Core News — “On this week’s Funk Family Tree, we join the musical dots between Otis Clay, Syl Johnson, Willie Mitchell and Al Green.” Check out other Craig Charles Funk & Soul shows here and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Craig Char... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Everybody knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact! This was the year of Abba winning Eurovision, the Osmonds being given their own week of prime-time BBC1 programming, Kung Fu Fighting, Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Cen... more info

Soul Sides — There’s a brand new biography of Al Green out there: Soul Survivor, written by Jimmy McDonough. I’m excited for this one, least of all because Green is one of my favorite soul artists and unquestionably one of the most influential R&B artists... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Sit down, David Hepworth. The year of the first Glastonbury Festival, of Jim Morrison's death, The Concert for Bangladesh, the Montreux Casino fire that inspired Smoke On The Water and... Dave & Ansell Collins - Double BarrelNiney The Observer - ... more info

Popdose — The muscular Tempts or the slow-burning Al Green. Which version is your favorite? more info

Nialler9 — I shared a jazzy house track from Kilkenny producer Replete last year and now it’s featured on a vinyl release from Ele Records alongside similar tracks of jazz and soul dance grooves from Contours, the bassline garage-sax of ‘Night Shift�... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Compared to the two years either side of it, 1972 is a fascinating transitional year. Paul McCartney got banned by the Beeb for Give Ireland Back To The Irish, Led Zeppelin got banned from Singapore for their long hair, John Lennon was nearly banned ... more info

Core News — “Michael Kiwanuka sits in on the Sunday Service for the month of February armed with a handful of his favourite tunes. This week he has tracks by Al Green, David Axelrod, Alice Coltrane, Fela Kuti and Solange. Michael Kiwanuka is a British soul mus... more info

Soul Sides — According to Slate’s Dan Kois, Stevie Wonder’s “We Can Work It Out” is the best Beatles cover out there: Stevie Wonder and his cover of “We Can Work It Out,” not only the best Beatles cover of all time but the only one that is definiti... more info

USA Today Music — The R&B legend celebrates the anniversary Saturday in Memphis.             more info