We all know you can’t cheat death but Timmion Records’ newest signing, Wyoming-born, Wales-residing Jeb Loy, reckons you can’t cheat the dance either on new 45 Can’t Cheat The Dance. And he may have a point. Is it his effortless soul voice with just the slightest bit of rasp? Or the timeless lyrics? Or is it the solid bedrock of a funky drum break provided by Finnish funk mafia Cold Diamond
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JEB LOY NICHOLS with COLD DIAMOND & MINK: Can’t Cheat The Dance / We Gotta Work On It (Vinyl 7″)
WILLIE WEST: I’m Still A Man (Lord Have Mercy) (2015)
If you caught Vol. 3 of the mighty Soul Jazz label’s New Orleans Funk series then you’ll already know Willie West since his Allen Toussaint-penned 1970 track Fairchild opens the compilation. His career actually started a decade earlier and – er – hasn’t finished yet – and you know what? He’s still a man. Just as well with a name like Willie. Single I’m Still A Man dropping on Timmion follows last
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NICOLE WILLIS & THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS: One In A Million (2015)
Hey everybody it’s Timmion time! And while that might sound not unlike the opening to a certain kids’ TV programme about an animated sheep it’s actually your heads up to the fact that there’s a new Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators single, One In A Million, out in a few weeks – the second to foreshadow the upcoming new LP. Expect a funky, horns-led, seventies soul affair on
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NICOLE WILLIS: Paint Me In A Corner (2015)
Even back in the early 2000s when Daptone were kicking off the deep funk and soul resurgence with Sharon Jones, there was a rival to the crown of new soul queen. That would have been Nicole Willis who, while not as prolific as Jones and the Dap Kings, can lay claim to a output of equal quality, in the company of her band The Soul Investigators. And so we might well ask, ‘But Ms
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