THE SUREFIRE SOUL ENSEMBLE: Gemini
STONE MONKEY
22/04/2025
Long overdue some coverage on MB is the new Surefire Soul Ensemble long player Gemini which dropped nearly a month ago now. And it more
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BACAO RHYTHM & STEEL BAND: Nautilus (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
20/04/2025
When not unleashing their own original steel drum-led funk material, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band can usually be found plying their other stock-in-trade – to
SMITH & THE HONEY BADGERS: Killing Time (Vinyl LP)
STONE MONKEY
15/04/2025
Take it at face value you might be forgiven for thinking the title of Smith & The Honey Badgers’ Killing Time implied they’d had nothing
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS: Naturally (20th Anniversary 2X LP)
STONE MONKEY
11/04/2025
Good lord! Has it really been twenty years since the release of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings’ Naturally long player? Seems it has and
KELLY FINNIGAN feat. RENALDO DOMINO: Keep Me In Mind (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
09/04/2025
Once a staple of soul music, the duet has been a rare beast on the funk/ soul revival scene since things kicked off with the
RETI: Shake
STONE MONKEY
31/03/2025
Rarely has a track been so aptly named but the dancefloor action resulting from any DJ dropping Shake is likely to be fairly monumental. The
BACAO RHYTHM & STEEL BAND: Let’s Grow
STONE MONKEY
31/03/2025
By way of a taster for Volume 4 of Big Crown Records’ occasional series Big Crown Vaults, which this time around focuses on Bacao Rhythm
DAEMON: Megaladon
STONE MONKEY
27/03/2025
Holy shit! The new single from St Louis emcee Daemon will hit you like – well – like a Megalodon. Wait – did I say
THE ALLERGIES: So Real
STONE MONKEY
21/03/2025
The Allergies take time out from being big-time party monsters, with new single So Real – a more laid-back, soulful affair. What gives? Maybe it’s
THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS: Open The Gate
STONE MONKEY
14/03/2025
It might’ve been a while since we last heard from The Mighty Mocambos but new single Open The Gate resoundingly blows the cobwebs off their