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Par DJDemonAngel le 8 Octobre 2010 à 16:56
http://www.myspace.com/robertrandolph
Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Blues Soul , Alternative Rock , Funk
Sortie : 2010
Hot, young guitarists spring have sprung forth every few years for more decades than I can be bothered to count. Each generation spawns a new crop and while many are momentarily interesting,
“guitar god” is a cannibalistic business and very few have much shelf life. There are exceptions and Robert Randolph has taken a bold step forward, daring to join the few and the proud.
Randolph is a unique talent as anyone who has listened to the work of his first three albums with his Family Band or his collaboration with John Medeski and the Dickinson boys of North
Mississippi Allstar fame can attest. There is more to Randolph than a dazzling command of the steel guitar, or Sacred Steel as it is referred to in the Church Of God where he first learned the
instrument.
There are a host of things that set Randolph apart and one of them becomes obvious in the liner notes he wrote for We Walk This Road. After completing the tour for the Colorblind album, he went
in search of a producer with special ears and knowledge; someone who understood the connections of his rock and gospel roots and who would, as Randolph puts it, “help us put those things in their
most compelling context.” He found that producer in T Bone Burnett.
I’ve heard people described as having “old souls.” It’s an expression I’ve never much liked but it is an effective bit of shorthand for Randolph. He is still a very young man but his musical
upbringing is quite old, having learned his instrument through the traditions of his church. The crafty, versatile Burnett was able to speak Randolph’s language, having studied an impossibly vast
scope of American and world musics. When artist and producer got on the same page, they brewed something special blending blues, roots, gospel, soul, and spirit into a potent, magical
cocktail.
“If I Had My Way” incorporates a portion of Blind Willie Johnson’s “If I Had My Way” into an original composition Randolph co-wrote with Burnett and an assist from, Ben Harper and it is a
magnificent, soaring piece of music fusing gospel and blues with folk. Randolph uses Johnson’s original as a jumping off point and actually “samples” a piece of that original and uses it to segue
in and out of his own composition. The segue concept is one used throughout the record with the idea being to tie the music Randolph is making in the present with its roots. There are times these
segues are effective bridges between songs but there are times when they do more to distract than connect.
Randolph’s re-imagining of Bob Dylan’s "Shot of Love" hits with the weight and force of a heavyweight’s fist. Dylan is so easy and obvious to cover that nearly everyone does it but so few capture
the essence and power of his songs, settling to merely sing them "better” or “prettier.” This version takes the power of the Dylan original and amplifies and magnifies.
The beautiful “I Still Belong To Jesus” opens with more than a passing feeling of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.” The airy, ethereal intro gives way to a more substantive, anthemic song that not only
proclaims Randolph’s devotion but also delivers a unifying message of social justice. This is another of Randolph’s achievements in the material on this record, both the songs he wrote and those
he’s chosen to interpret on the record. There is a theme and a message on this record but it’s one that uplifts rather than preaches. Even John Lennon’s “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier,” which can be
delivered as scathing, anti-war screed, is a plea for peace and understanding rather than heated rhetoric in Randolph’s hands.
We Walk This Road is soul music in nearly every connotation of the word and its title is instructive. This is the kind of deep, rich, authentic music the world needs and the music contained
therein should be experienced as a journey from beginning to end; he wanted his music to have context and We Walk This Road exquisitely provides that. With this album Randolph has made a record
worthy of his immense gift and that is cause for celebration and repeated listens.
by Josh Hathaway
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Tracklist :
01.Segue 1 (0:25)
02.Traveling Shoes (3:48)
03.Segue 2 (0:10)
04.Back To The Wall (3:31)
05. Shot Of Love (5:36)
06.I Still Belong To Jesus (6:02)
07.Segue 3 (0:27)
08.If I Had My Way (5:35)
09.Segue 4 (0:22)
10.Don't Change (4:47)
11.I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama (5:50)
12.Walk Don't Walk (4:06)
13.Segue 5 (0:20)
14.Dry Bones (3:42)
15.Segue 6 (0:17)
16.I'm Not Listening (5:03)
17.Salvation (5:59)
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Par DJDemonAngel le 3 Octobre 2010 à 10:25
Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Jazz , Funk , Soul
Sortie : 2003
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Maceo Parker (born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the
1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. He is now just as well known for his own shows,
as he has toured continuously under his own name since the early 1990s and has built up a strong fan base.
