16 tracks with a host of special guests including Chaka Khan, Mario Biondi, the legendary Leon Ware, Al McKay of Earth Wind & Fire, Christian Urich of Tortured Soul, Ursula Rucker, and Los Angeles rapper Luckyiam.

Regular Incognito vocalists Maysa, Joy Rose, Tony Momrelle and Vanessa Haynes are all featured. Airplay favourites are the band’s excellent version of Boz Scaggs’ “Lowdown”, with vocals by Chaka Khan and Mario Biondi, and “1975”, the story of Bluey’s introduction to jazz and soul music, with stunning vocals by Joy Rose. The album is an Album of the Week on Jazz FM.

And hard on the heels of the new album comes a three-night run of shows by Incognito at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Club, on August 19, 20 and 21 – book your tickets now!  You can also pre-order the album from Amazon.

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Avery Sunshine is a brilliant singer-songwriter-pianist from Atlanta, already generating a strong buzz in the US and here in Europe. Rooted in gospel, she is fluent in many styles, from soul and house to classical and hip-hop.

Key tracks include the sublime “All In My Head”, “Ugly Part Of Me” and “Blessin’ Me”. “The Most” and the “Sunshine” interlude feature cameo performances from Roy Ayers, who is a big fan of Ms Sunshine.

Among her past credits – working with Jennifer Holiday as choral director on a touring production of “Dream Girls” and singing on the soundtrack of the movie “The Fighting Temptations”.

She also recently (in March 2010) performed in a Los Angeles showcase of a new musical play about the life of Martin Luther King, and among those to come backstage and congratulate her after the performance was Chaka Khan. Avery also got to jam onstage at the after party, performing Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love” accompanied by Nathan East and Greg Phillinganes.

1. All In My Head
2. Today
3. The Most feat Roy Ayers
4. Ugly Part Of Me
5. Perform (Interlude)
6. Need You Now
7. Pinin’
8. I Got Sunshine
9. Blessin’ Me
10. Everybody Loves (int feat Roy Ayers)
11. Like This
12. Just Not Tonight

All In My Head

Blessin’ Me

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After completing her album “A Woman’s Touch” in 2008, Angela Johnson decided on a return to a more up-tempo, dance-oriented direction for her fourth album.  The result is her new album “It’s Personal”, which is out now!

Angela’s songwriting collaborators include Josh Milan of Blaze (their song “On The Radio” is his first ever R&B production) and fellow Dome artist Eric Roberson, with whom she has shared a stage on many occasions, notably at London’s IndigO2.    Their song is appropriately titled “Indie In Me”.

Also included is the dancefloor hit “Better”, a recent single release, with remixes from Italy’s Micky More, which has attracted superlatives from UK and European DJs and served as an appetiser for the full length album.

Of the album’s title, she says: “I wanted to connect with my audience on a more personal level and reveal more of my inner thoughts and feelings.  I wanted to share my experiences of being a wife, mother, daughter and sister, who’s also an independent recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer, who struggles to maintain balance in her life.  That was a mouthful!  Well, that’s how the album title ‘It’s Personal’ came to be”.

Two further solo albums have followed, “Got To Let It Go” and “A Woman’s Touch Vol 1” – with featured guests including Rahsaan Patterson, Maysa, Eric Roberson and Frank McComb.

1. Only One
2. Hurts Like Hell
3. Be Myself
4. Better
5. Indie In Me
6. On The Radio
7. All In Me (feat Darien)
8. Get Myself Together
9. For You
10. It’s Personal
11. Days

Anthony David is currently in Nashville finishing up his third album.   Title will be ‘As Above, So Below’ and features Algebra and Phonte guesting on one track.

Out May 10th will be the delicious new album from Avery Sunshine.  Avery just got back from Los Angeles where she performed for Chaka Khan.

Also currently in Los Angeles is Bluey, recording a number of special guests for the forthcoming Incognito (30th Anniversary) album.

Many people have asked if the Eric Roberson acoustic version of the Michael Jackson song “Rock With You” is available commercially.   It was originally recorded for a session for the Chris Philips show on London’s Choice FM when Eric visited the UK last October, but you can now find it on a newly compilation “Soul Acoustic”, just released via iTunes in the UK and Europe.

The EP, only available from iTunes, is released at a special low price.

Also out on all iTunes stores – a special 21-track edition of   Hil St Soul’s outstanding debut album ‘Soul Organic’, which includes a number of remix versions.

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Time to enjoy the sixth volume in the 3CD Soul Lounge series, with a strong line-up of soul music’s finest, including Incognito, Rahsaan Patterson, George Duke, Eric Roberson, Brenda Boykin and Hil St Soul, with exclusive new cuts from Joslyn (“Never Ending”) and Vivienne McKone (“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”).

As with previous volumes, Disc Three focuses primarily on more up-tempo soulful dancefloor grooves, with cuts from Erro (the Joey Negro Mix of “Change For Me”), Tortured Soul, Bah Samba, Haggis Horns (“The Traveller Part 2”) and Sunlight Square, among others.

