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I want to introduce to you the soulful sounds of Jayanti, an independent singer-songwriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Jayanti was 1 of 4 fresh faces of July on YouTube’s Music Tuesdays channel. Along with this feature on YouTube’s home page, Jayanti’s no-budget video “Girl from Mars” earned over 200,000 views! |
| In addition, I also wanted to share with you Jayanti’s beautiful rendition of “Inside My Love” - a tribute to songbird Minnie Riperton? More info can be found on Bandcamp and www.jayanti.me. Jayanti’s single “Girl from Mars” is now available for purchase on iTunes. | |
For the latest soul, funk reissues see the advertiser page of funkytowngrooves.com on www.soulandfunkmusic.com
 | In 2006, D2G Records contemporary gospel and inspirational vocalist Niyoki (pronounced Nie-yo-kee), came on the gospel scene with her debut release, MY EVERYTHING. The project independently sold more than 15,000 copies, and spawned the hit single “He’s Here” (which ultimately reached the #8 position on Billboard’s Gospel chart and was named the 27th most-played gospel song of 2007 by the trade publication R&R (Radio and Records). Now she is back with her sophomore CD entitled REST which hit stores on August 19th via partnership with Executive Music Group and distribution by Fontana. Niyoki was previously one of Prince’s backup singers. |
John Whitehead, a prominent R&B artist best known for the 1979 hit song "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," was shot dead Tuesday the 11th of may.
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| Funky Town Grooves The number one website for collectable urban cd's has got some stunning new items on stock. We talk about the reissue CDs of Madagascar: Spirit Of The Street, Wax: Do You Believe In Magic and two on on CD from The Skool Boyz:Skool Boyz / This Is The Real Thing and Michael Wycoff: Come To My World / On the Line. The Audio, from all these CDs, is transferred from the master tapes by Mark Wilder at Sonys Battery Studios in New York. Check Them out on Funkytowngrooves.com Sound Samples are available. |
Celebrating One Of Music'S Most Successful And Enduringmusical Collaborations -36 Years And Counting!!! Randy and Joe photo Critically Acclaimed Jazz / R&B Recording Artists Pianist JOE SAMPLE and Singer RANDY CRAWFORD To Release Randy Crawford & Joe Sample LIVE Featuring ~ Sample's Son ~ Bassist NICKLAS SAMPLE and Drummer Extraordinaire STEVE GADD In Stores July 31st. Electrifying Performances Recorded On Tour at Various Concert Venues Throughout Europe From October - December 2008
Gico Music’s Gina Carey...The Songbird will sing her way back into our hearts on January 31st, with the release of “Gina Carey…The Songbird.”
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.The silky smooth
soul legend checked himself into an undisclosed Memphis hospital on
Tuesday to be treated for exhaustion, according to published reports. |
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James Brown’s favorite singer and the inspiration for generations of musicians, Little Willie John was the unjustly forgotten singer whose deep blues, rollicking rock ‘n’ roll, and swinging ballads formed the basis for what we know as soul music. Written by esteemed music journalist Susan Whitall and with a foreword by Stevie Wonder, the singer receives his due in the first-ever official biography based on his fast life and strange death, FEVER |
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TODO IS THE LAST DAY TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE TO WIN A CD FROM FUNKYTOWNGROOVES.COM. This month FunkTownGrooves.com will give away 5 CDs a week. To win these CDs you must fill in the Crossword and put together a word from the orange entries. Send the solution and the name of the CD of your choice and your postal address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. FunkyTownGrooves will pick at random five winners. Next week we announce the winners on soulandfunkmusic.com. You can win a CD from the following list: Bloodstone - Party / Blue Magic - Welcome Back / Skyy - From The Left Side / First Circle - Boys Night Out / Fonzi Thornton - Pumpin' / Tease - Tease / JM Silk - Hold On To Your Dream / James "DTrain" Williams - In Your Eyes / James "DTrain" Williams - Miracles Of The Heart |
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