What Color? (Vinyl 7") Hard RockBefore Frankie Beverly and Maze, after Frankie Beverly and The Butlers, there was Raw Soul a James Brown esque group of musicians out of Philadelphia. They released four singles, one for Philadelphia's Eldorado Records (Charles Earland's Small Philly Label) and three on Gregar Records out of New York. On this release you have the never before heard alternate version of What Color? (Color Blind) backed with the even more impressive raw soul
" Makeba's concerts were widely cancelled and both her and Carmichael were followed relentlessly by the FBI
louder production and more straightforward momentum
as heard on the slowly evolving 'music for my mother
This classic Trojan album now reissued on vinyl
although they continued to work as The Morwells
Walk the Moon lit up the pop world in 2014 with "Shut Up and Dance
Mayer Hawthorne is an R&B / soul singer who debuted on Stones Throw in 2009 with A Strange Arrangement - The Impressions EP
It's a multi-faceted work that finds the band tighter than ever
and Kweku Sumbry on drums plus special guest appearances by flutist Elena Pinderhughes and the Farafina Kan Percussion Ensemble The album consists of an hour-long suite comprised of seven movements that strive to bring the quartet closer to complete vesselhood by the end
and this time Poly- Rythmo wore their Afro-funk hat to deliver almost sixteen minutes of dancefloor fire
Issued on the French Actuel label
was a confident and expressive instrument