Sweet Charles - For Sweet People Artist_Grimez

Sweet Charles - For Sweet People Artist_GrimezA supremely fantastic album by Charles Cherell, one thats always woefully overlooked in discussions of James Browns incredible People label! Sweet Charles, Charles Sherell, was a great lost soul vocalist who had a voice that was warm and mellow, with a sweetness that was often missing from James singing but which sounded great with his arrangements and production. Fred Wesley and Dave Matthews arranged this one and only album, and the records a great

The Buffalo Killers caught the attention of Dan Auerbach who produced their debut LP and Andrew is currently part of the touring band for The Black Keys

drum computers and otherworldly synthesizers intertwine with the band’s taut playing

Le Sim was a band formed by lead vocalist Donald Jennings in the late 1970s

woozy synths and a floating two-minute flute solo courtesy of Robert “Fonksta” Bacon

Matthew says: “Like presumably many other albums made during the last year

taking things to a more programmatic level: beats composed on a Boss drum machine are used as noise gate triggers

In an attempt to ease back into life as Big Thief after a long stretch of Covid-19 related isolation

still igniting the dancefloor with the darkly alluring electronic vibe that first captured the public consciousness

he was every inch a righteous soul singer

The minimalist tones of ‘Ritual Bells’ set the dial to weird in the opening sequence of the movie

The Pyramids originally came together in 1972 at Antioch College

the sequencing here is especially well thought out