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Funk your groove, to quote contemporary R&B duo The APX! By the way, the songs from Tyra Levone and Alex Puddu on the tracklist are from the brand new compilation album Luxury Soul 202 0 (terrible artwork, great tracks). On his 1979 Master Of The Game album George Duke did not want to handle all of the lead vocals himself. His role was that of a producer/keyboardist/songwriter, who was more than happy to share the lead vocals with Lynn Davis, Josie James, and others. Davis became the centre of attention, when Duke featured her on his dancefloor filler I Want You For Myself , the extraordinary single that made Master Of The Game one of his best-selling albums. What Cha' Gonna Do For Me is the brilliant third solo album by Chaka Khan​, former lead singer of funk band Rufus, which was released in 1981. Three singles came out from the LP: the Beatles "rework" We Can Work It Out (US R&B #34), the McCrarys cover Any Old Sunday (R&B #68) and the album's ti

Lou'Ana Lou'Ana : “Love can enchant your eyes to see the world as a mystical garden, lit up by the rays of Summer sun. It casts a spell on you, taking you on a "trip" away - a trip to pack your bags, or maybe a trip to psychedelia. Either way, we only got one lucky ticket around the sun - let go, enjoy the trip & indulge in the gift of enchantment love can serve up.” A handful of great soul songs from the past decade. Enjoy! Previous parts: Best Of 90s Soul and Best Of 00s Soul. Tracklist: Tony Momrelle – Shout It Out (2016) Maë Defays – Peace (2019) Kandace Springs – Talk To Me (2016) Kali Uchis – Body Language (2018) Tom Glide Feat. Funmilayo Ngozi – All I Need Is You [5AM Jazzy Jam Rework] (2017) Tei Shi Feat. Blood Orange – Even If It Hurts (2019) Cornell C.C. Carter – Where Do We Go [Boogie Back Remix] (2017) Zo! Feat. Carmen Rodgers & Eric Roberson – Love Up (2019) Najee Feat. Meli'sa Morgan – In The Mood To Take It Sl

I collected some soul, jazz & disco songs that all have one thing in common: they all would fit wonderfully in a yacht rock mix, because of the same relaxed and sophisticated “West Coast vibe”. Cool Out from Leroy Hutson, for instance, sounds like Steely Dan’s jazzy pop, Ragan Whiteside puts a soulful, groovy twist on Little River Band’s Reminiscing and did you know that Toto’s Jeff Porcaro played drums on Kathe Green’s Love City , which was initially released on Motown? In 1975 Kathe Green joined Motown Records, with producer Frank Wilson putting the best L.A. studio musicians together to work on her album (James Jamerson, Ray Parker Jr and forementioned Jeff Porcaro), but the record company lost interest along the way. After Love City was withdrawn as a single, Beautiful Changes appeared some time later, but little was done to promote it. Eventually Love City did come out, followed by the album two months later, but at that time it was banished to the Prodigal label. K

Unsplash We are sailing smoothly into 2020… Enjoy the trip! 😊 American singer/songwriter Kirk Reed first recorded the West Coast gem California in 1979: "The song is a folky groover that pays tribute to The Golden State through its imagery of sunshine and wide open roads. The original record is highly in demand among collectors." This month a great remix of the track by Shawn Lee (Young Gun Silver Fox) has been released on Believe International Records. Lee has put the song in a new jacket with added instruments and vocals, but has kept the original West Coast vibe. You can read my first impression of the remix on the official Bandcamp page . Sheila Ferguson, Fayette Pinkney and Valerie Holiday of the Three Degrees released their psychedelic soul album Maybe on Roulette Records in 1970, after a handful of singles the years before. On the LP were covers of well-known songs, such as Jimmy Webb’s MacArthur Park , Lynn Anderson’s Rose Garden , and Sugar On Sunday ,

Enjoy part 29 of Eddy's Eighties Grooves , partly inspired by some so-called “minimixes” on vintage cassettes 😊 By the way, as a reward for their support new parts of the series Eddy's Eighties Grooves will be exclusively for subscribers as of today. Previous parts will be available for everyone. For 2020 the plan is to upload a free cloudcast every weekend. Next up is a new part of Smooth Sailing . Some of the songs are "Hi-NRG" dance tracks. Because of Disco Demolition Night and the fact that MTV did not play any R&B acts when they started, disco disappeared in the underground club scene around 1980. One of the dance subgenres that arose was Hi-NRG, which was inspired by the beat and synthesizer sounds of Donna Summer’s I Feel Love . Big Hi-NRG names were American producers Patrick Cowley (Sylvester) and Bobby Orlando (Divine, The Flirts). Later on the more soulful recordings of UK producers Ian Anthony Stephens and Ian Levine became Hi-NRG dancefloor