Soul / Motown / Gospel

[machinebacon]

Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, whatever you find soulful, drop it here!

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soul_musicians

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis. She is always reduced to the "Son of a preacher man", but actually there's a bit more substance in her material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trUqO7rn9W0

A heavenly blend is Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach's classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CdTeVkJIGA

Aretha's Natural Woman - IMO one of her best efforts - is on this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQx7sYSA9U8

Nice compilation of what we all know but never knew who it was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Yf1wue7ho

Nina Simone - quite close to the blues, but still full of soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUZL6gsuAmQ

[rhowaldt]

I suppose Northern Soul counts.
The Flirtations - Nothing but a heartache.
Duke Browner - Crying Over You
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Dobie Gray - In with the in-crowd
Leon Haywood - Baby reconsider
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heatwave
Nolan Chance - Just like the weather
The Tams - Hey girl, don't bother me

my wife loves this shit. now i do as well. it is good. thanks for the thread Jules!

[machinebacon]

Sure it does count, good man :)

And a bit of southern soul. Click this and say: oooh! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tdIPseUDJ8

[rhowaldt]

niiiiice :)

[rhowaldt]

Etta James - At Last: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cbOl96RFM - all-time fav :)

[GekkoP]

^ I love Etta James!

[rhowaldt]

she's amazing :)
time for more people posting good shit!

[rhowaldt]

i believe the genre is "Blue Beat", somewhere in between ska and motown, or something. it sounds good :)

Millie Small - Since youve been gone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xb_7DduN8
Millie Small - My boy lollipop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYj9J4UH8ck

(yeah i need to explore this further, so far the only artist i really know by name is Millie :)

[gutterslob]

https://soundcloud.com/reverend-p/dj-re ... y-3rd-2015

[AL13N]

Impossible Ark Records - Kings and Queens
https://impossiblearkrecords.bandcamp.com

[vic]

Awesome soul song, sounds like it were made in the seventies. Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open [Official Video]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLGHcj_fmA

[GekkoP]

https://mamasgunuk.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days

I have to stop it with this mad bandcamp browsing already.

[gutterslob]

^ Brilliant stuff. For me, their best work.

[gutterslob]

Mish-mash of genres, but the overall vibe fits this thread best. If you don't smile to this, you're a soulless twat.
Layla Rutherford @ Dekmantel; https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel ... rutherford

[gutterslob]

Curtis Harding put out an album last year which I just heard, but I’m linking the album he released before that, mainly because I’m listening to it now and noticed I hadn’t shared it here, and boy does it need to be shared.

https://curtisharding.bandcamp.com/album/face-your-fear

Probably the closest thing to vintage Motown/Gaye/Mayfield sounds you’ll hear in the current era.

[GekkoP]

^ One of the best records to wake up on a Sunday morning with a cup of tea/coffee while watching out the window and think "yeah, it feels good right now".

[ivanovnegro]

^^ That is a really cool album.