Soul Strutter: 08/16/22

Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Frank McComb [2022] - Instead [Boobeescoot Music]

The new single from Frank McComb was released yesterday via Bandcamp. It's a song dedicated to fathers titled "Instead". Someone pointed out to him on Father's Day that there was no song dedicated to fathers. So he didn't wait for the next Father's Day to come around and wrote one and released it.

I think this is the best he's done for a while and sounds even more like Stevie Wonder than usual on this outing.

Thanks to Steve Aggasild for the heads up on this one.

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Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Boobeescoot Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	15/08/2022
Key/BPM:	3B/97
Price:	$2.50

Thuy [2022] - playing tricks [Venice Music]

Thuy (pronounced twee) is of Vietnamese heritage from the San Francisco Bay Area (now based in L.A.) and debuted in Oct. 2015 with a single "Ain't No Me".

Her debut album "I Hope U See This" was released last Oct (2021). She followed it up with a Deluxe edition in May 2022 which contained five additional tracks including a remix of one of the best tracks "Universe" (featured in The Dirty Dozen in Nov 2021 (week 46)).

Today she has released a new single, "playing tricks" not included on the album.

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Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Venice Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/08/2022
Key/BPM:	9A/65
Price:	£1

Chloe Bodur [2022] - Kitty & I [Self Released]

Chloe Bodur debuted on the blog in Jun 2022 with her last single "Come With Me". She returns with a new single "Kitty & I" released today (16 Aug 2022) which is a much better effort.

Chloe is a 23 year old singer/songwriter from North West London of Sri-Lankan/Turkish heritage. Her music is influenced by traditional soul and bossanova which she refers to as R&Bossanova. She hates it to be labelled as neo-soul, so DJs take note.

At the time of the release of "Come With Me" she stated that it was from a forthcoming EP, which will be her third following "Panties & Loafers" (Nov 2020) and "Mavi" (Nov 2021). So, as they were both released in Nov, expect the latest one to drop then as well?

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul / R&B
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/08/2022
Key/BPM:	10A/108
Price:	£1

Bob Baldwin Feat. Kathy Kosins [2022] - Let's Rewind [Self Released]

Kathy Kosins is a soul/jazz singer from Detroit who began her career backing mutant disco band Was (Not Was) (David Was (aka David Weiss) and Don Was (aka Don Fagenson)) possibly best know for "Tell Me I'm Dreaming" / "Out Come The Freaks", "Spy In The House Of Love" and their version of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone". She also supported the very recently departed Michael Henderson on "Wide Receiver", Sweet Pea Atkinson, Millie Scott, David Peaston and many others.

She has a new single "Let's Rewind" due out in Friday (19 Aug 2022) with Bob Baldwin ahead of appearances in the UK in October (see flyer below (click to enlarge / sharpen) or listen to the message from Kathy below for full details).

Kathy has featured here with her last two singles, "From A to B" In Feb and "I Gotta Pinch Myself" with Frank McComb and Najee in Oct 2021.

Bob Baldwin has his 34th album "B Positive!" due for release on 1 Sep 2022. He last featured on the blog back in Feb 2021 with his album "New Urban Jazz 3".

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	19/08/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£1