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On Friday evening the 9th of January at 22:00 (GMT+1) soulandfunkmusic.com will NOT be available for a few hours due to maintenance. How long it will take is not clear. During the weekend there can be some connectivity problems but this will be solved within 48 hours.

A new Smooth Jazz, R&B duo is on the scene. This new duo consist of two old school veterans producer Chuckii Booker and flute player Darnell White.

Darnell composed and wrote a few songs for the Love and Unlimited Orchestra and for Barry White himself. For Barry White's album 'Beware' he wrote the song "tell me who do you love". Darnell about this: i remember writing that song at my sisters house because Barry needed a couple more minutes of a song to complete the album, and i put that one together for him. Barry always loved that song!!

For the Album 'Welcome Aboard (feat. Webster Lewis)' by the Love Unlimited Orchestra Darnell wrote and composed two songs 'Strange' and 'My Fantasies'.

Chuckii is a well known producer, arranger and artist. He recorded two albums 'Chuckii' and Niice 'n Wiild in the late 80s and early 90s.

Now on soulandfunkmusic.com an Unidentified Tunes section. I will add your Unidentified tunes in this list to help your search. You can send me your unknown tunes by email (see contact details for address).

S.A-junior is a singer/songwriter/music producer and Audio Engineer based in the Netherlands. After paying dues for more than 2 decades, he feels now it is the right time for the world to listen to r&b music from his own perspective. Coming from a musical family he helps to develop his love for rich music S.A-junior has been described by critics as one of the finest singers of our time with an incredible 3 octaves voice range and a unique songwriting/production skills. S.A-Junior is a lover of soul.jazz.funk.pop.reggea and all other genres of music.

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.

Donna Summer has died at age 63 after an extended fight with cancer. She was the Queen of Disco in the 70s and 80s. RIP Donna Summer.

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.

Radio 6 will be black for one week

Van 8 tot en met 12 maart presenteert Radio6 ‘De Zwarte Lijst’. Een week lang kleurt de zender ‘gitzwart’ met de favoriete soul- en jazzplaten van de luisteraars. Vanaf nu kun je stemmen op je favoriete platen aan de hand van een keuzelijst die op radio6.nl staat. Eigen suggesties kunnen ook aan de zwarte lijst worden toegevoegd. Je maakt tevens kans op 'Zwarte Dozen' met classic albums door je stem het best te motiveren.

From 8 till 12 march the dutch national radio station Radio6 presents the 'The Black List'. During this week you can vote for your favourite soul en jazz records. You can pick from a list that's available or you can bring your own soul and Jazz suggestions. You can win a 'Black Box' with classic soul albums by motivating your vote. You can listen here to Radio 6.

I just wanted to let you know I have found a large auction of jazz funk, jazz, latin and rare groove LP's on eBay right now including many tough to find titles. There are close to 400 LP’s with audio up for some of the more obscure things. These all end in a few days. Here is the link

http://shop.ebay.com/

Scott Preston of cincygroove.com had the pleasure to sit down with Cincinnati's own Bootsy Collins and talk with him about his numerous musical projects and his restaurant/music museum that he has started with Jeff Ruby. Some of his notable projects he is involved in include a Fallen Soldiers memorial cd that includes Charlie Daniels and George Duke that will help raise funds for a Fallen Soldiers memorial to built here in Cincinnati. Bootsy is also heavily involved in bringing national attention to the history and influence that King Records has had on music.