"Tiwayo has upped the funk and headed straight to the dance floor with "Up For Soul""

"a surprisingly stripped back soulful offering that could only come from someone who’s a time served and talented producer."

Jowee Omicil has been around. sMilLes is the eleventh album no less from this nomadic Canadian-Haitian composer and multi-instrumentalist who can turn his hand to saxophone, clarinet, flute, pocket trumpet, Rhodes, piano, voice and more. The album is an eclectic jazz ride with some choice guests and throws in some tropical vibes as well to keep you on your toes and maybe even get you moving, but the real standout track is "Should I Smile", mainly due to the always impeccable

"if I told you the track was fifty years old you wouldn't argue, and there's no greater soul compliment than that"

"with deep roots in the soul, funk, jazz and disco scenes from last century to keep the soul essence whilst making the tracks fit for twenty first century sound systems"

"the song doesn't waste any time getting straight into an easy, breezy yacht rocking groove that suggests the late seventies never went away"

"a throwback, modern soul banger with all the deepness of those golden age classics, and something of the Normal Whitfield to it"

"Elsewhere showing her vocal versatility by switching between tower block spitting and dream soul, both styles effortlessly riding the broken beats and late night mood."

"And so the song continues for six, all too short minutes, a heart wrenching window into Ellis' childhood and his gospel and jazz roots."

"a group of working musicians ploughing traditional and alternative furrows in more rural communities. To be honest I never even knew that white gospel was even a thing"

"It's as good a slice of oh so nice nu-soul as you'll hear this year. Now for that album."

Schalda singing the track's title is the first thing you'll hear upon hitting play, and once heard it will probably be the last thing you hear before you go to bed

" the crew have attained quite the spiritual/psychedelic (delete as applicable or choose both) soulful jazz-funk state."

"Far-out funkiness and some cosmic bump is the order of the day with "scampi strut" with Varian setting the keyboard controls for the heart of the sun"

"The vocal sits in some stylistic confluence of soul rooted spoken word, pre-blues field song and threat - quite the achievement"

"Herbert for his part dusts off his warmer, less provoctive box of studio tricks to accentuate his studio partners soulful tones and loose rhythmic work"

If you want a snapshot of where London’s more cultured soul boys and girls are at these days then tune in.

Her tale of yesterdays, rather like the rest of the band's contributions, are effortlessly soulful and soothing

easy grooving, bossa nodding, smooth AOR winking, yacht rocking, warm and uplifting, soulful jazz

if you need a dose of instrumental soul and funk with a real deal '60s and '70s golden age vibe straight from analogue heaven in Cincinnati, Ohio then look no further

drops the dance floor designs for a lovely warm Sunday morning vibe, even daring to venture north of the border on “Favela“ to pay respects to the care free bossa sounds of their neighbours.

but hold tight for a full on lysergic, purgatorial sounding meltdown finale, graced by Shariff's far out and freaky vocal talents.

you really need to check these dudes out if deep nu-disco, slo-mo soulful house and Balearic chuggers are your thing.

just kick back and sink into these beautifully crafted, cinematic, jazzy and funktified interpretations