Michelle David & The True-Tones have released their third album: Soul Woman . Actually, it's already their seventh if you count the four Michelle David & The Gospel Sessions albums. If we go even further in the past, the collaboration between guitarists Onno Smit and Paul Willemsen with Michelle David goes back to the influential deep funk outfit Lefties Soul Connection . In between, Onno and Paul made a number of hits with the roots rock band Beans & Fatback that have been

The soul-funk trio Soulive released a new album. Flowers was recorded at Flóki Studios, set against the rugged seaside backdrop of  Iceland. The band let their creativity flow on the remote Tröllaskagi Peninsula. It’s the first full-length studio album of the band after 15 years. The band members created space in their busy agendas full of music activities for this special project. Eric Kresno is an innovative and prolific guitarist, songwriter and producer that co-founded

This year’s best new soul-jazz Hammond-driven album seems to have appeared already. The Modern Arch  is the new release of the Australian Jake Mason Trio .  The New Funky had the opportunity to interview song writer, producer and musician Jake Mason. Everybody knows Jake’s co-write  ‘ This Girl’ (Kungs Vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners) ' which charted at number 1 in 10 countries and has 1,3 billion streams on Spotify. Bridging jazz/soul and pop, Jake has released 15 albums and establ