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Wednesday 22 June 2022

The Dirty Dozen - The Best of 2022 ... (Jun 2022 Week 24)


Just a quickie to let you know that this week's Dirty Dozens have now been posted. They were 'bookmarked' on Sunday so appear in Sunday's listings but I have only just completed and posted them.

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R.I.P. - Patrick Adams (17 Mar 1950 - 22 Jun 2022)


It is being reported today that legendary (in soul and disco circles) producer Patrick Adams. has died.

In 1970 Adams joined Perception/Today as A&R vice president where he discovered Black Ivory who's lead singer was Leroy Burgess. He wrote for and produced other Today artists such as Debbie Taylor, Odds & Ends and Julius Brockington as well as J.J. Barnes on Perception.

He left in 1974 to create his own production company PAPMUS and produced many artists loved on the UK rare soul scene such as Executive Suite, Mayberry Movement, Four Below Zero, Sister Sledge, Al Hudson & The Soul Partners, Ace Spectrum, Pete Warner, Fantastic Puzzles, Continental Four and many others.

He created a number of studio groups producing disco/dance records from the mid 70s such as Cloud One "Atmosphere Strut", Caress "I Can't Let You Walk Away", Dazzle "You Dazzle Me!!" etc, Inner Life (Jocelyn Brown) "I'm Caught Up", Musique "In The Bush", Phreek "Weekend", Personal Touch / Donna McGheeRainbow Brown "It Ain't No Big Thing", Daybreak / Main Ingredient "Everything Man". These are just the tip of the iceberg as he was responsible for producing 22 albums between 1978-82.


The video below is a long watch but very worthwhile if you can afford the time. There is also a detailed article of his career available on Red Bull Music Academy.


The last post he made on his facebook page on 13 Jun 2021 was this. I couldn't possibly comment!

By way of a tribute I've put together a playlist of some of his better known 70s productions.


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THEHONESTGUY [2022] - A Rose By Any Other Name [Self Released] (Full EP)


THEHONESTGUY is Mubarak Adeyemi from Toronto who released a debut six track EP 'Love Songs For No One' in Feb 2021. He is currently working on his sophomore EP "How To Make Love" and three tracks, presumably, from it have been released today and titled "A Rose By Any Other Name", a mini EP I guess?

Two tracks "Lost to the Summer" (Jun 2021) and "Choosy Lover" (Oct 2021) were released as singles last year, leaving one new song "Fight The Feeling".

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Rating: 7.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: EP
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 21/06/2022
Price: £1.79
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Steve Aggasild [2022-06-20] - SoulAndJazzFlavas [Soul Groove Radio]


This Monday's Soul & Jazz Flavas show from 'The Soul Master' Steve Aggasild on Soul Groove Radio 20th Jun 2022. 

Steve does two shows on Soul Groove Radio: Mon 18:00-20:00 (BST) and Thu 14:00-16:00 (BST). In the first hour he delves into his music library for oldies ending with three slow jams and the second hour is dedicated to the hottest new releases.

Catch up with other SoulAndJazzFlavas podcasts at Mixcloud


Playlist:

1st Hour
01 - James Taylor Quartet - Love Will Keep Us Together feat Alison Limerick (1995 Acid Jazz LP/CD In The Hand Of The Inevitable) 
02 - Kenny Lattimore - Right Down To It (2001 Weekend)
03 - Musiq Soulchild - Forthenight feat Aaries (2003 Soulstar)
04 - Groove Theory - Baby Luv [1996 Summer Groove Remix]
05 - Jimmy Cobb - So Nobody Else Can Hear feat Freddie Hubbard, Gregory Hines & Marylin Redfield (1983 LP So Nobody)
06 - Alessandro Magnanini - Stay Into My Life feat Renata Tosi (2009 Schema Someway Still I Do)
07 - Mario Biondi (Was-A-Bee)- This Is What You Are (2004 Schema CD Freedom Jazz Dance Book 1)
08 - Rosalia de Souza - Carolina Carol Bela (2009 Schema D'improvviso)
09 - Jean Carne - (Intro) My Love Don't Come Easy (1979 PIR LP When I Find You Love) 
10 - Adriana Evans - Love Is All Around (1997 Adriana Evans)

