Marilyn McLeod is best known, if she is known at all, as the songwriter behind hit singles for Diana Ross and Junior Walker.

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If this Northern Soul classic sounds reminiscent of Motown there’s a good reason for that. Sidney Barnes learned his trade with the label.

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East London rapper Ghetts creates a chill vibe for his afrobeats and amapiano-influenced tune Tumbi.

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The Bones Of J.R. Jones is the alter ego of one-man band Jonathon Linaberry, drilling down into old-time acoustic blues.

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Jackie Mittoo was the organ playing child prodigy of Jamaican music who churned out countless hits at Studio One for Coxsone Dodd in the Sixties.

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The legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins dipped his toe in the waters of rock’n’roll when he agreed to record with The Rolling Stones.

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Spencer Wiggins recorded the definitive version of Up Tight Good Woman and made it one of the definitive Memphis soul songs of the mid-Sixties. (more…)

What I love most about Bonita Applebaum is that it’s musically a hybrid of reggae, jazz and hip-hop – and even a sitar sample.

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New York instrumental outfit El Michels Affair team up with rapper Black Thought on Grateful from their 2023 album Glorious Game.

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A Tribe Called Quest laid down a marker as one of the more original and eclectic voices in hip-hop with 1990 single Bonita Applebaum.

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