Today the blog has reached a landmark ... a million hits, 650k of them in
the last twelve months. We're also approaching the
6,000th post, the large majority of them (5,428) since Jan 2021.
I'd like to thank all our visitors, regular readers and followers and hope
you will stay with us and spread the word to increase the figures further.
I think it would be fair to say that much of the material posted here does
not feature on the majority of other soul music websites, nor do many others
post the same volume or arguably as varied material. Neo soul in particular
tends to get left behind in favour of R&B/Hip-hop, traditional soul or
jazz.
The blog was started back in 2009 along with another called Modern Soul
originally posting only vintage material. Both blogs were dormant for many
years as work pressures didn't permit spending a lot of time on them. At the
commencement of Covid lockdown in March 2020 I reactivated SoulStrutter and
merged the posts from Modern Soul which remains live but dormant.
At the beginning of 2021 a decision was made to focus on mainly brand new
releases, including reissues, but still posting occasional vintage material.
The blog has gone from strength to strength, vindicating the
decision to primarily focus on new material.
Obviously, as the saying goes, you can't please all of the people all of
the time, but the aim is to highlight the best of what's been released (or at least found) each day. The site is completely independent meaning that everything posted is at my sole discretion without any external influence or interference.
Suggestions on how to improve the site are welcome at
soulstrutter@gmail.com
Artists, labels and PR people are encouraged to submit material for
consideration at the same email address, but please ensure that it is soul
related only.
Likewise, if you know about something good that hasn't been posted then let us
know about it so we can share and you'll get a name check.
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