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

Some voices don’t come and go. They stay with you. The kind you return to on slow mornings, late nights, and everything in between. That’s exactly why Gregory Porter is now the face of our Sunday Jazz, Blues & Soul playlist . If you know Porter, you know the feeling. Born in Los Angeles in 1971 and raised in Bakersfield, California, raised on gospel, shaped by jazz, and carried by soul, he’s built a sound that feels both timeless and deeply personal. With albums like Liquid

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