http://www.shakurasaida.com

Country : Canada
Genre : Blues Rock
Style : Alternative Rock , Soul Blues

Label : Electro Fi
Year : 2012

Time to Rock my Soul – Disc 1 Right from Lance Anderson’s piano intro on the opening track, “Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie on the Queen of Rock n’ Roll,” (one of the few cover tunes on the album and an early 70’s classic from the late Long John Baldry) I was hooked! After hearing the stirring rocker (and title track) “Time,” the catchy ballad “Bring Me Back,” and the slick “My Dreamerman,” I thought to myself, “Wow, she did it again… It’s another winner.” The first disc closes with the gritty “Devil Only Knows My First Name” and the Brooke Blackburn & S’Aida composition “Don’t Tell Mama Where Her Children Hide.” All the tunes are impeccably produced by Howard Ayee and Shakura and leave you craving more. The majority of the tracks on Disc 1 are written by Shakura and her guitarist Donna Grantis; the same one-two punch that sounded so awesome on Brown Sugar.

Time for the blues – Disc 2 This disc kicks off with Anders Osborne’s foot tapping “Ya Ya,” and then the soulful and rousing “GeeChee Woman.” Ian Martin’s double bass and Anderson’s B3 on the fourth track “Tell Me Baby” will have you snapping your fingers along to this contagious groove. And the tunes just keep coming with the spoken & sung lyrics of “That Ain’t Right” that’s oh so Shakura. As a change of pace S’Aida does a haunting rendition of Billie Holliday’s “Tell Me More, More And Then Some.” And then another Shakura original called “Blues Dancing” which features Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne on piano… Disc 2 and Time comes to a dazzling close with a classy acoustic blues duet with Harrison Kennedy called “Halfway Blues.” I listened to the last track several times over as the chemistry between Harrison and Shakura was so very cool. Source

Shakura S’Aida – Vocals
Donna Grantis – Guitar
Lance Anderson – B3 and piano
Brooke Blackburn – Guitar
Roger Williams – Bass
Tony Rabalao – Drums, tamborine, cowbell
Connor Gains – Slide guitar, lap steel guitar
Shamakah Ali – Drums, tamborine, washboard
Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo – Percussion
Noelle Najmaah – Spoken word
Alex McMaster – Cello
Harrison Kennedy – Harmonica
Ian Martin – Double bass
Colleen Allen – Baritone sax
Rebecca Hennessy – Trumpet
Alison Young – Tenor sax
Cory Blackburn – Brushes

Recorded at STUDIO 301, Toronto, Canada

Tracklist :

CD 01 :
1. (Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The) Queen Of Rock N Soul [3:43]
2. Time [4:10]
3. Bing Me Back [3:23]
4. Your Love Always Got Me By [4:13]
5. My Dreamerman [3:40]
6. Between Us [4:45]
7. Devil Only Knows My First Name [4:36]
8. Don't Tell Mama Where Her Children Hide [3:49]

CD 02 :
1. Ya Ya [4:04]
2. Geechee Woman [4:37]
3. Bad Girl [2:59]
4. Tell Me Baby [4:01]
5. That Ain't Right [5:44]
6. Tell Me More, More And Then Some(Billie Holiday) [2:56]
7. Blues Dancing [5:44]
8. Halfway Blues [5:30]

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http://www.jameshuntermusic.com

Country : U.K
Genre : Rythm and Blues
Style : Soul , Blues

Label : Fantasy
Year : 2013

British soul singer James Hunter has assembled the James Hunter Six for his first album in five years, Minute by Minute, produced by Daptone Records co-founder Gabriel Roth. With a collaboration like that you can expect plenty of old school R&B cuts like this title track, a brassy, lovelorn number that Hunter injects with a bit of optimism singing, "There's no need to check my watch / Cause time is all I got / till I get to you!" "Working with Gabe Roth was a revelation," said Hunter. "Not only does he have an excellent ear for what works and what doesn't, and almost limitless patience (which is almost as much as is required when recording us) he is also possibly the most sarcastic person we have ever worked with (a big plus) which puts the rest of us in first to sixth place. It was like working with Groucho Marx. He even looks a bit like him." Source

Tracklist :

01 Chicken Switch
02 Minute By Minute
03 Drop On Me
04 Heartbreak
05 One Way Love
06 Gold Mine
07 Let The Monkey Ride
08 The Gypsy
09 So They Say
10 Nothin_ I Wouldn_t Do
11 Look Out
12 If I Only Knew

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Bitrate: 320 kbps
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Size: 87.9 MB

http://www.paulpena.com

Country : U.S.A
Genre : Rock Soul Blues
Style :  Psychedelic Rock , Blues Rock , Soul

Label : Hybrid Recordings

Tracklist :

1. Gonna Move
2. New Train
3. Jet Airliner
4. Wait On What You Want
5. Venutian Lady
6. Cosmic Mirror
7. Let's Move And Groove Together
8. Indian Boy
9. A Bit Of All Right
10. Taking Your Love Down

Produced by: Ben Sidran
Special guests on the album include: Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders, and The Persuasions.

Key Players – Paul Pena – guitar, vocals and piano. Ben Sidran – Piano and Organ. Harvey Brooks – bass. Gary Malabar – drums and percussion

http://www.holliesmith.co.nz

Country : New Zealand  
Genre : Neo-Soul
Style : Pop , Gospel , Rhythm & Blues

Label : Soundsmith Records

Tracklist :

1. Philosophy
2. Miracles
3. Walk Away
4. I Will Do
5. Can't Let You Down
6. Provider
7. New Dawn
8. So Long
9. Come For Me Here
10. Be Whole In Thee

Origine du Groupe : U.S.A
Style : Soul

Tracklist :
01 - Shackin' Up
02 - Goodness Gracious
03 - I'm A Lonley Man
04 - Nightmare
05 - She Had The Right
06 - You Got To Deal With It (This Superworld)
07 - Coming Home
08 - Misleading Information
09 - Give Me All Your Sweet Lovin'
10 - Sweet Foxy Woman

http://menahanstreetband.com

Origine du Groupe : U.S.A
Style : Soul , Instrumental

Tracklist :
01 – The Crossing
02 – Lights Out
03 – Keep Coming Back
04 – Three Faces
05 – Sleight of Hand
06 – Everyday a Dream
07 – Seven Is the Wind
08 – Bullet for the Bagman
09 – Driftwood
10 – Ivory and Blue
11 – Ivory and Blue Reprise