Tracklist :
Intro
Gimme Some Love
Uptown Up
Baby Knows
There Was a Time
My Love
Hey Jude
Line Up :
Maceo Parker- Alto Sax and Vocals
Greg Boyer- Trombon
Ron Tooley- Trumpet
Will Boulwares- Hammond B3, Keyboards
Bruno Speight- Guitar
Rodney Curtis- Bass
Jamal Thomas- Drums
Martha High, Correy Parker, Charles Sherrell- Vocals
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Par DJDemonAngel le 28 Septembre 2010 à 19:53
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield
Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Soul , Funk , Blues
Sortie : 1990 (2001)
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Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his anthemic music with The
Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly. From these works and others, he is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious
African-American music.[1][2] He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums.
Curtis Mayfield, né le (3 juin 1942 à Chicago et mort le 26 décembre 1999, était un chanteur, auteur et compositeur de soul, de funk, de rhythm and blues, principalement connu pour la bande
originale du film de blaxploitation Superfly.
Il fait tout d'abord partie du groupe The Impressions puis il se lance avec succès dans une carrière solo. Il devient probablement le premier de la nouvelle vague de chanteurs afro-américains à
introduire des commentaires à caractère social dans ses chansons. Cette musique engagée devient très populaire pendant cette période de difficultés sociales des années 1960 et 1970.
Tracklist :
- Superfly
- It's Allright
- Gypsy Woman
- Freddy is Dead
- Pusherman
- Billy Jack
- People Get Ready
- Move on up
- To be invisible
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Par DJDemonAngel le 28 Septembre 2010 à 19:49
http://www.myspace.com/thehaggishorns
Origine du Groupe : U.K
Style : Funk , Soul
Sortie : 2010
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ aR_BgColor=""; aR_FgColor=""; aR_url=location.href; aR_title=document.title; aR_StarType ='3';document.write('<\/div>');document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="text/JavaScript" src="http://addratings.com/aR_BootStrap.js"><\/scr'+'ipt>');// ]]></script>As we’re on a roll call, not only have the Haggis Horns worked with these chart toppers but also some FLY favourites like Nightmare On Wax, Roots Manuva, Mark Ronson and The Cinematic Orchestra
and released their debut album, Hot Damn! in 2006 when they were well on their way as the British Dap-Kings.
All was going so well and then founder member and Corinne Bailey-Rae’s husband, the band’s saxophonist Jason Rae tragically died passed away 2008. So, second guessing, this album is formulated on
the theme of album title, Keep On Movin’.
Teaming up with Nia Saw on vocals (who has performed around the world with Zap Mama and DJs alongside funk, soul, jazz, northern soul and mate of Paul Weller and legend Keb Darge), the 10 piece
band is as horny as funk.
Original from Scotland (hence the name) Malcolm Strachan (trumpet), Atholl Ransome (tenor saxophone and flute) and Ben Barker (guitar) form the core of the band that’s now has expanded to include
two more horns (Jim Correy and Rob Mitchell) and Morgan Pugh (bass), Luke Flowers (drums), Sam Bell (percussion) and Joe Tatton (keyboards, guitar)
Whilst this album is coming out on First Word (can you believe Jonny Trunk hadn’t hard of them? This is catalogue number FW55 after all!), the groove is real Freestyle Records, Mr. Finewine and
Keb Darge so to speak.
Kicking off with the opening track, ‘Way Of The Haggis’, the Haggis Horns are in full front line blowing action (with funky guitar and strings!). This instrumental sets a high standard but
certainly gets us in the groove.
As long time lovers of Alice Russell, Nia certainly has the same funky soul when she joins in on tracks ‘Pass It On’, ‘On The Edge’ and the title track ‘Movin’ On’.
She also features on ‘Too Blind’ and ‘The Cockroach Grind’ which may remind those with good memories of the groove of Scotland’s Average White Band whose’s ‘Pick Up The Pieces’ was so influential
back in the day. The Haggis Horns take on this period/classic/style is ‘Putting On The Beef’. Sounds like a euphemism I know, but this is meaty funky soul jazz and comes into the Jazz Chronicles
category of “future classics”.
‘Love Gets You High’ probably even more so as the Donald Byrd/Frizzell Brothers influence is all too clear to hear. For rare soul 45 b-sides from New Jersey/West Orange, check out ‘The Snarf
Dance’ (what’s Snarf?) and the instrumental ‘The Jerk’.
Whilst label mates The Simonsound are completely different to The Haggis Horns, there is a lineage from funk to soul to hip hop, breaks and beyond.
