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Humpty Dumpty is not the traditional egg, but a somewhat egg-shaped bass playing cat! This track is from the CD release "Music in Motion" from Groove Kid Nation. Rodney Lee is a professional musician and with this release he wants to bring the funk into the next generation!

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Soul and funk artist Isaac Hayes – best known for his pioneering sound in the 1970s – passed away at  the age 65 in Memphis.

Hayes – who was to turn 66 on August 20 – is the father of 12 children and the grandfather to 14. He has had four wives.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 and his new album was scheduled to be released on September 16. Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards.

In 1997, Hayes was prominently featured as the voice of Chef in South Park
Madagascar
Skool Boyz
Wax
Michael Wycoff
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.

ATTENTION: A FEW HOURS LEFT

I just wanted to let you know I have found another large auction of soul, funk, jazz, latin and rare groove LP's on eBay right now including many tough to find titles.  There are over 300 LP’s with audio up for some of the more obscure things.  These all end on Thursday, January 23rd.  Here is a link:

Click this link for the auction: http://www.ebay.com/sch/jaybreezie/m.html?_sop=1

The Single BOOGIELAND (out now) : an amazing SOUL/DISCO/FUNK/POP hymn. Extract of the concept Album to come soon.

Discover the Video MOONSHOES playing with SOUL TRAIN. Mythical and irresistible line dance images of the 70’s, never published before, of this incredible show.

The Album BOOGIELAND : a journey in Blaxploitation, recorded in his own studio by multi-instrumentist Gilles Paulet, a musical Disco monk, a dignified new figure and spokesman of this blue-eyed soul. Bringing the 70’s back to life with this music which could be the imaginary original theme of a movie. Simply to please those who enjoyed : Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Deodato, Isaac Hayes, The Jacksons, Curtis Mayfield, Quincy Jones, KC & the sunshine band, Crusaders… Are they good enough for you ?! Produced, composed, performed, arranged, recorded & mixed by Gilles Paulet.

Check it out on.

http://www.myspace.com/mymoonshoes
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/moonshoes/id285499410
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tzFWg4sizsI
Kashf On July 11, 2011 at 7PM Pacific Time Kashif will be featured on TV One Unsung. The show is about one of his favorite singers, Evelyn "Champagne" King. Pass this along to other Kashif fans that you know. Enjoy!

 

Don CorneliusDon Cornelius the founder and presenter of the legendary music show the Soul Train has died. The Soul Train was aired from 1971 - 1993 thus hundreds of artists were featured. Some tunes from the show did get very famous like MFSB - The Sound Of Philadelphia, O' Jays's Love Train. Artists like Jodey Watley and Howard Hewitt of Shalamar started their career via the Soul Train. Don Cornelius was 75 years old. May he rest in Peace.

Soul Brother Records

Are you visiting London for the Olympic games this July? Then you are probably a huge sports fan and beside that you are also a soul, funk, jazz enthusiast and love to buy vinyl or cd's then you must give Soul Brother Records a visit during your stay in London. Why Not? You are already spending extra money and why not give yourself an extra treat to buy that Record you always want to have. The fact is that your wife or girlfriend also wants to shop in Oxford St and spending your money! While she does her shopping take the nearest tube to East Putney. From their it's only one minute walk to 1 Keswick Road. Soul Brother is happy to refund your ticket cost if you spend more than 15 pounds. Please refer to this article.

Soul Brother Records is specialized in, new, reissues and originals, of soul funk and jazz CD’s and vinyl records. The shop is open 7 days a week, Mondayto Saturday 10am - 7pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm. You can already visit theirwebsite to let reserve your items you want to pick during your stay. Three advantages, you will have the item you want, your visit cost less time and your wife isn't upset about that;-)

Mamas Gun will be releasing his new single ‘Only One (Featuring Beverley Knight)’ on January 9th 2012.

The track is taken from Mama’s Gun latest album ‘The Life And Soul’ which was released in the summer of 2011. The video for the single which sees the band and Beverley Knight perform the track live at Kensaltown Studios in London.

Click here to see the Video of Only On on Youtube
Digital stream - http://soundcloud.com/mamas-gun/09-only-one

 

Mamas Gun will be playing the Jazz Café, London on January 20th 2012.

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Isaac Hayes

.The silky smooth soul legend checked himself into an undisclosed Memphis hospital on Tuesday to be treated for exhaustion, according to published reports.

No immediate word on the 63-year-old Hayes' condition. His agent could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

However, Hayes' longtime songwriting partner, David Porter, told Memphis' Commercial Appeal newspaper: "He's just overworked and had been in Atlantic City performing, the D.C. area performing and in Tunica [Mississippi] a couple of nights ago. He was just overworked."

But, Porter added, "He's doing much better."

 

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Renee Diggs-Phillips, former lead singer of the group Starpoint, died at age of 50. She died on 18th march due to complications with her disease Multiple Sclerosis.

Renee met Ernesto Phillips (who died Thursday, April 1, 2004) and his brothers in the early stages of their musical careers. Starpoint were signed to the Polygram imprint, Casablanca / Chocolate City Records in 1980. On that label they recorded four albums.

During the 'Restless' tour, in 1985, Renee was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. After this diagnoses Renee recorded three more outings with Starpoint under bad health conditions. After five years, in 1990, Renee decided to go solo. The U.K. based record company Expansion acquired the rights to the subsequent 1994 recording and released 'Oasis' in late 2000. Renee formed the Renee Diggs Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis.

Thanx Renee for your outstanding vocal contributions. It always gives me the creeps.

RIP

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