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

Impose Magazine — Emma Cole is not afraid to acknowledge the truth of the matter. Her music is spunky, saying with confidence what we wish we could admit. Currently residing in Los Angeles’ Echo Park, Cole takes a page from the books of Etta James, Janis Joplin, and... more info

Gigwise — Yak have announced a brand new double a-side single 'Heavens Above' / 'Semi-Automatic', recorded with Pulp's Steve Mackey and set for release on 28th October on Octopus Electrical Records. You can hear 'Heavens Above' on Gigwise now below. It's e... more info

Gigwise — Yak have announced a brand new double a-side single 'Heavens Above' / 'Semi-Automatic', recorded with Pulp's Steve Mackey and set for release on 28th October on Octopus Electrical Records. You can hear 'Heavens Above' on Gigwise now below. It's e... more info