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Sunday, 31 December 2023

Neo Soul Top 100 2023 Part 2


SoulStrutter's selection of the top100 neo soul tunes of 2023. Broken into four 'bite sized' chunks of 25 (approx. 90 mins each). 

Here's part 2 consisting of 25 tracks from March, April and May 2023.



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Neo Soul Top 100 2023 Part 1




SoulStrutter's selection of the top100 neo soul tunes of 2023. Broken into four 'bite sized' chunks of 25 (approx. 90 mins each). 

Here's part 1 consisting of the first 25 in no order of merit just by release date. These were released between Jan and Mar 2023.


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Saturday, 30 December 2023

2023 Top 100 Albums Of The Year


SoulStrutter's selection of the top 100 albums of 2023. They are not ranked in order, simply listed by reverse chronological release date.


There are links to the original posts if you would like to revisit them.

Date       Artist - Album Rating
29/11 Will Downing - Soul Rising 8.7
17/11 Natasha Watts - Music Is My Life 8.8
10/11 Regi Myrix - SouLsDeLiCa Pt. 1 8.4
10/11 BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy 8.5
03/11 Shaila Prospere - Share The Love 8.2
27/10 Leela James - Thought U Knew 8.8
27/10 Ty Causey - Faithful & True 8.4
27/10 Ruben Studdard - The Way I Remember It 8.4
20/10 The Shindellas - Shindo 8.4
20/10 Incognito - Into You 8.5
13/10 Papik feat. Nicole Magolie - Montecarlo Diamonds 8.6
12/10 Aphrose - Roses 8.4
09/10 Soulpersona & Princess Freesia - Lucky 7 8.6
06/10 Joy Denalane - WILLPOWER 8.5
30/09 The Virgo Lounge - Mellifluous Vibe 8.4
29/09 Cleo Sol - Gold 9
29/09 The Sextones - Love Can't Be Borrowed 8.5
27/09 Jaszy Shavers - Voyage To Surrender 8.8
22/09 Rob Hardt - Good Time for Good Times 8.4
22/09 Nevi - genesis (Deluxe Edition) 8.4
15/09 Coco O. - Sharing Is Caring 8.2
15/09 Cleo Sol - Heaven 8.6
08/09 Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me 9
01/09 Don-E - 30 8.3
01/09 Menagerie - The Shores Of Infinity 8.5
25/08 Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II 8.6
20/08 Shonda English - Travelin' 8
18/08 Pale Jay - Bewilderment 8.3
18/08 Leon Thomas - Electric Dusk 8.3
14/08 Élan Noelle - Elan 8.4
11/08 Marcus Machado - Blue Diamonds 8.2
11/08 Les Imprimés - Rêverie 8.3
04/08 Teddy Bryant - Dinner For Two 8.6
04/08 Output/Input - Forward Motion 9
01/08 Jahkayla - EP2. 8.4
31/07 Grooveman Spot - Lie-Sense 8.6
28/07 Paulette McWilliams - These Are The Sweet Things 8.8
28/07 Xavier Gordon - X Marks the Spot 8.2
21/07 Sunstone - 9ine 8.5
21/07 Kevin Brazil - Don't Leave 8
21/07 Slowe - Where The Mind Wanders 8.3
14/07 Zaimie - Fortuitous 8.4
12/07 Niya Imani - Girl If Only He Knew 8.4
07/07 Joe Leavy - Soul On Fire 8.8
07/07 Melonyx - Soul Glow 8.6
07/07 Loyola University New Orleans - 4 The Culture Vol.1:
Gold Edition (R&B)
8.4
07/07 Gabriels - Angels & Queens (Deluxe) 8.6
07/07 CHERISE - Calling 8.4
07/07 Mama Terra - The Summoned 8.3
07/07 Carla Prather - The Return Of R&B 8.5
04/07 Theo Forsett - Love At Your Fingatips 8.2
30/06 Nicola Conte - Umoja 8
30/06 Acantha Lang - Beautiful Dreams 8.2
29/06 Derric Gobourne Jr. - Until: Summer Songs Inspired by a
Hummingbird
8.3
16/06 R. Cory Johnson - Collages of Music and Love Vol. 1 8
24/06 Cynáa-Nicole - MY LIFE 8.4
23/06 Secret Night Gang - Belongs on a Place Called Earth 8.6
23/06 Jeff Bradshaw - XX Twenty 8.5
23/06 Reuben James - Champagne Kisses 8.4
20/06 Karlos Edwards - Welcome To My World 8.4
16/06 Lin Rountree - The Message 8.4
09/06 MAETA - When I Hear Your Name 7.6
08/06 Sipprell - Peace In The Madness 8.3
02/06 Mike Di Lorenzo - Play It Cool 8.4
12/05 Elli Ingram - Bad Behaviour 8.4
12/05 Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints - Bridge Of Love 8.6
09/05 Angie Stone - Love Language 8.2
05/05 Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Intuition 8.6
31/04 Maysa - Music For Your Soul 8.6
28/04 Izo FitzRoy - A Good Woman 8.2
28/04 Michon Young - #mysweetness 8.2
28/04 Helen Bruner & Terry Jones - 2nd Overture 8.8
24/04 Roderick Harper - 2702 8.4
21/04 Jay Lamont - Just For You 8.4
21/04 Claire Davis - Get It Right 8.9
14/04 Dinner Party - Enigmatic Society 8.4
14/04 Ray Greene - Stay 8.2
14/04 Terri Walker - My Love Story 8.4
24/03 P.D. Williams - Funk Love and Soul 8.4
24/04 Billy Valentine - Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth 8.8
24/03 Reel People - Love2 8.4
03/03 Tristan - Seven 8.6
03/03 Adi Oasis - Lotus Glow 8.6
25/02 The Groove Association Feat. Georgie B. - Reflections 8.6
17/02 Terrill Carter - Feels Like This 7.8
17/02 Ten City & Marshall Jefferson - Love Is Love 8.5
14/02 Chelsea Nichole Feat. Jeff Lorber - Love Letters 8.2
14/02 Danny Boy - Black Heart 8.4
14/02 JKabel - Beige Living Room 8
10/02 Sabrina Claudio - Archives & Lullabies 8.3
10/02 Raheem DeVaughn - Love Euphoria 8.4
10/02 October London - The Rebirth Of Marvin 9.5
10/02 The Degrees - The Day Out Of Time 8.5
10/02 Will Downing - Pieces 8.8
03/02 Soulpersona - Soulacoaster
(The 2023 Remastered Edition
8.6
02/02 Band Of Pockets - Moving On Again 8.6
24/01 Massnada - Glamour 8.3
20/01 José James - On & On 8.5
13/01 Ché Sampson - Break of Day 8
06/01 Kyle Jason - The Right Place 8.8

