My selection of the best releases this week (Jul 2021 Wk
29).
I think this is probably one of the best (if not the best) sets of
music featured in "The Dirty Dozen" to date. I think every single one
is a little gem. All have been released in the last week except two
(Maurice J and YAS) which were released the week before and the
wonderful Penzillathegreat (aka Francci Richard) is a hangover from 24
Jun as I only discovered it on Monday when it came up on Spotify
discover weekly! Credit must be given to Mark Merry who played it
last Sunday on his Soul Sermon show and Franklin Sinclair (Global
Soul), who, like me, simply adores it and played it on The New Music Hour and as one of his Essential 5 this week's Global Soul Chart show..
As far as the SoulStrutter Selection of the Week goes it was
originally a no-brainer when Penziallthegreat appeared but a couple of other tracks came into contention Samm
Henshaw "Grow" and James Vickery "All That I Am". In other week's
Justy's "Expectations" would also have been a strong contender. However, Penziallthegreat reigns as I just can't stop listening to it and my partner loves it, so she must be obeyed!
I believe every track deserves a place on the UK Soul Chart, but
realistically there would need to be a wholesale clearout of the
existing chart for that to happen which is unlikely. So being
pragmatic I think James Vickery may enter as he has a whole album full
of great tracks which will garner airplay, If Penzillathegreat or Samm Henshaw don't enter I'll be amazed (and
disappointed for them). Shaila Prospere is a new entry this week along with Hil St. Soul even
though Shaila Prospere wasn't officially released until 23/07 and
Hil. St. Soul 16/07 both had airplay from promos and both were posted
here prior to release.
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