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Post by Paul on Nov 2, 2023 5:21:05 GMT
I thought I’d give southern soul a bit of love. On the soul scene, it tends to struggle to be heard above the modern Neo Soul and R&B type sounds these days.
Those US southern states have always been a hotbed of soul talent (Shirley Brown, Betty Wright, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Johnnie Taylor just to name a few obvious examples) and it continues today with their modern counterparts.
So, after I recently started participating on this forum, and finding a fellow southern soul fan here (yes Jack, that’s you!), I thought I’d share some of my favourite southern flavoured artists and songs. Hopefully there might be something of interest and so encourage a few others to share their southern soul favourites, anything from the last 5 decades or so.
I thought I'd stay quite recent for starters so this first set of tunes are all from 2022.
First up, The Jous Band, whose music I discovered a few years ago, and a single from last year 'You', mellow and smooth.
Next up, an excellent southern soul stepper from Leroy Allen.
This lady has a great voice, Dee Dee Simon, and this track 'How Does It Feel' was on her self-titled album from 2022. Quality soul.
This from Big J Southern Soul, 'We Got Love'.
You can't go wrong with some Willie Clayton, again from 2022 and 'Oh, What A Night'.
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Post by Paul on Nov 2, 2023 5:47:49 GMT
Here are a few more tunes from 2022, just showing how southern soul is still alive and well these days.
Here's Johnny Rawls with a beautiful tender ballad.
Next up, Jarvis Greene with a great late night ballad, 'Late Night With You'.
More mellow sweetness and a lovely mid-tempo groove, from Melani's 'From My Soul' album (2022). 'Cupid' doesn't rap thankfully 
O.B. Buchana with 'I'm Jody'.
Another respected southern soul artist, Rue Davis, with this beautiful ballad, 'I Love The Way You Love Me'.
And finally for now, this is Vickie Baker, (with Luster Baker), telling us all what kind of girl she is 
Hope there's something among these to like
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 11:36:40 GMT
Brilliant what a way to start a thread!! We'all gonna ave some fun!! Monster bonus for me, i knew less than half of them.
I wrote somewhere on this forum that i hate lables for good music, but this one, southern, does appear to stand out as i often get the comment "they all sound the same to me" lets hope we can change a few folks minds
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 11:40:44 GMT
Well where to start? I believe i may have posted this somewhere on the site already but it's a great introduction to a man who has issued i don't know how many albums.
& what about Big G i think i have about six/seven cd's by the guy
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 11:45:31 GMT
Staying with Big G here's a lovely downtempo doozie
Two for the price of one on this excellent track
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 11:49:11 GMT
Wendell is another steadfast issuer of good cd's. Here's one from the "Real talk" set
Here's Wendell featuring on J'Cenae's "I'll be down in a minute" the whole album is good. Sad about the short rap interlude
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 11:54:08 GMT
Always liked this from the "Country road" set
A little more of what folk think of southern and probably rightly so, but i like it
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 12:41:26 GMT
Already love this thread, just been going back through old cd's to post on here and came across this set from Miss Ford. Hope someone out there likes at least one. Go on I dare play them all and say you don't like em
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 12:44:27 GMT
& there's more!!!
Love this, why do we keep cd's on the shelf and constanly go past them?? Guilty but that may change
lastly these belting ballad
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 12:49:29 GMT
Staying with the ladies, this is from a backbeat cd from back in the day
Two more from the same set, will be pulling the rest of the backbeat stuff off the shelf its not all southern so it's a case of what's next?
this sounds a little bluesy all the more to love
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 13:28:32 GMT
Back to Mel, a damn fine ballad this
as is this
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 13:33:09 GMT
Another under rated talent for me
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 13:33:34 GMT
Betty Fikes don't know much by her in truth
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 13:35:00 GMT
Cross to beach ( there i go again)
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Post by Jacthelad on Nov 3, 2023 13:39:02 GMT
And here is the man who was in part responsible for Paul starting the thread. Dare I mention that it sounds like R Kelly in places
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