A big THANK YOU to all blog visitors

Tygressa Jones' debut single "Hey You (A Minute With You)" was featured on SoulStrutter as a UK exclusive on 1st July.  She also sent the complete EP but asked for it not to be posted until release on 16th Jul. Just over three weeks from it being premiered she has topped the Global Soul chart this week after entering last week at #9. It also entered the Starpoint UK Soul Chart at #15 this week (UPDATE 26 Jul 2021 now also #1 on Starpoint). I notified her last night that her single had reached #1 and she is absolutely delighted. This was her reaction:

"HAAAA!!!!!  I am SOOOOOO PUMPED!!!  This is AMAZING!!!!!  Thank you and I MOST CERTAINLY will give mention to SoulStrutter!  Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!!"

This week has seen a significant growth in visitors to the blog which has been growing consistently throughout the year with over 2,500 visitors on Friday and over 2,000 yesterday, so I'd like to thank you for visiting the blog and ask that you to share and spread the word to keep the numbers growing so that independent soul artists can gain as much exposure as possible.

For any independent artists / record labels / promoters wishing to promote their music then please consider sending material in advance (soulstrutter@gmail.com) to see if you can achieve the same level of success as Tygressa! A lot of radio presenters visit the site and select tracks to programme in their shows which has certainly contributed to Tygressa reaching #1. I also thank them for programming tunes found here as this is what the blog is all about - promoting independent soul music. Finally, of course all this would not be possible without the artists themselves producing the music we love, so please ... 'Keep On Keeping On!"