand Music

Anybody listen to NU Soul? (I dont mean commercial R&. There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade. To name just a few; Leidisi, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Drizabone, Sounds of Blackness.

Soul Brother Records in London have released some great compilations of New Soul as well as individual artists. Their Organic Soul series as well as This is Soul are exemplary.

Also, some Soulful House is good, although much of it is repetitve IMO. However, producers such as Masters at Work, Dennis Ferrer and Kerri Chandler have released some very soulful tunes.

What the rest of you think?

Awesome mate............it's just one big ever evolving soul adventure for me...........has been for years and long may it continue.

Tunes going round in my head this week.................Funk La Planet "Summertime" and......................Richard Anthony "Keep On Living On".....it's all good to these ears!!

Cheers,

Mark R

Anybody listen to NU Soul? (I dont mean commercial R&. There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade. To name just a few; Leidisi, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Drizabone, Sounds of Blackness.

Soul Brother Records in London have released some great compilations of New Soul as well as individual artists. Their Organic Soul series as well as This is Soul are exemplary.

Also, some Soulful House is good, although much of it is repetitve IMO. However, producers such as Masters at Work, Dennis Ferrer and Kerri Chandler have released some very soulful tunes.

What the rest of you think?

Ive got all he Organic releases Andy, absolute cracking compilations. I collect soulful house also.

Soul Brother records is my favorite record shop & the guys are great to deal with, nothing is to much trouble.

Soul is a feeling not a date stamp.

Awesome mate............it's just one big ever evolving soul adventure for me...........has been for years and long may it continue.

Tunes going round in my head this week.................Funk La Planet "Summertime" and......................Richard Anthony "Keep On Living On".....it's all good to these ears!!

Cheers,

Mark R

Hi Mark. I really enjoyed your sets at Cleethorpes in the Modern Room. Great vibe in there most of the weekend

Edited August 18, 200717 yr by andyrattigan

Hi Mark. I really enjoyed your sets at Cleethorpes in the Modern Room. Great vibe in their most of the weekend

Cheers Andy............much appreciated. Some of you guys on here should come and say hello at Clegg, I don't know as many of you on here as I do on EMS forum, so help me put some faces to the names.

Cheers,

Mark R

so is your spelling

Wot doo yoo meen?

Love it. There's still lots of great stuff coming out. Jill Scott, Trina Broussard, Eric Roberson, Mikelyn Roderick, Ruby Baker, Ty Causey are all right up my street to mention a few.

There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade.

Agree Andy,

Fact is, there are some genuinely soulful artists recording in every decade (60's to present day) except that in recent years we've had to search harder to find the real deal.

Worth the effort though when you come across something Soulful... and fresh!

Would certainly reccommend the recent albums from...

Valarie Adams

Ruby Baker

April Hill

Onyx1

Kendra Ross

Anthony Hamilton

Theryl

Sharon Jones

and a real left fielder from 'Fried'... which is superb!

Here these... and more... at Without Boundaries next Sunday!

(A blatant plug for Contemporary Soul!)

Sean

Have a listen on here Andy.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=53758

Anybody listen to NU Soul? (I dont mean commercial R&. There are some genuinely soulful artists recording during the last decade. To name just a few; Leidisi, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Drizabone, Sounds of Blackness.

What the rest of you think?

From those you mentioned the forthcoming Ledisi album Lost and Found is without doubt a contender for album of the year 2007 ..timeless,classic quality from a 'contemporary' soul diva..perfection :-)

Lin

Have a listen on here Andy.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=53758

Some great tunes there. Cheers

Must give a mention to Butch Williams "Keep on loving me thae way you do" from his new album - Dave Thorley can sell it to you - excellent!

Oh, and Kirk Frankin's "looking for you" has to be one of the most uplifting tracks in recent years.

The CD by Onyx1 is most definitely one the strongest soul sets this year. You can purchase it from www.cdbaby.com and other places. The group has been around for a long time, first recorded as Onyx, but now as they make their grand comeback they have to call themselves Onyx1, to avoid confusion with brutal hip-hop act Onyx! I think a couple of members of Onyx1 used to be in vocal group Natural Four (ABC, Curtom) back in the day.

