Sweet Seoul Music

Noticed the other day to my surprise I had about 100 visitors from South Korea to this blog. I don´t know many unique visitors those were, but it is still a very high number compared to how many persons that usually visit my blog from just one country. I have to highlight this somehow. Unfortunately I have to admit my knowledge on Korean music is not that strong, but instead of music from Seoul I thought I could offer you some soul music...

Charles Bradley is one of the absolute best soul acts in recent years. He recently made his debut in the world of recordings. What makes thsi extraordinary is that he is not that young, but was discovered much later in life. This song is one of absolute favourites so far this year. Korean readers, please comment and share some Korean recommendations please!

/ The Drumming Cat

John Lennon covers

A week ago John Lennon should have turned 70. In order to highlight this, Swedish music magazine Sonic created a Spotify playlist with a lot of great covers of John Lennon and Beatles songs. Enjoy!

A personal favourite is Al Green´s version of I want to hold your hand.

If you look to the left on Sonic´s website, they have a lot of good Spotify playlists on different themes.

/ The Drumming Cat

Tribute to Solomon Burke

Since great soul singer Solomon Burke recently passed away, I decided to put together a tribute to him. I searched youtube for different versions of his most famous song "Everybody needs somebody to love".

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Northern soul documentary

Found this wonderful documentary about Northern Soul and the Wigan casino in northern England in the late 1960´s. DJ:s re-discovered forgotten beautiful soul melodies from lesser known american artists and started palying them at different clubs. Wigan casino was one of the most famous ones.



Enjoy!

/The Drumming Cat with soul in his soul

Hip hop + Indie = True

My favourite radio show P3Pop was last Monday about the influence of Hip Hop, Soul and modern Rnb on indie in recent years, Swedish indie in particular, including Peter Morén and the brilliant Jenny Wilson. Even if you cant speak Swedish, listen to the music and read the songs listing, available if you click on "musiken i programmet". Scroll down to find the show from last Monday.



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Am I black enough for you?

In my mind this is one of the absolute best music documentaries in recent years. Swedish filmer Göran Olsson describes the life of legendary soul singer Billy Paul. The documentary discusses everything from his contribution to the movement of the rights for African-Americans in the U.S. to what the song "Am I black enough for you" meant for his career and what impact Philadelphia have had on music in history. The documentary includes interviews with Questlove from the Roots, Kenny Gamble and Billy Paul himself. If you haven´t discovered Billy Paul yet, I suggest you do it now.

/The Drumming Cat