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Various
Don’t Stop: Recording Tap

Numero Group’s latest finding is from New York’s forgott…
Rating 8/10
Wed. Apr 30, 2008
 

Jamie Lidell
Jim

It was moving, but the music on Jamie Lidell’s Multiply wa…
Rating 8.5/10
Tue. Apr 29, 2008

Al Kent Presents the Million Dollar Orchestra
Better Days

Scottish disco junkie Al Kent can sucker you into believing …
Rating 6/10
Mon. Apr 21, 2008

Various
Achtung! German Grooves

It’s hard to imagine that the culture that brought you exp…
Rating 8/10
Thu. Mar 27, 2008
 

Various
Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story

Hordes of foreign rock stars became richer after recording a…
Rating 8.5/10
Wed. Mar 26, 2008

Kutiman
Kutiman

Ophir Kutiel's eponymous debut could have you fetching for b…
Rating 9/10
Mon. Mar 17, 2008

The Crystal Pharoah
Blaxploration

A continuously mixed, 36-track trolling through the oceans o…
Rating 6.5/10
Mon. Feb 11, 2008

Connie Price and the Keystones
Tell Me Something

With its sophomore effort, L.A.’s Connie Price and the Key…
Rating 8/10
Wed. Jan 30, 2008

Cymande
Promised Heights

Early ’70s U.K.-by-way-of-West Indies outfit Cymande mixed…
Rating 9/10
Mon. Jan 28, 2008

Van Hunt
Popular

Neo-soul isn’t exactly the newest flavor du jour.…
Rating 7/10
Mon. Jan 14, 2008

The Four Mints
Gently Down Your Stream

Most soul music from the 1960s and ’70s was determinedly s…
Rating 9/10
Thu. Dec 20, 2007

Orgone
The Killion Floor

Sounding much like a cross between The Dap-Kings and Breakes…
Rating 7/10
Mon. Dec 17, 2007

Ray Barretto
Hard Hands

One of many standouts from the current and extensive Fania r…
Rating 7/10
Mon. Dec 10, 2007
 

Various
Jamaica Funk–Original Funk & Soul 45s

There is no denying the influence of funk on …
Rating 8/10
Wed. Dec 5, 2007
 

Jennifer Johns
Painting on Wax

Many R&B divas start their albums with mellow mood-setters.…
Rating 8.5/10
Thu. Nov 29, 2007

The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Tropidelico

As Quantic, Brit DJ and producer Will Holland has already ma…
Rating 8/10
Wed. Nov 21, 2007

The Budos Band
The Budos Band II

On II, The Budos Band doesn't achieve anything remarkably ne…
Sun. Sep 9, 2007

Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label

The Numero Group's latest archival dig, from Columbus, Ohio'…
Fri. Aug 31, 2007

Metamatics & Norken
My Favourite Kind of Irrelevance

A Lee Norris production is akin to that dog-eared baseball c…
Fri. Aug 24, 2007

Anthony Hamilton
Southern Comfort

Charlotte, NC native Anthony Hamilton has never had an issue…
Sun. May 27, 2007
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