Royalty Duo [2022] - Bada Ba Ba (Stay Together) [Original Royalty Recordings] VIDEO

The Royalty Duo album "Marriage" posted here almost three weeks ago is being very well received on UK airwaves and I've just discovered that they have posted a video for the very EWF sounding Bada Ba Ba (Stay Together) on 6 Mar so perhaps they are promoting it as a single?

Royalty Duo are husband and wife duo Tony Tatum and Shira Yarona Israel from Georgia and Tony Tatum also features on the new "California Funk Machine" compilation of 70s/80s covers singing lead on the cover of Maze's "Back In Stride". 

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Album Track / Single?
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	06/02/2022
Key/BPM:	3B/70
Value:	£1

Staples Jr. Singers [2022] - When Do We Get Paid [Luaka Bop]

The title track to the album "When Do We Get Paid"  by Staples Jr. Singers is available on Bandcamp with the full album due on 6 May 2022.

Despite the name, they have nothing to do with the Staples Singers, they named themselves after them in 1971. They were a family band of teenagers Annie, A.R.C., Ronnel and Edward Brown from Aberdeen Mississippi formed in 1970. They recorded this album in 1975 on Brenda Records and were still performing forty years later under the name The Brown Singers which they adopted in the late 70s. By all accounts very few copies were pressed and only one has ever sold on Discogs fetching £570.

You can read a more detailed account of them on Bandcamp and there are a couple of video clips from Luaka Bop below.

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Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Deep Soul / Gospel
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / LP
Label:	Luaka Bop
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/03/2022 (06/05/2022) /  15/08/2019
Key/BPM:	7B/66 / 11A/95
Value:	$1.20 / $13.99 / $22.99

LIDI. [2022] - Wow [Westwood Music]

LIDI. is Lydia Vickers, a new artist who has released only one other single "Recklessly" in Oct last year. Her new single "Wow" is released today (10 Mar 2022).

Needless to say, with such a new artist, I can find nothing about her.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Westwood Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	10/03/2022
Key/BPM:	12A/88
Value:	£1

Output/Input Feat. Audrey Wheeler & Brent Carter [2022] - Here We Go Again [Expansion]

Output/Input have signed a two single deal with Ralph Tee's Expansion Records. The first single is a cover of The Isley Brothers 1980 single "Here We Go Again" which is due out on 8 Apr 2022. The single features Audrey Wheeler and Brent Carter sharing lead vocals.

Output/Input was formed during lockdown by, bassist, composer, producer and music director for Chaka Khan, Melvin Lee Davis with the Triple H Horns i.e. Nick Mead (trumpet), Jacob Shaw (saxophone) and Patrick Hayes (trombone). The full ensemble is completed by Jay Williams (drums), Adam Kovacs (percussion), Kanghyun Bu (Guitar), Kaeun Kim (Keyboard) and Jesse Milliner (keyboard).

Audrey Wheeler-Downing started her music career in NYC in the early 80’s as one of the lead vocalist with Unlimited Touch, whose hits include "I Hear Music In The Streets" and "Searchin’ To Find The One". This got her noticed and she became an in demand for backing vocals for various artists including Freeez's "AEIOU" and Gwen McCraes' "Funky Sensation", Najee, Atlantic Starr, Eric Gable, Freddie Jackson, Glenn Jones, James "D-Train" Williams. She released two solo albums in 1987 and 1991. Audrey has toured with Chaka Khan since 1990 as well as with many big name artists such as Cher, Madonna, Bryan Ferry, Mariah Carey, Billy Ocean, Mary J Blige, Johnathan Butler, Freddie Jackson, C&C Music Factory,  Amy Grant, Jeff Lorber. She is married to Will Downing. Not only a great singer she is a beauty as well and was a finalist in the Miss Black America Pageant as well as a runner-up in the Miss Black Universe contest while still in her teens.

Brent Carter is a native New Yorker, and he has been the lead singer for Tower Of Power (1994-2001) and then Average White Band (AWB) and was a featured background singer for Regina Belle and BeBe & CeCe Winans. He is currently focusing on his project Brent Carter & Friends where he collaborates with great musicians and vocalists that have influenced him and his career.

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Rating:	8.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul / Cover Version
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Expansion
Cat No:	None
Date:	08/04/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£1

FloFilz & Jerome Thomas [2022] - Sensitive [Melting Pot Music]

Embargoed until 15:00 GMT today is the supporting video for the first single of 2022 "Sensitive" by FloFilz  & Jerome Thomas released on 2 Mar 2022.

FloFilz (Florian Meier) is a Berlin based beat maker originally from Belgium who blends contemporary jazz, hip-hop and alternative R&B. 

Jerome Thomas is a singer from London who released an album "The Secret Sauce" last July from which the single "Secret" was posted.

FloFilz has a forthcoming album, "Close Distance", scheduled for 8 Apr which includes the previous singles "Levada", "Nacré" and "Uteki" and features some key players on the London jazz scene including jazz producer Alfa Mist, Blue Lab Beats, KeepVibesNear, Summers Sons & C.Tappin, Dal and Hunter Rose.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	Y
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / Future Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Melting Pot Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	02/03/2022
Key/BPM:	3A/81
Value:	£1