Come December it will be fifteen years since we lost Pops Staples, patriarch of The Staples Singers, yet this year we get to be re-introduced with his music all...
For today’s rare cuts we celebrate another birthday of on the integral members of The Temptations – Mr Ron Tyson, falsetto and tenor with the group since 1983 a...
Whenever Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings are mentioned or written about, I can’t help but get quite excited. People say that Beyoncé is the new Queen of Soul, ...
Happy Birthday to Dennis Edwards, the former lead singer of The Temptations and The Contours! So in honour of one of the finest singers to be with The Tempts, a...
We’re barely into 2015 and Charlie Wilson has already delivered what could be the best album of the year. Forever Charlie is the seventh solo album fr...
George Jackson is a likely to be a name that will only really be recognised by those soul aficionados who typically favour the gritty Southern soul sound over t...
It was with absolute delight and excitement that we received the new single by Will Downing last week – and has he got an incredible song for you. The Prince of...
It's been a full and exciting week here at TFSR - first Junior Giscombe, now the legendary Bill Curtis - founder of the pioneering 'street funk' group The Fatba...
We're massive devotees of John Morales here at TFSR, and I had the privilege of meeting the man a few months ago. In addition to releasing his new compilation a...
Junior Giscombe - the man who gave us the soul anthem 'Mama Used To Say' - is back with a new project The British Collective. Joining forces with Don-E, Noel Mc...
Brought up on a healthy diet of soul and funk, Haff's dream was to become the first British member of The Temptations. Realising that his dream could never come true, he now curates The Funk & Soul Revue with website administrator Will.
