G. L. Crockett - Every Good Bye Ain't Gone Some time ago I featured G. L. Crockett's boozy, Jimmy Reed-styled "It's a Man ...

The Soul Stirrers - Be With Me, Jesus I know Sunday Gospel Time was yesterday, but sometimes I'm "feeling" something when I h...

The Como Mamas (feat. Mary Moore) - Trouble In My Way When I was a teenager in rural Kentucky, I used to entertain the fantasy of someday o...

Johnnie Taylor - Stop Doggin' Me (live) As mentioned in an early Wattstax -related post , the August 1972 showcase of Stax artists at t...

Otis Redding - Scratch My Back Although many people - present company included - often complain that modern R&B and hip-hop "sound...

Hamilton Bohannon - South African Man Over the weekend the Electro-Phonic Brian Phillips pointed out in a phone conversation that my postin...

Soul Men , the last motion picture Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes appeared in before their deaths (coincidentally, one day apart), is going to o...

Jimmy Hughes - It Was Nice This press release is certainly good news for soul fans! The FAME catalogue is finally going to get legitimate ...

Brook Benton - Makin' Love Is Good for You A Friday foray into disco is in order today, so says your ever-lovin' Stepfather of Soul...

Little Milton - Before the Honeymoon So much for my January 2008 aspiration to do a "Soul-Blues Saturday" post on Little Milton,...

Your ever-lovin' Stepfather of Soul had the pleasure of joining the Rockin' Radio lineup this month as a fill-in for Lane Quigley, ...

Isaac Hayes - You Don't Know Like I Know The recent passing of Isaac Hayes has been commemorated in many blogs, including this one , bu...