Paris-born soul singer and songwriter Tiwayo gets his inspiration from the southern part of the USA. Once on a road trip to Memphis, a local, older Cajun bluesman heard him sing and was struck by the contrast between his youthful face and gravelly, soulful voice. Amused and impressed, the bluesman called him “The Young Old.” Back in France, Tiwayo took the initials T.Y.O. and transformed them into the single, evocative word Tiwayo, which has stayed with him ever since. The f

The second album by hammond organ soul trio Parlor Greens  is out. TheNewFunky attended the pre-drop listening party and that turned out to be a unique session. After that, Hammond player Adam Scone was so kind to elaborate on a couple of topics one-on-one with us. Vinyl Junkie Radio  broadcasts from the very hip Twitch platform. Disk Jockey Sam is from Montreal Canada. He gave up his work as a financial advisor to devote himself entirely to good music from real vinyl. For a

Judging by all the good music that comes out of Dordrecht, you can't help but conclude that there must be a vibrant soul and funk scene in this Dutch city where five rivers meet (they get wet feet every now and then as you can imagine). If you delve into it a little more, you will find out that two men in particular are the driving force behind the well-known names such as Laura Vane & The Vipertones , Soul Snatchers and Phil Martin's Mystical Funk. We are talking about chil