Aretha Franklin - One Step Ahead (vs Ms Fat Booty Blend)

180 gram remastered vinyl out Oct 6
Pre-order here http://bit.ly/manifestoalbum

The Souljazz Orchestra - People People

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

Overdub instrument at Home Recording - 9/26/2025
Performed on Yamaha DTXtreme III Drum Kit with a Yamaha M12 Percussion Drum Pad

Thinking out loud  -  Vocal n Drums.wav

Hot on the heels of their current album '”Showdown”, The Mighty Mocambos release a new single that shows yet another side of band's musical versatility.

For the heart rending 'Where Do We Go From Here', no other than soul legend Lee Fields takes over the vocal spot, confirming that he is one of the coolest soul cats around.


THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS with LEE FIELDS - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

New single out NOW! Get it at  http://shop.daptonerecords.com

Behold! The dishy new platter from England's finest export since its eponymous Muffin, James Hunter and his cheeky band-o-blokes, the James Hunter Six, is here. Side A features the title track of his brand new SMASH long player, “(Baby) Hold On” - a classic shuffler that delivers an honest blast of raw R&B the way it's meant to be done. Flip the little bugger over and rejoice to a classic Hunter cut that, much to the chagrin of low-rider and rocksteady DJs alike, has eluded the 45 format. TILL NOW!

Rerecorded during the sessions for Hold On!, “Carina” now possesses a more relaxed, classic rocksteady feel. Coupled with gorgeously simple background vocals and James' pleading lead - this tune now boasts a truly dizzying level of emotional intelligence. If you don't like this song, you're an emotionally bankrupt soul, deaf to beautiful things.

The James Hunter Six "(Baby) Hold On" b/w "Carina"

16-Sarah Vaughan-Lover Man (Jazzelicious Remix)

Fred Wesley - Funk for your Ass

Taken from the album 'Soul Messin' (Freestyle Records)

This Girl feat. Kylie Auldist

Ladies - Lee Fields (Apollo Edit)

Willie Wright - Right On For The Darkness

Brisbane based part time DJ an full time music fanatic. My earliest memories are of listening to music, in particular my Mum's old records. Classics from the 60's & 70's and sade. Lots of sade...Now im into anything house. In particular the funky and disco versions. Big bands, loud sounds, sax and serine vocals. As time has shifted my love for anything deep has blossomed. I cant name all the DJ's Producers and Fanboys who have inspired and will inspire, but you know! Currently listening to minimal from detroit and chicago and loving "slow house". Depending on the day will play chill to funky club. Lots of love to all with music in their heart.

Available for Gigs and Parties.

PS also learning logic Pro, so edits coming.................

Ladies - Lee Fields (Apollo Edit)

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