Following the success of the earlier volumes, this sixth visit to the Soul Lounge – more than 3 hours of music on 3 CDs at a special price – is certain to find favour with those who like their soul and R&B with a touch of class.

Audio Tracks >

Wonderful – Brenda Boykin
The Traveller (part 2) Haggis Horns
Get Away – Angela Johnson feat. Gordon Chambers

Track Listing >
Disc 1:
1. Stop Breaking My Heart – Rahsaan Patterson
2. Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Incognito
3. Life – Hil St soul
4. Radio – Heston
5. Get Away – Angela Johnson feat Gordon Chambers
6. Part Of My Life – Anthony David
7. The Message – Brenda Russell
8. Starship – Conya Doss
9. 2 Luv 2 – Avani
10. Wonderful – Brenda Boykin
11. Higher Lover – Maysa
12. You Make It Heaven – Full Flava feat Joy Rose
13. Natural – Don-E
14. The Moon – Eric Roberson
15. When You Call My Name – Eric Roberson

Disc 2:
1. Was That All It Was – Carleen Anderson
2. Last Night – Seek
3. Dreamy Eyes – Heston feat Angela Johnson
4. Trust You Again – Keeley Burton
5. Never Ending – Joslyn
6. More Than You Know – Angela Johnson feat Maysa
7. Perfect Love – Full Flava feat Alison Limerick
8. Salt Sea – Julie Dexter & Khari Simmons
9. God Created Woman – Martha Redbone
10. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Vivienne McKone
11. Break Up 2 Make Up – Sam Bostic
12. Sweet Baby – George Duke
13. Get Somethin’ – Andreus
14. Release – Hil St Soul
15. Are You With Me? – Inner Shade feat Chris Ballin
16. In The Summertime – Beverlei Brown

Disc 3:
1. Change For Me (Joey Negro Mix) – Eric Roberson
2. Home To You (Ethan White Remix) – Tortured Soul
3. Calma (Louie Vega Mix) – Bah Samba feat Isabel Fructuoso
4. That’s The Way Of The World (Ski Oakenfull vs Incognito Remix) – Incognito
5. Pastime Paradise – Sunlightsquare
6. Friend Of Mine – Cooly’s Hot Box
7. The Travellers (Part 2) – Haggis Horns
8. Function At The Junction – James Taylor Quartet
9. In Motion – Tortured Soul

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The world’s leading soulful house trio, Brooklyn-based Tortured Soul, return to the UK and Europe for live dates in November.

And ahead of their visit, we are proud to re-release their debut set Introducing Tortured Soul, issued in 2006 but currently unavailable.

The album includes Osunlade’s mix of the anthem ‘Might Do Something Wrong’ and DJ Spinna’s mix of ‘Always In Heaven When I’m With You’, as well as the Alix Alvarez mix of ‘How’s Your Life’.

Audio Samples >

Might Do Something Wrong (Osunlade Lonely Mix)
How’s Your Life (Alix Alvarez Mix)
Fall In Love

Track Listing >
1.Might Do Something (Osunlade Lonely Mix)
2.How’s Your Life (Alix Alvarex Mix)
3.Why
4.Fall In Love
5.You Found A Way
6.Epic
7.Enjoy It Now
8.Don’t Hold Me Down
9.Love Everlasting
10.If You Want To Feel Alright
bonus tracks:
11.How’s Your Life (Original)
12.Always In Heaven When I’m With You (Spinna Mix)

‘I’m a singer and a songwriter….but I’m a music fan first’, says America’s #1 independent soul/R&B singer Eric Roberson. And ‘Music Fan First’ just happens to be the title of Eric’s new album, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2007 album ‘Left’. Look for it from August 24 in stores or at your favourite online or digital store.

With guests including Lalah Hathaway, Wayna and T3 from hip-hop group Slum Village, this looks like being the New Jersey singer’s most successful album to date.

He visits the UK to headline two Michael Jackson Tribute nights at a venue he knows very well, London’s Jazz Café, on August 29 and 30, and returns with his band for a 5-date UK tour in October. The tour takes in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Manchester.

One of the stand-out songs on the album, ‘Bad For Me’, was co-written with UK producer Colin Emmanuel (who has previously worked with Beverley Knight and Jamelia, among others). They met when Eric used Colin’s studio for some radio interviews on a previous London visit. Another highlight is the dance cut ‘Wanna Believe It Again’ featuring Wayna and the stunning duet with Lalah Hathaway titled ‘’Dealing’.

Dome CD 100 is the easy-to-remember catalogue number for this stunning 17-song album. Pre-order it now.

Track Listing >

1.The Newness
2.The Hunger (feat W Ellington Felton)
3.A Tale Of Two (feat Ben O’Neil and Michelle Thompson)
4.Borrow You
5.Dealing (feat Lalah Hathaway)
6.Still
7.How Could She Do It?
8.Further (feat T3 from Slum Village)
9.The Power That Kisses Hold
10.Howard Girls (feat Brandon Hines, Aaron Abernathy and Geno Young)
11.Weekend Getaway
12.She
13.Wanna Believe It Again (feat Wayna)
14.Bad For Me
15.Break It Down
16.Pave A New Road
17.Celebrate (feat Sy Smith)