Soul/Funk/Disco

Brooke Combe - Dancing At The Edge Of The World

Expected Release 31st January 2025 Brooke Combe, a rising Scottish singer-songwriter, delves deep...

Expected Release 31st January 2025 Brooke Combe, a rising Scottish singer-songwriter, delves deep into her soulful roots with her new album Dancing at the Edge of the World. This album, produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, marks her most authentic work yet, blending rich, emotive vocals with contemporary soul sounds. Brooke’s music captures the essence of heartbreak, empowerment, and self-discovery, resonating with a broad audience. Dancing at the Edge of the World is a powerful showcase of ...

Kelly Finnigan (of The Monophonics) - A Lover W...

Released 18th October 2024 Distance as a measure of time and place informs Kelly Finnigan’s ‘A Lo...

Released 18th October 2024 Distance as a measure of time and place informs Kelly Finnigan’s ‘A Lover Was Born’ with a grit and grace that turns passion into virtue. The latest solo release from The Monophonics frontman roots itself in the best traditions of midwest soul labels like King, Curtom, Dakar, and the Bodie Recording Company. ‘A Lover Was Born’ is a testimony that these deep cut grooves are not resigned to nostalgia, instead, they are at the burning heart of longing and hope. The jou...

Thee Sacred Souls - Got A Story To Tell

Released 4th October 2024. The highly anticipated follow-up to Thee Sacred Souls' breakout 2022 s...

Released 4th October 2024. The highly anticipated follow-up to Thee Sacred Souls' breakout 2022 self-titled debut, ‘Got A Story To Tell’, features 12 all original new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from this young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose Recorders, in Daptone’s Riverside, CA studio, and written in the throes of supporting their 2022 album, which was met with significant excitement and majo...

José James - 1978

Released 5th April 2024 Jose James - the forward-looking, genre-defying Jazz singer for the hip-h...

Released 5th April 2024 Jose James - the forward-looking, genre-defying Jazz singer for the hip-hop generation - has done it again. 1978 (his 12th studio album since 2008's The Dreamer'') announces an instant classic, combining James' deep love of jazz and hip-hop with songwriting and production nods to R&B heroes Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and Leon Ware. Produced by James and featuring an all-star ensemble, 1978 pulsates with the socially conscious feel-good vibes of Marvin Gaye, Prin...

Mayer Hawthorne - For All Time

Released 27th October 2023 Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, ...

Released 27th October 2023 Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he started making beats and DJing at the height of Detroit hip-hop. Since his debut heart-shaped seven-inch, Just Ain't Gonna Work Out, dropped via Stones Throw in 2008, Hawthorne has released four LPs, raking in accolades from esteemed publications like GQ, New York Times Magazine, Playboy, and Rolling Stone. From NPR's proclamation of his imminent stardom to BBC Music's endorsement of his ...

Various Artists - Yacht Soul: The Cover Versions 2

Released 10th November 2023 Welcome Back, friends, to the Yacht Soul cruise that never ends! This...

Released 10th November 2023 Welcome Back, friends, to the Yacht Soul cruise that never ends! This theme, explored at length in the previous installment of this series, is a fertile one that just keeps on giving, and give it certainly does on the tracks we have dug up for your perusal, enlightenment, edification and enjoyment on Yacht Soul 2. For those just joining us, the concept here concerns R&B and soul artists mining the songbooks of their white contemporaries for cover versions that...

Khruangbin & Toro y Moi - Live at The Fillmore ...

Released 22nd September 2023 It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s firstever official live releases...

Released 22nd September 2023 It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s firstever official live releases would be albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s ho...

Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond

Released 27th October 2023 When Black Pumas made their self-titled debut in 2019, the Austin-bred...

Released 27th October 2023 When Black Pumas made their self-titled debut in 2019, the Austin-bred duo set off a reaction almost as combustible and rapturous as their music itself. Along with earning a career total of seven Grammy Award nominations (including Album Of The Year) and winning praise from leading outlets like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, singer/songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada achieved massive success as a live act, touring large theatres all over Europ...