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Sunday 27 March 2022

Sandra-Mae Lux - Live @ Pizza Express, Holburn, London Thu. 14th April 2022


Sandra Mae-Lux will be performing live at Pizza Express, Holburn, London on Thursday 14th April 2022. doors open 18:30 and show commences at 20:00 GMT. Tickets are £18 available HERE

If you'd like a glimpse at what your going to see then there is live footage of her performance at the Global Soul Radio  Takeover event on 18 Feb 2022.


Singer/saxophonist Sandra-Mae Lux's 2022 single 'You Me and Tomorrow' made it to #3 on the UK Soul Chart this January, and her 2020 debut album 'Happily Ever Now' made it to #11 on the Global Soul Chart and #14 on the UK Soul Chart. It gained the attention of established DJs including Gilles Peterson (BBC 6), Craig Charles (BBC 2) and got lots of airplay all around the country including Mi-Soul, Solar, Starpoint, and many of the BBC regionals. She has shared a stage with the likes of Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride and opened for Dave Brubeck. With a killer band backing her up, this is a show you won't want to miss!

Sandra-Mae Lux was born to be a star performer. By her high school years in Canada, she was already a seasoned performer in jazz and concert bands on saxophone and, after graduating high school with honours, she achieved a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies on Saxophone with a Minor in Education from Capilano University.  Sandra-Mae has received multiple awards such as Outstanding Achievement in Music five years in a row and the Phil Nimmons Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Jazz.

Sandra-Mae was invited to perform at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival two years in a row, where she met and shared a stage with many internationally recognized artists such as Robert Glasper, Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove, Herbie Hancock, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride and opened for Dave Brubeck. After a few more years in Vancouver playing with many different bands, Sandra-Mae began to extend her reach to multiple musical styles including pop, R&B, Brazillian, EDM and her true love, 70's Soul and Disco Music.

Moving to London, England in 2017 to concentrate on writing her first album “Happily Ever Now” Sandra-Mae continues not only to be a creative musical dynamo, but also an acting and voice acting performer of note, appearing in multiple roles as part of the cast of Audible's “Aliens – Sea of Sorrows” and Neil Gaiman's “Sandman” audio dramas performing alongside James McAvoy, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Michael Sheen and more. The Sandman made it to #1 on the New York Times Best Seller’s List.

Sandra-Mae was also nominated as Jazz Artist of the Year in the Boisdales Music Awards presented by Jools Holland.

Sandra-Mae Lux is a Recording Academy / GRAMMYs ® Voting Member.

She lives in South London with lots of plants, a disco ball, and many feathered masks.

Band Line Up
Sandra-Mae Lux (vocals and saxophone)
Ernie McKone (bass)
Toby Baker (keys)
Crispin Taylor (drums)
Mark Vandergucht (guitar)

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The Dirty Dozen - The Best Of 2022... Part 12 (Mar 2022 Wk 12) Spotify Playlist

My selection of the best releases this week (Mar 2022 Wk 12)
In no particular order other than tempo. 

A baker's dozen this week as, although Sunstone "Got It Bad" is also included in the Neo Dirty Dozen, I felt it couldn't be left out of the main dozen as it has really grown on me and I think it's got across the board appeal.

Another 'light' week again I'm afraid so there wasn't a great deal left out after I'd narrowed them down.  There's a couple of tracks featured on the new Stone Foundation album. Kim Tibbs features as, although she's been around on Bandcamp for a couple of weeks, she hasn't featured until it was released officially on Friday. Norman Brown is another that has been floating around for a few weeks 'illicitly'(?) which was released on his new album on Friday. 

Other tracks to mention include The Nigel Lowis Philly Remix of Dennis Taylor's "In The Mood", a nice original song by Davante Devaughn, PJ Morton's wonderful "Please Don't Walk Away" gets a remix. Jamai cover of Joe perhaps spoilt slightly by a guitar solo (I feel an edit coming on!), but it's nice and soulful. It was a bit of a toss up between it and Sunstone "Got It Bad" but as Jamai is a cover I've chosen Sunstone as SoulStrutter Selection of the Week.

2022

2021

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The Neo Dirty Dozen - The Best Of 2022... Part 3 (Mar 2022 Wk 12) Spotify Playlist

My selection of the best Neo Soul releases this week 
(Mar 2022 Wk 12) in no particular order.

2022

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Global Soul Chart BREAKERS 26th Mar 2022 (Week 12)

26th Mar 2022

The Global Soul "Breakers" featured on:
Breakers    
Seq Artist - Title Rel'd Posted
1 Lindsay Lucas Feat. Johny Tobin - Your Side Of The Bed 16/03  
2 Julzzz - Pink Plant 11/02  
3 Robert Imtume Owens - Don't Give Up 25/03 12/03
4 Tony Nicoles - PURDY 25/03 25/03
5 Ebony Loren - Phone Static 22/03 22/03
6 JKabel - Love You Still 18/03 13/03
7 Maxine Scott - Erykah U Bad 25/03  
8 SINCERE Feat. Vivaola - Lucky 16/03 21/03
9 CLAY & Alessia Cara - WTSGD 02/03 04/03
10 T'neeya - Coming 18/03  
11 Jessica Childress - High Hopes 18/03 19/03
12 Nia SOUL - Mine 25/03 25/03
13 Kendrick P. - Spoil You 18/03  
14 Parkes Stewart - Blackpearl 29/03 16/03


Global Soul Chart 26th Mar 2022 (Week 12)

26th Mar 2022

The Global Soul chart broadcast on Sat 26th Mar as it is every Saturday between  5pm-7pm (GMT) on Global Soul Radio.

