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It's coming around again, the countdown ticker says just 50 days to go till Saturday 19th April 2014. The Official website has a few words about some of the upcoming 2014 record store day related events. But the main thrust of this post is to ask if any of you soul record store or label types out there have got anything soul related planned for the 2014 one? Let us know via pm and if stand up can then feature as a news item Here's the official site http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/ A vid of the last years day http://youtu.be/3kvn1aXCoc0 Drop me info/news either via the pm feature or the "submit news" feature https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=post§ion=post&do=new_post&f=114 or for all you non-member types - via the contact soul source at bottom of every page Jason S photo Paint Dauber Jason SFeb 27 2014 04:53 PM Soul Brother Records have a couple of 45s coming out, one featuring an unreleased 70s soul thing and something not previously out on 7". More info when allowed. Mr Faye likes this Like mikeMar 04 2014 06:55 PM great stuff Jason, keep us informed any others doing anything... ? Mal CApr 14 2014 08:10 PM any more Jason on these Soul Brother 45's? mal SuttyApr 14 2014 11:11 PM G.C. Cameron unreleased track & Barbara Mason 'world in a crisis', they're on youtube and the record day website Mal

A heartfelt artistic statement paying tribute to the great songwriters of the classic “Motown” era. The idea was to highlight and re-record B-sides of lesser known soul music gems from the late 60ties up to mid of 70ties, inviting a variety of amazing artists to perform on one song each: Leela James - Teedra Moses - Jaguar Wright - Kathy Sledge - Syleena Johnson - Anthony David - Truth Hurts - Martin Luther - Joi - Stephanie McKay - Antonique Smith - Angela Johnson - Ben L’Oncle Soul - Sara Devine - Milla Brune - Mizzy We want to put this labor-of-love out into the world in a very different manner than how it’s usually done. We have come up with (we hope) absolutely extraordinary luxury packaging for this super-limited, hand-numbered collector’s item. This will not be released in digital form, no iTunes, no Amazon, no Spotify. For our limited edition run, we picked Kickstarter as platform: KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN LINK Clips/info/samples etc via this page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulfinger/soulfinger-life-love-and-passion Every unit will be uniquely identified by its serial number. NOTE: The serial on the prototype used in our photoshoot uses the name of our company ("Soulfood Music Group"), on the final product we will change this to: Soulfinger - Life, Love & Passion -- Nº: 000X Full list of participating artists: Leela James, Soul Train Music Award & NAACP Image Award nominee Teedra Moses, signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group/Warner Bros. Jaguar Wright, legendary singer, once backing vocalist of Jay Z Kathy Sledge, (“Sister Sledge/We Are Family”) Joi, lead-singer of Raphael Saadiq's Lucy Pearl (“Lucy Pearl/Lucy Pearl”) Truth Hurts, (“Truth Hurts/Addictive”) Anthony David, Grammy Awards nominee, reputedly First Lady Michelle Obama's favorite artist Syleena Johnson, Grammy Awards nominee (Kayne West - "All Falls Down"), daughter of Syl Johnson, TV One “R&B Divas” Martin Luther, Golden Globe nominee (“Across The Universe”), collaborations with The Roots Stephanie McKay, toured the world with Kelis, collaborations with Mos Def, Talib Kweli Antonique Smith, Golden Globe nominee (“Across The Universe”), played the role of Faith Evans in the film "Notorius" Angela Johnson, collaborations with Frank McComb, Eric Roberson, Rahsaan Patterson Sara Devine, backing vocalist Mary J Blige Ben L’Oncle Soul, Motown signature and France’s soul music super star Mizzy (“Soul:ID”) Milla Brune, Belgian shooting star MUSICIANS: Working on classics, it was important to us to have an identifiable sound all across the album and so we decided to work with a steady band of musicians, all having an impressive track-record: Steady backing band: Gene Lake - drums [Maxwell/D'Angelo/MeShell Ndegeocello] Jonathan Maron - bass [Groove Collective/Maxwell/India.Arie] Selan Lerner - keys [Nile Rogers/DJ Spinna/Kanye West] Mike Ciro - git [Janet Jackson/Raheem DeVaughn/Mariah Carey] Chops Horns [sugarhill Records/The Police/Alicia Keys] The Maze Ensemble - Andra Durham, Paul Umbach & Rob Arthur — strings [Peter Frampton] Guest musicians: Eric Smith - bass [musical director Rihanna/Mary Mary/Jill Scott] Jerry Barnes - bass [Juicy, Chaka Khan/Al Green/Roberta Flack] Jacques Schwartz-Bart - sax [D'Angelo/MeShell Ndegeocello/Roy Hargrove] Videos http://youtu.be/uUAgSCstOKs http://youtu.be/-NMyLzx_isU http://youtu.be/HNf6wqTY4Kw Official Site http://soulfingermusic.com/ Kickstarter site https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulfinger/soulfinger-life-love-and-passion Yos ZoulFeb 27 2014 08:39 AM "This will not be released in digital form," So what's this CD then? A new analog type we've never seen before? Steve GFeb 28 2014 08:06 PM Looks good….. Kevin BruceMar 01 2014 11:17 AM Great Project Guys It would great if you released them on 7" Vinyl promos. So that us Northern soul DJ'S a cross the pound in great Britain. Could play them and promote them for you. Keep The Faith Kevin Bruce Sheffield UK.

Here's another Kindle highlight This one is titled Southern Soul-Blues (Music in American Life) and was released last year but as the kindle edition is now available for £1.12 uk wise and is billed as 344 pages, thought maybe a highlight be of some interest Here's the blurb... Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition edition (12 Mar 2013) Review "Southern Soul-Blues takes on a woefully unexamined topic to make a significant contribution to studies in African American popular music. David Whiteis is a conscientious researcher, an astute observer, and a superlative writer."--Robert Pruter, author of Chicago Soul and Doowop: The Chicago Scene Product Description Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, southern soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era seep soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, southern soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances. Examining the history and development of southern soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of southern soul's most popular and important entertainers and provides first-hand accounts from the clubs, show lounges, festivals, and other local venues where these performers work. Profiles of veteran artists such as Denise LaSalle, the late J. Blackfoot, Latimore, and Bobby Rush--as well as contemporary artists T. K. Soul, Ms. Jody, Sweet Angel, Willie Clayton, and Sir Charles Jones--touch on issues of faith and sensuality, artistic identity and stereotyping, trickster antics, and future directions of the genre.

Sat Feb 15th 2014 all nighter cancelled Due to a combination of unfortunate events but mainly due to a licensing problem we have had to cancel tonight's event. Missing the January date threw me and the club, independently of each other, and we did not apply for the license in time. This would have been salvageable if it had not been for the licensing authorities announcing a visit this weekend and them not turning up on Friday so it would have been tonight and we therefore would have had to shut at 3 am, leaving a lot of nighter attendees frustrated. To make matters worse, I contracted gastro enteritis at 1am this morning and would not have been able to run the event and Keith Money rang up from Scotland yesterday saying he could not get down due to the weather. Others have said the weather would have stopped them attending. Rather than run a patched up dance from 11pm-3am I have decided to cancel it. If anyone has run up any pre-booked train expenses or hotels I will refund some or all of the money depending on circumstances. Please pass this message on to anyone who might be attending Ady: ady.croasdell@btinternet.com