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Friday, 27 October 2023

TMF The Music Forever in conversation with Steve Aggasild (25th Oct 2023)


In conjunction with SoulStrutter, Steve Aggasild (SoulAndJazzFlavas) meets with all seven members of TMF The Music Forever.

All except lead singer Chris Walker have recorded and toured with the legendary Maze over the last couple of decades. 

The group line up is Chris Walker (lead vocals), Roame Lowry (conga/vocals), John 'Jubu' Smith (guitar/vocals), Vance Taylor (keys), Bear Williams (bass/vocals), Calvin Napper (drums),  and Daniel Weatherspoon (keys & organ).

They released their debut single as TMF "Making Love To The Music" of 29 Oct. and tell us that they are working on a new album for next year.

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Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Antonio McLendon In Conversation with Steve Aggasild (21 Oct 2023)


In conjunction with SoulStrutter, Steve Aggasild (SoulAndJazzFlavas) caught up with Antonio McLendon to talk about his background and the new album "Forward Motion" with Output / Input (on which he features on 7 of the 10 tracks).

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

Steve Aggasild [2023-10-18] - SoulAndJazzFlavas (21st Century Soul)


Steve Aggasild's midweek independent podcast on Wed. 18th Oct 2023.

This Wednesday Steve presents 21st Century Soul selecting tracks from 2000-2023 highlighted by the Soul Associates in our 21st Century Soul series.


Steve now does a show Fri 21:00-23:00 (GMT) on Soul Music Radio and two independent podcasts a week. If you have yet to listen then please do take a listen as he is one of the best UK soul radio presenters around with a 40 year pedigree. 