Mr. Undercover was covering for Franklin Sinclair this week.

No "Essential 5" this week but the 'Breakers' will be posted separately.

Ego Ella May stays on top for the second week and Krishawna stays at #2. There's not a great deal of change with only five new entries and the two predicted to go last week (Centric and Moonchild) have gone along with the two (Robert Glasper and Nanette Maxine) that had, what they call on the stock market, a 'dead man bounce', having dropped and then gone back up last week are out this week.

This week's predictions are bye bye Mary J. and Terrie Rimson and I would guess Kadeem Tyrell and 'probably Rose Prosecco and possibly Natalie Imani and Muni Long which would be a shame as they are a couple of the best tracks on the chart.

An 'observation' is that the chart is currently being influenced by, what I would describe as, more urban/R&B tracks which I'm not personally 'feeling' i.e Kadeem Tyrell, Joyce Wrice, Soultri and Poet22, hence the first three of these four haven't been posted on the blog.

Summary: 6 risers, 7 fallers, 2 non-movers and 5 new entries

New Entries: Ellison Kendrick, Sevana, Hunter Rose, Relyae & Amelia Rose 

Highest Risers: Soultri (+9), Poet22 (+8), Jermaine Hardsoul (+8) 

Biggest FallersMary J. Blige (-14), Rose Prosecco (-8), Terrie Rimson (-8)

Losers: Robert Glasper, Nanette Maxine, Centric, Moonchild

Pos Last Chg Artist - Title Rel'd Posted
1 1 0 Ego Ella May - Beautiful Days
(FIELDNOTES PT II 
22/02 22/02
2 2 0 Krishawna - Track Ten (Second Offering LP) 01/03 27/02
3 11 +8 Jermaine Hardsoul - I'll Take You
(Oji Nunu EP)
11/03 11/03
4 8 +4 Otis Kane - Wanna Love You 25/02 25/02
5 4 -1 Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey LP) 25/02 25/02
6 3 -3 Royalty Duo - This Is Most High (Marriage LP)  06/02 21/02
7 10 +3 Netta Brielle Feat. J Rena' - DND 25/02 25/02
8 17 +9 Soultri - Better Alone / Boomerang 25/02  
9     Relyae & Amelia Rose - Midnight 04/03 04/03
10 18 +8 Poet22 - Crazy 4 U (Chrysalis LP) 22/02 02/03
11 6 -5 Muni Long - Hrs And Hrs Jazzy Hrs 24/02 24/02
12 7 -6 Natalie Imani - Sweet Dreams 14/02 18/02
13     Hunter Rose - Forever Yours 11/03 11/03
14 1 -14 Mary J. Blige - Here With Me
(Good Morning Gorgeous LP)
11/02 11/02
15  
Joyce Wrice & KAYTANDRA - Iced Tea 16/03  
16     Sevana - Brand New 21/02 02/03
17 9 -8 Rose Prosecco - Pt-Ft (Hood Sinatra EP) 22/02 23/02
18     Ellison Kendrick - Got It Going On 14/02 03/03
190 19 -1 Kadeem Tyrell & XVR BLCK - Rider 15/02  
20 12 -8 Terrie Rimson - Give Me Your Love 04/03 24/02


SoulStrutter Top 30 - 27th Mar 2022 (Week 12)


The SoulStrutter Top 30 of the most viewed posts in the last 30 days (i.e. blog readers choices).

There are eleven new entries (four bubbling under from last week), the highest being last week's SoulStrutter Selection of the Week Joanna Cooke who enters at #10. Charlie Wilson has hung for another week only just holding off Carlos Budd Ford who has had a considerable number of views for some reason. However, Charlie will be gone next week as will eight others who will have expired their 30 days.

Summary: 17 risers, 1 fallers, 1 non-mover, 11 new entries (which include 4 bubblers)

Only new material appears in the Top 30, however, re-issued material does attract lots of views and the top 10 reissues are currently:

01 (03) - Down To Earth - Still Ridin' High (vinyl issue)
02 (04) - Manhattans - The Philadelpia Re-edit Sessions (remixes)
03 (05) - Gil Scott-Heron - Ghetto Ghosts (Live 1977) (live recording)
04 (07) - Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' (Zepherin Saint Go Go Mix)
05 (06) - Raja-Nee - Come Get This Love (forthcoming LRK vinyl reissue)
06 (09) - Marc Staggers - What The World Needs Now (reissue)
07 (10) - UCFM - California Funk Machine Vol 1 (compilation of covers)
08 (NE) - Eddie Kendricks - The Philadelphia Re​-​edit Sessions (remixes)
09 (08) - Mary Wilson - The Motown Anthology LP
10 (RE) - Dayton - Sky's The Limit (prev. unreleased)