However, there are also many other nice soul releases out, many of which have already been mentioned on this forum - and in this thread.

Melismo

If by new and contemporary soul you mean music recorded outside of the 60's, no, not too keen really

Edited August 20, 200717 yr by Pete Smith

Must give a mention to Butch Williams "Keep on loving me thae way you do" from his new album - Dave Thorley can sell it to you - excellent!

This is Northern Soul 2007 eh!

just for something different might give this a spin on The Juice on Solar next Monday when I'm on.

If by new and contemporary soul you mean music recorded outside of the 60's, no, not too keen really

Mr Consistency.

Mr Consistency.

I listened to Roger Williams' last show yesterday on Solar and have to say .....It's been a while since I endured such blandness of music for such a long time. This is not a poke at Roger, I'm sure he's a well respected DJ etc, but the music itself left me cold. One track sounded just like another. Sorry , but if this is the stuff being punted as "modern" then count me out I'm afraid. It might be black....but a lot of it was like listening to a lounge singer in a hotel bar. Sort of there...but inconsequential.

You did ask Andy and at least I've made an effort to listen to it eh?

Regards,

Dave

www.theresthatbeat.com

www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

If by new and contemporary soul you mean music recorded outside of the 60's, no, not too keen really

Just heard a report that the Pope might be a little tiny bit Roman Catholic too !

Sorry not my cup of tea either, as Dave said, it all tends to sound the same.

But then that is what my family say about Northern in general, so i guess it's whatever floats your boat.

Just heard a report that the Pope might be a little tiny bit Roman Catholic too !

Sorry not my cup of tea either, as Dave said, it all tends to sound the same.

But then that is what my family say about Northern in general, so i guess it's whatever floats your boat.

I was trying a new tactic Bogue, being diplomatic

I was trying a new tactic Bogue, being diplomatic

It was working too till i spoiled it !

Errrmmmhhh

Hard choice to make...

I'll go for....

LOATHE IT!

Edited August 21, 200717 yr by Dante

Well done Dave Moore for at least taking a listen to it on Rogers show.

I find a lot of so called 'Modern Soul' leaves me cold too.

But there's some awesome REAL soul still being recorded out there... and in 10+ years or so there'll be a helluva lot of 'Northern' fans trying to find 'em.

I've always found it an interesting phenomena - it's as if many Northern fans really struggle to hit a moving target... and can only get their eye (or ear) in once the dust has settled!

Meanwhile... I'm tracking em down, loving 'em... and stockpiling 'em up towards me pension!

Sean

Edited August 21, 200717 yr by Sean Hampsey

Is the 2007 Ian Levine albumn NU SOUL? ------------------Joking.

Whats up with commercial R&B ? If you mean acts like Mary J Blige, I love it.....

As an interesting point, about 15 years ago I started to tape Robbie Vincent on his Sunday night show for a few months. At the time I was not all that keen on about 50% of the records played, but now when I replay them every so often in actual fact there is not much that I dont like.

Maybe as with Northern Soul, a few years have to pass by before the new records get fully appreciated, and by which time the artists have gone back to the day job because they could not sell enough records.

Ed

I listened to Roger Williams' last show yesterday on Solar and have to say .....It's been a while since I endured such blandness of music for such a long time. This is not a poke at Roger, I'm sure he's a well respected DJ etc, but the music itself left me cold. One track sounded just like another. Sorry , but if this is the stuff being punted as "modern" then count me out I'm afraid. It might be black....but a lot of it was like listening to a lounge singer in a hotel bar. Sort of there...but inconsequential.

You did ask Andy and at least I've made an effort to listen to it eh?

Regards,

Dave

www.theresthatbeat.com

www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Different strokes for different folks. It would be a boring old world if we all agreed on everything. While there is a lot of quality new soul,I still think the 6t's/7t's produced much more quality records than today. You really have to hunt down the quality stuff that comes out nowadays.