Josh Berkeley [2021] - Caravan Of Love [Self Relased]

Back in August I selected "Just As Friends" by Josh Berkeley as the SoulStrutter Selection of the Week. It appears that that song is no longer available on any of the DSPs!  On the strength of that single, I subsequently posted his album "Sunday Morning" from 2020.

On 29 Oct 2021 he released a cover of Isley Jasper Isley's "Caravan Of Love". It makes a change from the dreaded Houemartins version who had a UK #1 hit with it at Christmas 1986 (the group included Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim).

According to SecondHandSongs there are around twenty other versions of the song listed, the most notable being by Terry Callier in 2002 from his "Speak Your Peace" album (posted below).

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Rating:	7.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul / Cover Version
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/10/2021
Key/BPM:	10B/68
Value:	£1

Josh Berkeley [2020] - Sunday Morning [Self Released] (Full Album)

Following on from the post for Josh Berkeley's latest single here's his album "Sunday Morning" released last Feb (29 Feb 2020).

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Rating:	8.8
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/02/2020
Value:	£6.93

Josh Berkeley [2021] - Just As Friends [Self Released]

Now .. this is what I'm talking about! Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I adore this, pure class, deep and soulful, with a hint of jazz and blues and sadly will 'possibly' sink without trace as it's not really 'commercial' but I would love to be proved wrong! A connoisseur's classic for sure in my book!

Josh Berkeley is originally from Grenada, now living in the big apple. He debuted in 2015 with a single "Don't Wanna Go (Exclusively Yours)" but his next single didn't appear until 2019. He has also released a seven track album/EP "Sunday Morning" in 2020 which is similar material, and is excellent, so I will post it separately even though it's over a year old (29 Feb 2020).

He released his seventh single (and third this year) "Just As Friends" today (14 Aug 2021) which, for me, is the best release of the week.

I've subsequently listened to all his available material and have to ask how has he not got a far higher profile?

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Details

Rating:	9
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	14/08/2021
Key/BPM:	11B/52
Value:	£1