Pos Prev Artist - Title Posted Days
1 1 Charlie Wilson - No Stoppin' Us 25/02 30
2 4 Carlos Budd Ford - Say Less 16/03 11
3 27 JKabel - Love You Still 18/03 9
4 7 Otis Kane - Wanna Love You 25/02 30
5 16 Kim Tibbs - Where Would I Be Without You? 12/03 15
6 11 Tonya Nicole Feat. Manny Houston - You Got Me 11/03 16
7 14 Mamas Gun - Good Love / Cure The Jones LP 18/03 9
8 12 LeVelle Feat. Anthony Hamilton -
Fell In Love (Remix)
11/03 16
9 15 James Foster - Distant Lover 13/03 14
10   Joanna Cooke - Like A Lover 18/03 9
11 19 Andy Stokes - I Don't Give A Damn 18/03 9
12 18 Krishawna - Second Offering LP 01/03 26
13 17 Aaliyah Zhané - The Good & The Bad EP 12/03 15
14   Yuma Hara - Stay With Me (MURO Mix) 18/03 9
15 22 DedachiKenta & Blue Lab Beats -
I Can't Seem To Let You Go
25/02 30
16 8 Candace Woodson - (Trying To Be) Perfect 25/02 30
17   Rickie Jones - Vulnerable LP 18/03 9
18 29 L. Young - I Ain't Gonna Waste Your Time 18/03 9
19 24 Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey LP 25/02 30
20   Joe Leavy - Love Me 2 My Soul 15/03 12
21 26 Khari Cabral & JIVA - 
Show Me The Way / North Node
11/03 16
22 25 Ginny Brown & The Collective - 
Femme De La Femme
13/03 14
23   Ciyo Brown - Can We Pretend 07/03 20
24 28 Vicky Farewell - Kakashi (All Of The Time) 25/02 30
25 32 Candace Woodson - Steal The Night 09/03 18
26 31 Sofia Gillani - Water Run Dry 12/03 15
27 36 Helena Day - Drunk On Silence 16/03 11
28 30 Tank & The Bangas - Stolen Fruit 25/02 30
29   Down To Earth - You Keep Loving Me 22/02 33
30   David J & Lil Dave - CC, Vol. 3 LP 16/03 11


UK Soul Chart Breakers 26th Mar 2022 (Week 12)

Here are the latest UK Soul Chart Breakers for 26th Mar 2022 with links to tracks posted (or to Spotify for those not yet posted). 

You can catch the breakers show each Saturday at 7pm-8pm presented by Andy Tee on Starpoint Radio.
Artist - Title Rel'd Post
Freddie Lee - Freedom F'coming 26/03
Rodney Shelton - Going Down F'coming 27/03
Billy Butler, Jay Player - Love Is The Answer 19/03 22/03
Angel Sessions - You Missed A Good Thing 18/03 23/03
David Morales Feat. Lea Lorien - Never Looking Back F'coming 21/03
Reel People Sebb Junior, Smith - Holla If You See Me           25/02 27/03
Mario Biondi - Would You Believe In Me 18/03 19/03
Jamai - All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) 26/03 26/03
Ebony Loren - Phone Static 22/03 22/03
Stone Foundation - Turning Up The Hurt 25/03 25/03
The Soultrend Orchester & Papik - Your Love Keeps
Groovin'
25/03 26/03
Malik G - #DGUL (Don't Give Up Life) (NB Clean) 15/03  
Crutchfield Jones - Crazy Ass 07/01 15/01
The Degrees - Need You 18/03 19/03
Mica Millar - Girl 08/03 08/03

NB tracks in yellow are forthcoming


Rodney Shelton Feat. Dalia Reid & Terry Phillips [2022] - Going Down [DMH]


Rodney Shelton is an award winning musician, producer, songwriter, and composer who has written for the likes of Keith Washington, James Brown, Stephanie Mills, Howard Hewett, CeCe Peniston, KC Haley (Jodeci), Billy Griffin, Tracy Hamlin, Maria Howell and many others is to release a new single on indie Virginian label DMH Records founded by Tracy Hamlin.

Rodney has also performed with Anthony Hamilton, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack, Johnny Gill, The Ohio Players, Ronnie Laws, The Emotions and the list goes on!

The single "Going Down", from Rodney's forthcoming EP, is a duet that features the vocals of Dalia Reid and Terry Phillips.

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Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: DMH
Cat No: None
Date: 03/2022
Key/BPM: N/A
Value: £1


Reel People, Sebb Junior & Smith [2022] - Holla If You See Me [Reel People Music]


Reel People (i.e. trio Oli Lazarus, Mike Patto and Toni Economides) collaborate with French DJ/producer Sebb Junior and Atlanta singer-songwriter Smith on their latest single "Holla If You See Me" which has been available on Bandcamp for a few weeks but gets an official release on 25 Mar 2022.  It's a blend of R&B, soul and house.

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Rating: 8.2
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul / Soulful House
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Reel People Music
Cat No: None
Date: 25/3/2022
Key/BPM: 3A/112
Value: £1