Brighton-based Soulpersona is back just eight months after his collaboration with Princess Freesia on Fast Forward with another exciting solo album full of rare...
As lead singer of The Manhattans Gerald Alston has sung some of the finest soul ballads ever recorded. Now he is returning to his gospel roots with his latest s...
Earlier on this month we were excited to announce that Cleopatra Records were putting out a ‘new’ album of duets featuring Teddy Pendergrass and a whole array o...
There’s only one place to start when discussing the musical legacy of The Isley Brothers, and that is to marvel at the incredible longevity and creative consist...
Last July, Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick hosted a very special concert at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his musical creation,...
“I was born in Louisiana,
And at the age of two
My Mama told my Papa,
Our little boy has the blues”
Firstly, yes we know: Buddy Guy pays the blues n...
When we first started TFSR at the beginning of this year we thought we knew many of the top soul and funk artists in the business, but as started to build an au...
British soul appears to be currently going through a period of renaissance, leading the rest of the world in producing quality new grooves. This year alone we’v...
Best known in the UK for her stellar performances with Brit-Funk legends Incognito, Maysa Leak has just released her new album Back To Love on the Shanachie lab...
Last week - whilst we were spending an inordinate amount of time procrastinating rather than dissertation writing - when we came across one of the most exciting...