here's the soundtrack to my late late nights... 

hope you like it.

sunny x



Young Holt Unlimited

Nana - The Lulus Band

Do Right 20 Limited Edition - Double Vinyl now available:

https://thesouljazzorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/freedom-no-go-die

The Souljazz Orchestra - Mista President

https://open.spotify.com/album/4XfjbetSzQqOXXE0NVdOjl

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-moving-finger/1663546857?i=1663546858

The Amazing Dorothy Ashby in a slight extended version for her beautiful creation "The Moving Finger".

Dedicated to my newborn Aviv "Ginger".

Dorothy Ashby - The Moving Finger (Ginger Dream Edit)

From the first album, "This is Marijata", Ghana 1976. With hints of its Highlife origins to the evolution of Afro-funk, by way of James Brown, this is one of the greatest funk albums to come out of West Africa.

No Condition Is Permanent - Marijata

Cleaned Out

Free Download: hopestreetrecordings.com/dawn

Artist: Emma Donovan & The PutBacks
Album: Dawn
Format: LP/CD/Digital
AU Release Date: Nov 7 2014
UK Release Date: Nov 10 2014
US Release Date: Nov 11 2014

Acclaimed indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan and Melbourne rhythm combo The PutBacks come together to bring you Dawn, an LP of hard hitting and heartfelt soul songs telling stories of grief, struggle and redemption. Dawn is a gritty, uniquely Australian record, simultaneously classic and contemporary. The songwriting is in turns optimistic, angry and melancholic, and on occasions bruisingly honest. The music is fluid, live and raw, recorded in one room on eight channels of analog tape and the electric connection between Emma and the band comes through in every beat.

Emma grew up singing church songs with her maternal grandparents on the North coast of New South Wales. Her first secular gigs were singing in The Donovans, a band comprised of her mother and five uncles. With her mother, Emma sang country for years, and in her youth was a fixture at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, but she always yearned for the bluesier tones of her Father’s record collection, full of American artists like Laverne Baker and Etta James and Indigenous Australian artists like No Fixed Address and Archie Roach.

Years later, after touring and recording with many of the mainstays of Indigenous music and developing as a solo artist in her own right, Emma met members of The PutBacks, and finally she found a band with the gritty blues soaked tones she had been looking for. She also found, in PutBacks bassist Mick Meagher, a co-writer and collaborator on the the soul songs she had been waiting a lifetime to write and sing. The results are well worth the wait and hopefully, only mark the beginning of this oh-so-right collaboration.

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Emma Donovan & The PutBacks - My Goodness

It’s been almost a year since Izo FitzRoy burst on to the scene with her debut single and ever since, this charismatic soul songstress has built an ever-growing fan base off the back of tireless touring and a series of strong singles from her debut album ‘Skyline’. Her winning combination of raw and powerful vocals and direct and honest lyricism has seen her gain support from the likes of Blues & Soul, Uncut, Eton Messy  and Echoes to name a few.

Written during her time living in New Orleans the title track from the album has become her live calling-card and this single package really packs a punch with not only the original version but three heavyweight remixes to accompany it. 

‘Skyline’ is an emotive and empowering gospel-tinged ballad that sees Izo deliver a message of how staying hopeful and focused on the future when going through troubles can help you overcome anything. The delicate and subtle instrumentation is perfectly contrasted with her soulful vocal lines and uplifting lyrics.

Remixes with Kraak & Smaak, Ambassadeurs & Buddy Peace  → https://IzoFitzRoy.lnk.to/SkylineSingle
'Skyline' on LP/CD → IzoFitzRoy.lnk.to/Skyline

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Skyline

Antibalas - Sáré Kon Kon (Redux)

Nubiyan Twist release their new album 'Jungle Run' on 15th February 2019 through Strut Records. Available on CD, 2LP and digital. Cover artwork from acclaimed designer Marcus Davies, album produced by Tom Excell, mixed by Matt Mysko and Oli Barton Wood, mastered by The Carvery
You can pre-order the album here: https://strut.lnk.to/JungleRun

Nubiyan Twist - Addis To London feat. Mulatu Astatke

For full info click here:
http://www.musicamacondo.com/2019/03/premiere-guts-daddy-sweet-feat-pat-ka/

Antibalas - Sáré Kon Kon (Redux)

Daptone Records