Ending on a track called ‘Keep On Dancing’, dancing is definitely what you’ll want to do when you’re listening to this album as The Haggis Horns have some of the hardest funk, soul and jazz
around town - keep on movin’ people to the sound of The Haggis Horns.
by Gerry Hectic
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Tracklist :
1. Way Of The Haggis (4:29)
2. Pass It On (4:50)
3. The Jerk (2:51)
4. On The Edge (5:37)
5. Movin’ On (4:13)
6. Too Blind (4:41)
7. The Cockroach Grind (4:57)
8. Putting On The Beef (3:51)
9. The Snarf Dance (4:33)
10. Love Gets You High (4:48)
11. Keep On Dancing (4:15)
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Par DJDemonAngel le 25 Septembre 2010 à 15:14
http://www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com
http://www.myspace.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings
Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Funk , Soul
Sortie : 2010
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ aR_BgColor=""; aR_FgColor=""; aR_url=location.href; aR_title=document.title; aR_StarType ='3';document.write('<\/div>');document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="text/JavaScript" src="http://addratings.com/aR_BootStrap.js"><\/scr'+'ipt>');// ]]></script>Sharon Jones et ses Dap-Kings n’ont jamais fait 2 fois le même album, et si 100 Days, 100 Nights lorgnait vers Motown et une production moins brute, I Learned The Hard Way confirme la tendance :
la Géorgienne nucléaire et les Dap ont définitivement laissé leur funk primal derrière eux pour se concentrer désormais sur des titres plus léchés et moins frontaux, préférant aller draguer du
côté de Curtis Mayfield et de ses Impressions, de Ray Charles et plus largement du Rhythm And Blues cuvée fin 60’s. Plus sophistiqué, plus arrangé et principalement axé sur des ballades (hormis
Money, la seule grenade funk de l’album sur laquelle Sharon lâche la bête), I Learned The Hard Way ne sombre pourtant jamais dans la mièvrerie des ballades sur-arrangées. Qualité Daptone oblige,
il n’y met d’ailleurs pas le moindre orteil et Gabe Roth, en enrichissant les titres de cordes gracieuses, de cuivres solennels et de backing vocals, affirme du même coup un talent de producteur
bien plus étendu que son habituelle patte funk ne le laissait supposer.
Grande chanteuse.
Grand groupe.
Grand producteur.
Grand album.
Indispensable.
par Muzul pour wegofunk.com
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Tracklist :
01. The Game Gets Old [03:55]
02. I Learned The Hard Way [03:47]
03. Better Things [03:39]
04. Give It Back [03:22]
05. Money [03:21]
06. The Reason [02:20]
07. Window Shopping [04:34]
08. She Ain\'t A Child No More [02:35]
09. I\'ll Still Be True [03:48]
10. Without A Heart [02:44]
11. If You Call [02:59]
12. Mama Don\'t Like My Man [02:30]
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Par DJDemonAngel le 22 Septembre 2010 à 15:29
Origine du Groupe : Brazil
Style : Funk , Instrumental
Sortie : 2009
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Headhunters, e uma versão para "Music is Rulling My World", de Kutiman.
por DNA
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Tracklist :
01. Urbanismo
02. Chameleon
03. MIRMW
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Par DJDemonAngel le 13 Septembre 2010 à 12:12
Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Soul , Funk
Sortie : 1981
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ aR_BgColor=""; aR_FgColor=""; aR_url=location.href; aR_title=document.title; aR_StarType ='3';document.write('<\/div>');document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="text/JavaScript" src="http://addratings.com/aR_BootStrap.js"><\/scr'+'ipt>');// ]]></script>A lost bit of modern soul from New Jersey -- sweet, mellow, and with a groove that's very much in the Philly indie mode of the late 70s! Not much is known about Lee, but the album's got
that laidback, late nite groove that makes indie soul so great -- professional in intent, but handled with an honest simplicity that makes the record a bit more compelling than most of its
contemporaries. Contains a version of "We've Only Just Begun" that's so great it's got to be heard to be believed -- completely different than the original, done with jazzy conga flourishes that
really open up the groove. Other tracks include the great Northern Soul track "I'll do anything for you", "Gotta Get Home", "Sweet Magic", "Slow Down", "Let's Play Luck", and "Show Me".
Enjoy it!
by Greg
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Tracklist :
01 - Sweet Magic
02 - Slow Down
03 - We've Only Just Begun
04 - Let's Play Luck
05 - I'll Do Anything for You
06 - Show Me
07 - Gotta Get Home
08 - Sweet Magic [Instrumental]
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Par DJDemonAngel le 8 Septembre 2010 à 13:27
Note :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Make-Up
Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Post-Punk , Funk Rock , Soul Rock
Sortie : 1998
For 1998's In Mass Mind, their second studio album and fourth long-player overall, the Make-Up recruited Adam & Eve -- a.k.a. Royal Trux's Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema -- for production
duties. As evidenced by the album's warm, detailed sound, the collaboration is a perfect fit, bringing just enough polish and focus to the Make-Up's music to make it even more powerful. "Black
Wire Pt. 1," "Drop the Needle," and "The Joy of Sound" show off the group's dynamic, theatrical side, while "Earth Worm," "Do You Like Gospel Music," "Time Machine," and "Caught Up in the
Rapture" are atmospheric and soulful, further explorations into the band's widening sonic territory.
