Author: Commercial Break
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Horns Of Freedom album – The Fontanelles
The London onstage band for Fela! The Musical releases an ebullient Afrobeat album If Fela! The Musical ever comes to your town, be sure to see the Tony award-winning play. The production, which tells the story of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, focuses on the political firebrand’s struggles with Nigeria’s governing elites amid a vibrant display […]
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Lewis Taylor mix – DJ Bounce – free music download
DJ Chris Bounce has created a great mix honouring the remarkable work of overlooked soulman Lewis Taylor When UK DJ Chris Bounce created this mix, he must’ve suspected few would listen to it – and yet he nevertheless uploaded it no doubt for the same reason Commercial Break is writing about it. UK soulman Lewis […]
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Black Radio 2 album preview – Robert Glasper Experiment
The jazz pianist’s follow-up to his Grammy-winning album contains more neo soul and high-profile collaborations Three years ago, because of his creative detours into the world of hip hop, Robert Glasper was well known for a jazz pianist. And then he won a Grammy and became (almost) famous for winning the Best R&B Album category, […]
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So Many Ways album preview – Lay-Far
A new jazzy, soulful house album by a busy Russian producer turns out to be one of the best of 2013 While this year has been chock-full of great singles, decent albums have been in short supply – and the best have sprung from where you’d least expect them. Feel Good, by Los Angeles-based duo […]
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Side Effects album – Daniel Crawford – free music download
Following his Glasper-like single Strictly For My Negus, the pianist has released a 10-track album comprising jazzy remakes of his favourite tunes Earlier in 2013, jazz pianist Daniel Crawford released Strictly For My Negus, a single that created quite a stir because many swore it was a Robert Glasper track. An acoustic version of that […]
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One Take video – Mark de Clive-Lowe
To promote his Kickstarter campaign, the LA-based musician showcases what can be done with a few gizmos, a keyboard and a lot of talent To publicise his Kickstarter campaign, LA-based keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe is borrowing a format made popular by Vevo’s ‘1 Mic 1 Take’ series. For the past couple of weeks de Clive-Lowe […]
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Erykah Badu v Jill Scott mix – Scientific Monkey – free music download
A two-hour mix by UK DJ Scientific Monkey pits two titans of neo soul against each other UK DJ/promoter Scientific Monkey, aka Bryn’s Aquarian Soul, is a fan of all things soulful – and this clash of two heavyweight musicians reflects his passion. In the Dallas corner is the ‘Queen of Neo Soul’ Erykah Badu, […]
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108 Years of Herman Miller in 108 Seconds video – design
Short animation spanning 108 years of a firm that has had a hand in some of the 20th century’s most iconic furniture Websites Herman Miller Herman Miller WHY Part of a Bigger Plan US furniture firm Herman Miller commissioned Dutch animators Part of a Bigger Plan to make a short movie to mark the launch […]
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Forget Me Not album preview – Harleighblu
Hip hop beats and soulful vocals collide on a debut album from a sonorous songstress hailing from the UK’s East Midlands Having garnered considerable praise in the UK with her singles Enough Now and Play Me, Nottingham soul singer Harleighblu releases her debut album Forget Me Not. It’s the 21-year-old’s debut album on the Tru […]
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Tru Thoughts compilation album – free music download
To celebrate the launch of a spanking new website, UK label Tru Thoughts is giving away a 15-track compilation spanning soul, jazz and some dancehall ‘riddims’ One of the best contemporary labels to emerge in the past decade has been Tru Thoughts, which is based in the seaside resort of Brighton in southern England. The […]