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"In a time when music education is suffering from budget cuts , one professional musician and a team of top LA sidemen are getting an early start on the next generation."
"Grade school music class was never this funky -- a package aimed at teaching kids about music, but which comes across with this wicked vintage funk energy -- a tight early 70s approach to the grooves -- almost like the JBs were guesting on Sesame Street." --Premier Soul and Jazz Record Shop Dusty Groove America
I am a professional LA-based musician and father of a three-year-old who just couldn't seem to find cool age-appropriate music for my son that I wanted to hear -- Especially over and over! So I rolled up my sleeves, went into the recording studio with a few of LA's top musicians, and created Groove Kid Nation -- an entirely new approach to introducing children to music.
"Thanks for saving me from Elmo and Barney! Kids are small, not stupid!" -- Happy Parent
The goal of Groove Kid Nation is to introduce toddlers (ages 1 and up) to the real sound of musical instruments via the grooviest children's songs you've ever heard! The tracks on my first 2 releases are rooted in classic soul - jazz, and the CDs feature some of the top sidemen in the music business with touring and recording credits including Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Beck, Seal, Joss Stone, Sting, and Herbie Hancock.
"Imagine a James Brown or Lauryn Hill record for kids, and you'll have some idea of what Groove Kid Nation is all about." -- 2011 Parent's Choice Awards
In addition, 10% of the wholesale price of each CD is donated to CARE.org to help fight poverty.
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Rodney Lee
I just upped about 200 covers of mostly 90s artists such as Keith
Sweat, Shanice, Al B Sure, Sparkle, Keith Washington, Silk, Simple
Pleasure, U.N.V, Troop, Tony, Toni, Toné, Karyn White, Eric Gable,
Vesta, Tashan, Gary Taylor, Jeff Redd, Vertical Hold, Joe, Portrait etc
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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For the 4th year running soulbrother.com will be participating in Record Store Day, which is on 21st April. We will be stocking most of the soul, jazz and reggae record store exclusive releases as well as some of the blues and more general releases. There are more soul and jazz releases for this year than in previous years including :- Gregory Porter 1960 What 12" Fame Records Singles 5 x 7" Box set Clarence Carter Unreleased Fame 7" ep Charles Bradley – Stay Away 7" Dizzy Gillespie –The matrix 7" Otis Redding/Aretha Franklin – Respect (gold vinyl) 7" Stax 10 x 7" box set Plus others, a full list will be published in store and on the site a couple of days before RSD. Click here for full list of RSD releases These exclusive releases will be only available in the shop on 21st April, and we are allowed to offer online and mail order any that are not sold out after midday on 28th April. UP TO 20% OFF ORIGINAL VINYL Enjoy up to 20% Off Original Vinyl purchases in store on RSD. Spend £50 or more and get 10% OFF, Spend £100 or More and get 15% OFF, Spend £200 or more and get 20% OFF. Offer excludes records priced £35 or more and Reissues, and is subject to a minimum order of 3 records. SALE LP'S £5 EACH OR 3 FOR £10 There are literally 100's of LP's on offer in store price at £5 each or 3 for £10 on RSD only.
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Teena Marie Is found dead in hear apartment in Los Angeles. The daughter of Teena founds her mother in her house. Till now it's unknown what the cause of her deadth is. But her spokes man let know that Teena has a heavy epilepsy attack last month. Teena Marie was the protege of Rick James, she recorded a lot with him. We will miss her may her soul rest in peace. |
Here’s a second batch of 30 classic albums that arrived from the USA last week. There are some really hard to find Soul ,Funk and Jazz titles here for your collection.
All titles 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 / Sun 11-5.
We have added soundclips and a few notes on each album to help you. Go to soulbrother.com
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‘SOULED’ (Out) Who keeps Messing with our Music? By Lamar R. Thomas, Sr. Hello fellow Soul, Rhythm & Blues, and Black Music Lovers, please help me out with this, for I am a bit confused, or perhaps I didn't grow up listening to the right music or the right artists. What exactly is "Northern and/or Modern Soul"? And how does that differs from the original Black Music? Did some else: “Create some new form of Black Music, with its’ own originality? Help me please! |
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This month FunkTownGrooves.com will giveaway free CDs. To win one of these CDs you must answer this question: In which two countries is FunkyTownGrooves based? 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 The winners of Last week are: Robert ten Brink from the Netherlands (First Circle - Boys Nights Out) Thomas del Pozo from Canada (Syreeta - Set My Love In Motion)
This contest has already ended on 12/20/2011
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 | SAFM introduce to you the soulandfunkmusic.com stream. I've scheduled all your favorite dance classics, boogie, soul and funk tunes from the 80s, 90s. You can look up relevant data of the
artists on soulandfunkmusic.com during listening by clicking the artist name or song. |
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Huge Selection of Rare Japan CD Reissues, All New & Sealed with OBI Strip Available on both our websites www.funkytowngrooves.com www.funkytowngrooves.co.uk |
Here’s another 30 classic Soul albums for you to consider for your collection. All records are one off’s so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered on-line , over the phone of 020 8875 1018 or collected in person from our shop open Mon-Sat 10 -7 sun 11-5. Visit Soulbrother.com
Soulbrother In the UK have added approx 300 original soul funk and jazz albums which are still sealed to the site. Sealed records are becoming harder to find now and most of these titles are one-offs, so please order early to avoid disappointment.
Records can be ordered on line, over the phone or collected from their shop in Putney London.
Click the images below to view each category, or view our selections here. Soul Albums | Jazz Albums | Funk Albums
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