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Featured:  Not featured We introduced SoulTrackers three years ago to talented DC-based singer Tamika "Love" Jones , who won us over with her debut album. read more ...

You can smell the red clay and cypress. The air of DeRobert & The Half Truths is heavy with Southern perspiration and swamp funk. The foot-stomp of the church, the rebel yells of call and response, the sway of cardboard Jesus fans in a sweat pregnant breeze, the sticky cool of sweet tea in the summertime; these evocations bloom throughout DeRobert & The Half Truth’s committed retro soul offering....

Featured:  Not featured (April 20, 2014) The Purple One, Prince, this week announced that he has re-signed with Warner Brothers records, the label of many of his biggest hits, and that his will be reissuing his classic recordings (including a deluxe 30th anniversary Purple Rain  set) as well as new music. read more ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage We first heard about Soulfinger  awhile back, and we keep getting more impressed. They're a talented music production team that loves classic soul.  And they're latest project proves it. . read more ...

If you're of a certain age (35 ) and grew up during in the 80s, then you know that the era had some hallmark trends many of us want to forget (Jheri Curls, parachute pants, neon make-up and hair sprayed-up and teased out of the hemisphere, for starters) -- except for the music. Ghastly fashion choices aside, artists had more freedom to be themselves and record labels still had generous A & R budgets...

Featured:  Not featured Trenton, New Jersey born and raised singer  Bradd Marquis  is an artist who does it all: writes, sings and produces his own material.  And the church-raised performer has been raising expectations for the past few years from fans who've had the pleasure of hearing him perform. Love Will Find a Way     Click on CD cover to order  Thank You ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage (April 15, 2014) In a recent article, Vanity Fair   posited the following question to its readers: "Which Decade Had the Worst Music?"  A whopping 42% said the current decade was the worst, more than double the votes of any other decade. read more ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage There's a lot of talk about the lack of substance and positive values on the urban music scene today. Where are the positive images of men and women, particularly African-Americans? Where are the songs promoting romance and lasting love? There are such songs and images but somehow they get overshadowed by superficial sexuality and material celebration. read...

Unsigned L.A. based, Long Island bred newcomer, Gene Noble, represents both what R&B/soul fans are hungry for and some of the reductive annoyances of modern radio soul. Unvarnished in its truth telling and vulnerabilities, Noble’s debut is steeped in honest emotionalism and candid storytelling. Noble also boasts one of the best sung releases of the year to-date, unleashing a range little seen...

Featured:  Not featured Thanks for voting, SoulTrackers! Our reader polls have become real events, and this one was no exception.    Thousands of votes came in over a one week period and the results display the love we all have for these women who have provided so many memorable musical moments over the years.   Here are the results of our big reader poll of the  Greatest...

Featured:  Not featured Young singer Oscah has a classic soul sound that is tough to ignore. Singing over sparse organ and drum arrangements, his sound harkens back to classic Chicago or Memphis. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured No question about it. We love our Ann Nesby . From her days in Sounds of Blackness to her great career as both an R&B and Gospel singer, she has been one of the truly great voices in modern music. read more ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage Gil Askey , the Austin Texas born trumpeter, producer and arranger who moved to Detroit and worked with such Motown royalty as Diana Ross, The Temptations and the Four Tops, has died in Melbourne, Australia at age 88. read more ...

As a certified Earth, Wind & Fire fanatic, my definition of essential is broader than someone who simply likes all of the hits. I bought Heritage and Millennium back in the days when fan loyalty meant putting some financial skin in the game – often only on the basis of the couple of songs that earned radio play. With the Mighty Elements, that gamble paid off more often than not. However, the aforementioned...

Featured:  Not featured New artist Al'Michael is called “a rockstar with soul.”  The Missouri native now calls LA home, and he is beginning to make waves with his blend of storytelling set to R&B and rock arrangments.   Al'Michael's first single from his debut EP is " The Reason ," produced by D . read more ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage Jumaane Smith , trumpeter and vocalist, has already done what most musicians spend their lives dreaming about. He’s traveled the world, played stages in historic clubs, in massive stadiums and at cultural landmarks, recorded a solo album, appeared on national television and performed for two sitting U.S. presidents. . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured “I sing because I must. I am compelled from within - the force sometimes ebbing…often flowing…the rhythm of it all out of my hands.  I follow where it leads; it is an essential part of my being.”   Click below to listen to or purchase for just $8.99 at Amazon.com Click below to listen to or purchase for just $9.99 at iTunes   . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured The family group DeBarge had the looks, the vocal talent and the backing of Motown  that vaulted it quickly to the top of the Pop and Soul worlds in 1982.   Click Here for the full DeBarge biography read more ...

Featured:  Not featured (April 8, 2014) Al Johnson  was one of the all-time soul greats. First as a member of the great Unifics and then as a solo artist, songwriter and producer, Johnson was the pride of DC and an extremely underrated, talented man. ( See our death notice of Al ) read more ...

Featured:  Not featured The Funky Rhythm guitar, Coen on organ, Fender Rhodes and synths, Frans playing his old Fender Jazz bass, drummer Sebastiaan, with his "high energy" grooves, all finished with a touch of lovely percussion. . read more ...