By ~ Heather Phares
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Tracklist :
1. "Black Wire Pt. 1" − 1:03
2. "Live in the Rhythm Hive" − 3:02
3. "Joy of Sound" − 3:38
4. "Watch it with that Thing" − 4:21
5. "Drop the Needle" − 2:17
6. "Earth Worm Pt. 1" − 2:03
7. "Do You Like Gospel Music?" − 3:59
8. "Come up to the Microphone" − 2:50
9. "Centre of the Earth" − 2:59
10. "(I've Heard About) Saturday Nite" − 3:05
11. "Earth Worm Pt. 2" − 2:25
12. "Time Machine" − 2:38
13. "Caught up in the Rapture" − 4:41
14. "Black Wire Pt. 2" − 2:02
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Par DJDemonAngel le 31 Août 2010 à 18:38
Note :
http://www.myspace.com/shawnleemusic
Origine du Groupe : U.K
Style : Groove , Funk , Soul
Sortie : 2010
Shawn Lee records and releases albums at a pace that few beside Robert Pollard could match, but at least Lee tries to make each one distinctive. His latest, Sing A Song, features vocalists on
every track, and leaves aside Lee’s usual internationalist “soundtrack jazz” in favor of retro soul that wouldn’t sound too out of place on Daptone—that is, if Daptone were more interested in
psychedelic-ified ’70s R&B rather than the sweaty, rootsy ’60s kind. Not that Lee stays completely committed to the bit; “Fade Up” has a spacey, futuristic feel, while the oddball ballad
“I’ll Just Wait A While” shifts from acoustic moaning to wacked-out lounge music. But for the most part, Sing A Song leans more toward songs along the lines of the deeply funky Robert Bradley
collaboration “Fading Light” and the bongo-riffic, distorted “Who Are You?” Sing A Song relies too much on novelty numbers like the one-joke “Christopher Walken On Sunshine” and the doo-wop
piss-take “Swimming Pool,” but when Lee constructs a soul song as classic-sounding as “It Takes Two”—with its tin-can Marcus Malone vocals and bright chimes—he takes care to get the atmosphere as
correct as the orchestration.
By Noel Murray
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Tracklist :
01. Shut Up And Learn (ft. Fanny Franklin)
02. It Takes Two (ft. Marcus Malone)
03. Who Are You? (ft. Bing Ji Ling)
04. Fade Up (feat. The Superimposers)
05. I’ll Just Wait A While
06. Fading Light (ft. Lord Large & Robert Bradley)
07. Older (ft. Miles Bonney)
08. Swimming Pool
09. Don’t Let That Feeling (ft. The Superimposers)
10. Lucy Lucy (ft. Jeremiah)
11. Christopher Walken on Sunshine (ft. Princess Superstar)
12. Meadow in the Summer (ft. Paul Fryer)
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Par DJDemonAngel le 31 Août 2010 à 18:35
Note :
http://www.myspace.com/saravahsoul
Origine du Grouepe : U.K
Style : World Music , Afrobeat , Funk
Sortie : 2010
Quand des musiciens brésiliens, avec à leur tête Otto Nascarella, rencontrent à Londres des autochtones et décident de marier la musique brésilienne au funk, à la soul et à l’afrobeat, ça
donne Saravah Soul. Avec « Cultura Impura », le groupe réalise son 2ème album chez Tru Thoughts, deux ans après le 1er, en faisant exploser l’image qu’on peut avoir habituellement de la musique
brésilienne. Cet album dégage une énergie cuivrée issu d’un cross over inhabituel entre la musique traditionnelle brésilienne, celle des carnavals toute en percussions, ou celle plus
traditionnelle comme le bayo popularisé entre autre par Luiz Gonzaga, et la musique africaine, principalement l’afrobeat, ses cuivres et ses chœurs, mais aussi des petits airs d’inspiration
éthiopienne ici ou là. Mais il est inimaginable de parler de cet album sans évoquer le bon vieux funk à la James Brown tant cet album groove du début à la fin. C’est un peu comme si Seu Jorge se
retrouvait sur scène avec les JB’s et les Africa 70’s pour un répertoire bien loin de la douce mélancolie habituelle du crooner brésilien. Viva Brasil !
Par De la Lune on entend tout
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Tracklist :
1. Janaina
2. Funk De Umbigada
3. Cachorro De Igrejinha
4. Mussum
5. Milk And Mangoes
6. Alforria (Album Version)
7. Dá Ne Mim
8. Fire
9. Mestiço
10. Se Da Dó
11. Seu Problema
12. The Truth Is Hard To Come By
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