Catch up with other SoulAndJazzFlavas podcasts at Mixcloud or from 27 Jun 2022 onwards Podbean

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Playlist:

Artist Title / Album Year
BB Soul feat. Cheri Maree Is It You
[Luxury Soul]
2022
Avani feat.
Rashaan Patterson
& Carl Mcintosh
Watching You
[The Real Thing]
2004
Victor Fields It's In Your Vibe
[Thinking Of You]
2006
Bass X See You Again
[Volume II Heir Wave]
2004
Big Brooklyn Red Time
[Foreword]
2002
The Foreign Exchange
feat. Darien Brockington
Take Off The Blues
[Leave It All Behind]
2008
Noel Gourdin One Love
[After My Time]
2008
Leela James Music
[A Change Is Gonna Come]
2005
Noel Elmowy feat.
Doug Williams &
Gerald Albright
Only For You
[Feelin' Good]
2000
Jamiroquai Talullah
[Dynamite]
2005
Anthony Hamilton The Day We Met
[The Point Of It All]
2008
Lalah Hathaway Let Go
[Self Portrait]
2008
Eric Benet Weekend Girl
[Love & Life]
2008
Floetry feat. Common Supastar
[Supastar]
2005
Romina Johnson As Good As This
[Soul River]
2008
Incognito feat. Joy Rose Can't Get You Out of My Head
[Who Needs Love]
2002
Calvin Richardson We Gon' Love Tonight
[I Am Calvin]
2014
Dwele Find A Way
[Subject]
2003
Sherree Brown Adore You
[First Fruit]
2008
Musiq Soulchild
feat. Aaries
Forthenight
[Soulstar]
2003
Keyshia Cole Heaven Sent
[Just Like You]
2007
Hil St Soul Gravity
[Black Rose]
2008
Glendora Woodard
feat. Travis Fludd
Simply Divine
[Heaven Bound]
2019
Brian Culbertson feat. Ledisi   The World Keeps Going Around     
[Bringing Back The Funk]
2008
Lenora Jaye Taking Over
[Independence Day]
2008
Joe And Then
[And Then]
2003
Kindred The Family Soul Far Away
[Surrender To Love]
2003
Seek Something Real
[Journey Into Day]
2003
John Stoddart Falling For You
[Wings To Walk This Road]
2003
Alex Lattimore Keep Risin' To The Top
[Promise]
2008

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

DJ Kool Keith [2023-10-17] - Soulful Vibes [Soul Groove Radio]


DJ Kool Keith's latest Soulful Vibes show broadcast on Tue 17th Oct 2023 on Soul Groove Radio.

His Soulful Vibes show showcases new releases whether that be brand new music or reissues. 


DJ Kool Keith has two shows per week, his Soulful Vibes show Tue 16:00-18:00 (BST/UK Time) on Soul Groove Radio and Thu 21:00-2300 (BST/UK Time)  Soul Music Radio.

All DJ Kool Keith podcast are available to listen/download from Podomatic.


Playlist:

ArtistTitle
Flight Facilities feat. Channel TresLights Up
(Mousse T Boogie Shizzle Remix)
Adesha & Vincent KwokBlame Game
Adesha & Vincent KwokPegasus
Amy Douglas, JKrivBit-O-Honey
Incognito feat. Basile Petite
& Drew Wynen
Nothing Makes Me Feel Better
Incognito feat. Cherri VStories Of Our Past
Baltic Jazz Recordings
feat. Lois Levin
Pheromones
JahkoySweet Tooth
Ne-YoLink Up
Diddy feat. The-Dream
& Herb Alpert
Brought My Love
B.K.W.H.Can't Beat The Weekend
(2b3 Productions Remix)
Papik feat. Nicole MagolieEve's Spell
Papikfeat. Nicole MagolieCrazy For You
Sweatson Klank feat. Tifanny PaigeNo Other ()
AlvarezI Can't Make It
AlvarezI Can't Stop Loving You
Soulpersona, Princess FreesiaParty At The Back Door (Clean Version)
Soulpersona, Princess FreesiaProfligate Love (Clean Version)
Diane Marsh feat. Mather Enough (R&B Mix)
The Sounds Of Oakland
feat. Bonnie Boyer
Just Like Magic
Sy SmithSlide
TylaWater
Kenyon DixonWait
Ma UxTah Tah
Robert GeeWhatcha Wanna Do
MiParis Music feat. Carol RiddickI Love Me Too
LL Cool KS.O.S.
KandiOnly For You
TamaraFollow Me
Autumn CorinDo Me Wrong
Autumn CorinSometimes
JahkaylaThoughts
Natanya23
Sydny AugustWhen Ur Ready
Joe LeavyToo Much Love
Phat Flavour CrewAction
Gerald RichardsonNaturally
TashRachel And Ross
Weekend In ParisHold Your Head Up
Bô'velComing Back
Dasha McQueenRight For Me
Sean JonesWeekend Lover/I Want You
(Joel JJ Josephs Remix)
Jessica MerakiDifferent
Lydia NewsomEscape
David BrinstonMy Bestie

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Monday, 16 October 2023

Steve Aggasild [2023-10-15] - Soul Struttin' (Upfront)


Steve Aggasild's latest podcast on Sunday 15th Oct 2023 featuring 2 hours plus of brand new releases.