Slow Jams
11 - Alex Bugnon - River Seine feat Maysa, Martha Redbone & Lisa Fischer (2013 Harlem)
12 - Angela Winbush - Keep Turnin' Me On (1994 Elektra Angela Winbush)  
13 - Vaneese Thomas - I'm Gonna Love You (1987 Geffen LP Vaneese)

2nd Hour
14 - Julian Jonah - Now's The Time For Us feat Tamika (2022)
15 - Shaun Escoffery - Set Me Free (2022)
16 - The Degrees - Nothing Else feat Isha Campbell and Charlie Bierman (2022)
17 - Lori Williams - Too Late (It’s My Time) (2022)
18 - The Ton3s - Got So Much Love (2022 We Are The ton3s LP)
19 - Blue Soul Ten - Loving Me feat Shamain (2022 This Is Worth It LP)
20 - The Sunburst Band feat Angela Johnson - Face The Love (2022 Dave Lee - Produced With Love II LP)
21 - Output/Input - I'm In Love feat Antonio McLendon (2022) Expansion 
22 - Shelea - Final Say (2022)
23 - Tyra Levone - I Like It (2022) - Chronicles of Life LP)
24 - Tyra Levone - So in Love (2022) - Chronicles of Life LP)
25 - Starz Wint - Quiet (2022)
26 - Michon Young - Gonna Make Sure (2022 Love Life Experiences Vol 3 - Conversation Piece LP)
27 - Sidibe ft MonoNeon - Tellin’ U (2022)

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JKABEL [2022] - Rhythm & Bible [Self Released] (Full Album) OUT TODAY!


Samples for the long awaited new album from JKABEL were posted on Monday as a teaser for it's release today 22 Jun 2022.

Jared Kabel Holloway aka JKABEL (pronounced Jay-Kay-Bul) is originally from Florida. He learnt to play the piano at a young age and then went to college to study acting which led to him touring with a stage play in 2005 for three years. When that ended in 2008 he started writing songs and relocated to Minnesota in 2013. He released his debut R&B single "Do What You Wanna Do" in 2016 and now has five albums under his belt. with his fifth, "Rhythm & Bible", released today.

All his music (albums and singles) is available directly from his website

The Gospel According to J.Kabel (2021)
Insanity (2021)
Highway Music (2020)

Several tracks on the new album have already appeared as singles: "Love You Still" (Mar 2022), "Holy" (Dec 2021) and "Keeper Of My Soul" (Nov 2021). 

JKABEL has a distinctive sound which is soulful, contemporary gospel. I believe that the album was originally due on 6 April but the wait has been well worth it with sixteen tracks with no fillers. Another album you can just hit play on and leave it without feeling the urge to skip a track. I am really struggling to choose a favourite, so won't as the whole album is very good, but if you were twisting my arm then, on only a first listen, "Believe" and "New Friends" seem to stand out, and I have it on good authority that "New Friends" 'may' be the next single!

We really have been blessed with some excellent albums over the last few weeks commencing with Michon Young "LLE Vol 3 Conversation Piece", Blue Soul Ten "This Is Worth It", Mica Millar "Heaven Knows", Tyra LeVone  "Chronicles Of Life" and now this excellent set from JKABEL.

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Rating: 8.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul / Contemporary Gospel
Format: Album
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 22/06/2022
Price: £7.99
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Samaza Murava [2022] - Asymmetric [MuravaSoulMusic] (Full EP)


Samaza Murava is from Toronto and debuted featuring on a single with Cheyenne Sapphire in Apr 2020. Since then she's released four more singles with three of  them (the first three tracks) appearing on her debut six track EP "Asymmetric" released on 20 Jun 2022.

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Rating: 7.9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: EP
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 20/06/2022 (ac)
Price: £5.94
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Funk Division [2022] - Symptoms of Love [Digital Jukebox Records]


Funk Division are trio Mark Duffus (aka Sure Shot / Blak Prophetz) , Derek King (DJ DK) and Xiomara Mukwendi on lead vocals. They are from Walsall, West Midlands (UK) and were previously known as The Soul Garden changing their name in 2015.

Their first single as Funk Division, "Want You", was released in 2015 having already release seven singles as The Soul Garden from 2006.

The new single "Symptoms Of Love", released today (21 Jun 2022) is their first since 2019.

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Details
Rating: 7.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Digital Jukebox Records
Cat No: None
Date: 21/06/2022 (a)
Key/BPM: 11A/100
Price: £1
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