Extending a tradition that stretches from Aretha Franklin to Sarah Vaughn, singer, songwriter, Vesta Williams contributed to the soulful mix of musical era and genres during her career. Simply put, Vesta Williams is a musical legend.   Before her death in September 22, 2011, Vesta released 6 studio albums that has produced the hits “Congratulations” “Sweet Sweet Love” “4U” and “Special”.  Her upcoming studio release “Seven” is completed and contains the wonderful vocals and arrangement that we have expected from her over the last 25 years. Vesta has sold over 2 million albums in her career that this effort will please all her fans.

Today, Vesta’s new single “Better Days” is available on Itunes. From Executive Producers Edwin Nicholas, Devon V. Collins and  Kahlil I. Pedizisai, Vesta’s Album

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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Hereby two promotional clips of Lamar Thomas brand new singles 'Dry Water Wet Tears' and 'Someone (Lay it Down)'. These singles are taken from his forthcoming album. Please check this out press readmore to view the clip on youtube

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;-)

Here are some great Soul Original Vinyl Albums that have recently arrived for you to check for your collection, we have added clips for most titles so you can hear them before you buy. All records are one -offs so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered on line , over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon -sat 10 -7 and Sun 11-5.

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Set for release May 13, JUST ME is Keith's first studio record in six years, and his debut for Atco. Loaded with the classic smooth and sexy grooves and soulful vocals that first minted him a superstar two decades ago with Make It Last Forever, JUST ME is signature Sweat. Highlights include duets with Keyshia Cole, Paisley Bettis and Athena. Cage plus the scorching Sweat jam "Just Wanna Sex You." J&R is located at 23 Park Row, New York, NY (212.238.9191). See for tracklisting CD Just Me /widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ftheultimatebl-20%2F8014%2Ff66de7f7-067d-4f87-95fc-e42de48ffc2e&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate">

Set for release May 13, JUST ME is Keith's first studio record in six years, and his debut for Atco. Loaded with the classic smooth and sexy grooves and soulful vocals that first minted him a superstar two decades ago with Make It Last Forever, JUST ME is signature Sweat. Highlights include duets with Keyshia Cole, Paisley Bettis and Athena. Cage plus the scorching Sweat jam "Just Wanna Sex You." J&R is located at 23 Park Row, New York, NY (212.238.9191). See for tracklisting CD Just Me

/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ftheultimatebl-20%2F8014%2Ff66de7f7-067d-4f87-95fc-e42de48ffc2e&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate">  Set for release May 13, JUST ME is Keith's first studio record in six years, and his debut for Atco. Loaded with the classic smooth and sexy grooves and soulful vocals that first minted him a superstar two decades ago with Make It Last Forever, JUST ME is signature Sweat. Highlights include duets with Keyshia Cole, Paisley Bettis and Athena. Cage plus the scorching Sweat jam "Just Wanna Sex You." J&R is located at 23 Park Row, New York, NY (212.238.9191).

See for tracklisting CD Just Me

	Legendary Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died at the age of 59 following "a difficult recovery" from colon cancer surgery, his son has told the AP news agency. Teddy Pendergrass II said his father had died at a hospital in Philadelphia.
He was paralysed from the waist down in a 1982 car accident. In 2001, he went on his first tour since the accident.

 

Entertainer, Music Producer Ernesto Phillips Dies at 50

Thursday, April 1, 2004; Page B06

Ernesto McKenzie Phillips, 50, a Columbia resident who was a musician in pop rhythm-and-blues groups and then produced a series of local entertainers, including singers Toni Braxton and Kimberly Scott, died March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a stroke. He had hypertension.

Mr. Phillips, a native Washingtonian, was raised in Crownsville and graduated from Arundel High School in Gambrills. He was a self-taught guitarist, and during high school he attended the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore to study trumpet.

He was a graduate of Anne Arundel Community College and attended Howard University, where he intended to study medicine as his father -- a psychiatrist -- had. He decided instead to make music his career.

With his four brothers -- George, Lloyd, Orlando and Gregory -- Mr. Phillips formed Licyndiana, an R&B group named after his mother and his sisters. Ernesto Phillips sang and played guitar. He also wrote songs and did production work.

Singer Renee Diggs, who was Mr. Phillips's longtime companion, and musician-songwriter Kayode "Ky" Adeyemo later joined Licyndiana.

Mr. Phillips had greater success as leader, co-producer and primary songwriter of a successor pop R&B band called Starpoint, which included the same members except for Lloyd.

The band toured nationally, opening for such performers as Luther Vandross, and appeared on "Soul Train," "Solid Gold" and other television programs. Its album "Restless" (1986) sold more than 500,000 copies, according to news reports, and included the hit song "Object of My Desire."

At the 1990 Washington Area Music Awards, Starpoint was named best R&B/urban group. Mr. Phillips, on guitar, was named best instrumentalist.

The group disbanded about 1990 as members went in different directions professionally. Until his death, Mr. Phillips worked as a producer. He owned and operated Longevity Records and Pearl Studios, both in Columbia.

"I pledged that once we made it, I was going to prove there is a lot of talent in this area," he told The Washington Post in 1995.

His best-known find is Braxton, the Grammy Award-winning singer whom he met through a friend.

In recent months, he worked as a counselor for teenagers at Sheppard Pratt psychiatric clinic in Ellicott City.

Survivors include his mother, Ana Phillips, of Columbia; four brothers, George Phillips and Lloyd Phillips, both of Columbia, and Orlando Phillips and Gregory Phillips, both of Annapolis; and two sisters, Diane Laguerre of Elk Ridge, Md., and Lisa Phillips of Columbia.

© 2004 The Washington Post Company

Enois Scroggins' New cd, DOUBLE ALBUM, 40 songs :
"SPECIAL-E" Funkysize Records 2013. It'll be released on June 10th.

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Tijdens dit bijzondere live concert van Lonnie Liston Smith wordt de zanger begeleid door de band die the man himself in de jaren ’70 oprichtte: the Cosmic Echoes. Onlangs werd het album Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds uitgebracht, een compilatie van de 5 albums: Expansions, Astral Travelling, Golden Dreams, A Chance For Peace en Visons of a New World.