Steve does a show Fri 21:00-23:00 (GMT) on Soul Music Radio and two independent podcasts per week. If you have yet to listen then please do take a listen as he is one of the best UK soul radio presenters around with a 40 year pedigree. 

Catch up with other SoulAndJazzFlavas podcasts at Mixcloud or from 27 Jun 2022 onwards Podbean

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Playlist:

ArtistTitle / AlbumYear
Baiana feat.
Laura Doyle
Love Will Lead the Way
[Baiana]
2023
Conya Doss feat.
B. Golden
4everlasting2023
TarynGive It To Me2023
The RequestorsLove Has To Be Easy2023
Sheree BrownI'd Rather Be In Love With You
(The Sax Way)
2023
Bobbi StormWe Can't Forget Him2023
Leela JamesThought U Knew2023
Joslyn & The
Sweet Compression
Write A Love Song
[Bona Fide]
2023
Incognito feat.
Natalie Duncan
Keep Me In The Dark
[Into You]
2023
MHem feat. Derren DaySo Good
[Friends With Benefits]
2023
Avery WilsonKiss The Sky2023
Baiana feat.
Laura Doyle
Last Minute Love [
Baiana]
2023
Alisha GloverLove U No More
[The Virgo Lounge Mellifluous Vibe]
2023
Mycah ChevalierTried It
[The Virgo Lounge Mellifluous Vibe]
2023
David HammettLove Feels
[The Virgo Lounge Mellifluous Vibe]
2023
TMF The Music ForeverMaking Love to the Music2023
Miparismusic feat.
Carol Riddick
I Love Me Too2023
Baltic Jazz Recordings
feat. Lois Levin
Pheremones [Revisioned EP]2023
Lori WilliamsTake My Wings2023
Joe Leavy feat.
Jeanette Harris
Find A Way To Love
[Soul On Fire]
2023
Joe LeavyToo Much Love
[Soul On Fire]
2023
Gwendolyn CollinsWatcha Say
[The Virgo Lounge Mellifluous Vibe]
2023
Gotts Street Park
feat. Pip Millett
Got To Be Good
[On The Inside]
2023
Soulpersona &
Princess Freesia
Am I What You Need
[Lucky 7]
2023
Soulpersona &
Princess Freesia
Party At The Back Door (Clean Version) 
[Lucky 7]
2023
Soulpersona &
Princess Freesia
Sunny Magic
[Lucky 7]
2023
Joy DenalaneAll Of Me
[Willpower]
2023
Joy DenalaneFly By
[Willpower]
2023
MaleahFeels Good2023
Jeff Lorber FusionTail lights
[The Drop]
2023
Bob James feat
DJ Jazzy Jeff 
That Bop
[Jazz Hands]
2023
AC Soul SymphonyWindy City Theme
[Metamorphosis]
2023

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Saturday, 14 October 2023

Sara Stolz [2023] - Kool Aid Sun [Self Released]


A single, "Kool Aid Sun", from a new artist to us, Sara Stolz (Sara Stolzenberg-Myers) from L.A.. The song is produced by Amelia Rose who, we assume, is Amelia Rose Dyson from London who's featured here several times.

Prior to this single, Sara has released a six track EP in 2021 and two singles in 2019.

Whilst released on 10 Oct, it is obviously not a brand new song as she performed it live in March '22 on Tiny Desk (video below).

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 10/10/2023
Key/BPM: 5B/60
Price: £1
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Danny Losito & SLAMTWISTED [2023] - Children Of The Ghetto [Irma Records]


Italian DJ / producer / singer Danny Losito and DJ / musician / producer SLAMTWISTED (Umby Bebbo (Umberto Behboudi) last featured here with their version of "Can't Hide Love" in Aug. Since then in Sep they released another cover ,Steely Dan's "Do It Again" and they are back with yet another cover.

This time out they interpret Chris & Eddie Amoo's "Children Of The Ghetto" first released on The Real Thing's "4 From 8" in 1977 before getting a single release as the flip to their 1979 disco hit "Can You Feel The Force".

Several others have recorded the song, perhaps most notably EWF's Phillip Bailey in 1984 and our favourite by UK saxophonist Courtney Pine feat. ex Supreme Susaye Green in 1986.

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Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Classic Soul / Cover Version
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 13/10/2023
Key/BPM: 9A/63
Price: £1
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