Happy Birthday Luther!

Long Awaited Memoir, SO AMAZING Will Be Available TODAY, April 17th In Honor of Iconic Singer’s Birthday: Theatrical Touring Production of Book Planned for 2015

Background Singer and Author KEVIN OWENS Who Toured With the Iconic LUTHER VANDROSS and International Vocal Trio, Ray, Goodman & Brown Takes a Look at Life on the Road
 
New York, NY April 17, 2014(PSINORTH-SOUTH PARTNERS/INQUEPR)—The long awaited compelling memoir, SO AMAZING: Through The Eyes of Kevin Owens (My 32 Years On The Road With Luther Vandross and Ray, Goodman & Brown) will be available, Thursday, April 17, 2014 (www.soamazingthebook.com) in honor of Luther Vandross’ Birthday on April 20th.
 
“What a privilege it was to work with such an icon. We are happy that the release of the book  will honor his birthday in a special way" says Owens

Is it possible that the release day of an album is dependent on the status of the artist? We now learn that the much heralded second album from Whitney Houston has now been pushed back to March.

As for that other star of mega status — Michael Jackson — word is that we’ll all have to wait even longer for his “Thriller” follow-up. Mention of young brown eyes, who, we’re “reliably” informed is scheduled to tour Britain later this year (Oh YEAH?!) yet another rumour suggests that he wants to buy his old record company Motown — which, naturally, has been vehemently denied by one and all.

Shirley Murdock currently hitting paydirt U.S.A. with th success of her “As We track 'Which is included on her 1985 album release. The singer is presently recording new tracks with Larry Troutman for her upcoming album from Elektra.

Hot shots Jam & Lewis together with Jesse Johnson have, reportedly, begun work on track cutting for the upcoming Time reunion album. No definite news yet on the proposed tour, however.

Record Store Day 2014 I hope that you can join us at Soul Brother Records on Saturday for Record Store Day, to celebrate the culture of independent record shops. This has now become the highlight day of the year for Record Collectors and this year there are more Soul , Jazz and Reggae releases than ever before. Check the full list here there are many many great releases. Our recommended highlights are the very limited Donny Hathaway Live album, Donna McGhee on a special deluxe double LP, Paul Johnson 12? feat one of Frankie Knuckles last mixes, James Fountain classic Northern soul 45 and the two 45?s on our own label from G C Cameron and Barbara Mason. We have reasonable stocks of most items but some of the very limited ones may go quickly. We are opening early on the day at 9am, hope to see you. Click here to see the Soul/Jazz/Funk/Reggae titles we have in Click here to see the Rock and Pop titles we are carrying We are giving away a FREE CD Opener to every spending customer on the day. We are closed on Easter Sunday but open on Easter Monday morning from 10 -1.30. Thanks to Bluey and Jim Mullen and everyone who came to the Citrus Sun in store last Saturday you can see the pics here. Don’t forget their gig tonight at under the bridge. See this link for more details Easter Opening Hours Good Friday - 10 -5.30 Saturday 19th RSD 9- 7 Easter Sunday 20th – closed Monday 21st – 10 -1.30 Have a great Soulful Easter - hope to see you over the weekend. Click her to see the special record store day products

Sister Sledge Kicks Off 2014

Soul and Funk Music.com will air a special interview with Sister Sledge on January 1st, New Years Day at 22.00 CET on the webradiostream in a exclusive episode of Back to the Old School. Radio host Jeffrey Williams will meet Joni and Debra and he'll introduce us to a 'new sister' Tanya Tiet, who is singer during the 2013 Sister Sledge world tour. Tanya will collaborate with the new Sister Sledge album which is due for spring 2014. From now on she's a new sister in the family.

Now you have the chance to meet the legendary artist Randy Muller at Soul Brother Records on 29 March 2014. Randy Muller was the front man of the eighties funk band Brass Construction who scored many hits these days.

On Saturday 28th December rising US soulstress Kenya Soulsinger will be in Soul Brother Records store in Putney London between 3.30-4.30pm signing copies of her new album ‘Love You to life’ , I hope that you can join us in meeting her. If you are unable to come, but would like a signed copy you can pre-order a copy here.