SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Specials 30 and 31 DOUBLE BILL

So, welcome to 2011!

Not been a great start for me to be honest, had tickets to the Foreign Exchange /Zo! / Sy Smith / Marc Mac bonanza hosted by SoulBeautiful at Cargo, but got sick and couldnt go. My mate went and assured me that they were the business !!

Band was tight, Phonte sounded great, had some fun with doing a reggae version of a Caribbean restaurant menu, and they produced a couple of hours of great great stuff. One of the things that gave me real heart was the his reporting back on the audience demographic: All ages, all races. Its great to see young people enjoying this music as ive got stuck in the ways of believing they all enjoy autotuned artists murdering some cheesy 80's pop songs/samples. (Stand up Will I Am!!)

So to those going next week in the UK, I'm jealous. And if you havent got a ticket...Its SOLD OUT.

But heres a little treat from the gig.



Anyhooo.....

...time to get the back to work blues out of our heads with the first of my Street Sounds double bills. Vol.30 Includes new music from Truth Hurts, a great up'n'coming UK talent Olivier Daysoul, the aforementioned Phonte on a Roddy Rod tune, plus some nice RnB from Ne-Yo and Mike Winans.

SouNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 30

And Vol.31 has the talents of Raheem Devaughn, Novel, Jazzy Jeffs remix of Mayer Hawthornes new tune, a tune from Eric Benet's new LP (Get it, its good), and some nice hip hop feat. Talib Kweli.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 31

Enjoy these and get them quick, as the Xmas one was deleted quick time. Arn't these mixes promoting the music?!?!?!?!?!

Grizz Back in the new week, lets be careful out there.

Introducing...............Maria Bentley.

Special post this weekend!

Got an email regarding a new UK artist asking me to check out some tunes.

Now, this blog is all about helping new artists, especially from the UK, but the music's GOTTA HAVE SOUL. So...took a listen, and let me tell you, I was mighty suprised.

5 top tunes, full of soul, Maria's vocals reminiscent of a more soulful Macy Gray.

"Back to me" bounces on a jazz/soul groove whilst "Do you think of me" rides on Gene Harris' "Latin Funk Love Song". "Dont wanna Talk" and "Fallouthematics" are nice mid tempo soul tunes.

So, decided to put up a special post for you all to check out with the lady's blessing, see what you think. Comments appreciated, and understand, these are demo's (Unfinished masters) so allow some of the raw production qualities.

Maria is performing live next on March 28th UKSoulJam Easter Special at Jazzcafe, London, UK.

More info on this gig is on:

GiG Info


Heres Maria's tunes. Enjoy and comment!

Introducing.......Maria Bentley

Marc Mac - SoulNnB's Great Producers 3

Marc Mac, one half of the great 4 Hero with partner in crime Dego, is in my opinion one of the best producers the UK has produced.

Musician, Remixer, producer and DJ (The man can select a tune let me tell you...) Marc famously helped start the Broken Beat sound in the Early 90's with 4 hero, but really caught my attention with thier LP Two Pages which was a soul/jazz lovers dream.

4 Hero have been very successful with subsequent LP's and have always suprised. Thier new LP for example, are versions of thier songs performed by current Jazz/Soul artists. Never a cheap remix LP for them.

Marc has produced and remixed some absolute gems too, as well as releasing some LP's under his own name and producing a great LP by the Visioneers.

This mix is a showcase for this man's talents, lite on the 4 Hero (As you should have those LP's already!) but will hopefully get you investigating the man and his output.

Even though young in age, Marc has already become one of my greatest producers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/294127678/Marc_Mac_-_SoulNnB_s_Great_Producers_3.rar

Tracklist in Comments.

Mr Grizz will chime in with the next update, but Im hoping to have something special next week. SoulNRnB's Soul Show LIVE.

DJ Grizz- UK Soul 'n' Funk Special

Its no secret that 99% of the stuff I listen to/collect originates in the USA (with the odd detour to places like Brasil and Jamaica). However, in the UK, we have made our own small but significant contribution to the 70's and 80's Soul scene. So check out a collection of tunes from the best of Britain.

http://rapidshare.com/files/280508838/Britsoulspec.mp3

Much of the country is represented here with Scotlands Average White Band, Liverpools The Chants, Manchesters Sweet Sensation, Cardiffs Tony Etoria and from up just the road from me in North London- Light of the World.


Grizz

Tracklist in comments