Free Soul Music Saturday for June 25, 2011

Are you ready for OVER 57 HOURS of free Soul Music? Well, scroll down and get your funky goodness. This week was filled with serious quality; I’d recommend nearly every single that hit. Also, a couple of my personal favorites include the SLE interview with Miles Bonny and the Gil Scott Heron live set from his 1977 Bottom Line show. Thanks again to all the musicians, producers, music bloggers, podcasters and DJ’s that bring this music to light.

 

MIX OF THE WEEK

Duane Powell: soundrotation’s Podcast - Symbiosis

 

EP OF THE WEEK

BOHO FAU & ELEVATED SOUL - COFFEE HOUSE SWINGER: BREWING SESSIONS

 

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

Funkommunity - The Light

*CAVEAT* Ok, technically, there is no download link to this song. But it is amazing and you can still stream it for free.

 

HONORABLE MENTION

The Funky White Boy Podcast - June 2011 Mix

 

MIXES

The SuperDeaf Wedding Throwdown Jizzam of The Year!!!

 

SOUL KANDI RADIO SHOW WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE 2011 EPISODE 21

 

Hilz (Hil St Soul) Special with JM *HOT*

 

 

ShellToe Soul 21.06.11

 

FOLDEDSPACE – June 2011
Soul Unsigned – 23rd June 2011
The Hurst Selection – London to America – 17th/18th June 2011

 

Insatiable Soul 20-6-2011
Insatiable Soul 13.6.2011

 

Kev Beadle Solar Radio Show 21/06/11

 

Tony Rodriguez NU SOUL CENTRAL 23 June 2011

 

Soulsorts Archive Podcast – Sunday 11th May 2008
Soulsorts Archive Podcast – Sunday 28th September 2008

 

Universal Communique 06|18|11

 

Unfold Radio – Sun 19th June

 

Miles Bonny – More Than Music *MUST DOWNLOAD*

 

DJ Center – One for Gil

 

King Otto: 3011 Million Dollar Megablast!

 

Inside MusiCast – Episode 87 (Michael McDonald) *HOT*

 

Soundnexx Usual Soulspects Mixx *HOT*

 

Episode 24 – Speak Your Soul *MUST DOWNLOAD*

 

Tru Thoughts Podcast No. 37 featuring Omar

 

Friday Favecast: All Yours *HOT*

 

Chillcast #271: Summertime Soul

 

GPWW 6/23/11: Vinyl Record Special

 

Balbio – NOWhere

 

Soulrific: Episode 103 *HOT*

 

Smoky Soul shortcast final

 

Nikko Gray – Live at the Breath + MP3 *HOT*

 

SoulNRnB’s Uplifting Soul *HOT*

 

SoulNRnB’s Street Sounds Sessions 46 *HOT*

 

SoulNRnB’s Street Sounds Sessions 45 *HOT*

 

DJ Chicken George – Peddlin’ 45s for Paris Mix #2 *HOT*

 

LPs/EPs

Jams DaBoombox (King Boom) - Beats Is Art

 

Krikit boi - Filthy Crates Vol. II

 

emeson - Gravity – EP *HOT*

 

Jesse Futerman - Super Basement EP *HOT*

 

Bobby Blunt & Ta-Ku - A Traveler’s Notebook

 

Villains Gone Bad III: Heroes for Villains - Hannibal King *HOT*

 

Alison Carney - alisonWonderland

 

Jean Grae - Cookies Or Comas

 

Cocaine 80s - The Pursuit EP

 

Shag - Volume 10: Identity Crisis

 

DJ Haylow - Look on the Sunny Side

 

Gil Scott Heron - Live At The Bottom Line ’77 *MUST DOWNLOAD*

 

Dru Carter - BamaLoveSoul.Com Presents Dusty Digits EP *HOT*

 

SINGLES

Jonti – Firework Spraying Moon

 

Brian McKnight - Temptation *HOT*

 

Asher Roth - Summertime (Ft. Quan)

 

Karlmarx - Anti Gravity

 

Marsha Ambrosius - Father’s Day 2011

 

Elan Tamara - Dont Know Why

 

Ayah - Real Woman

 

Dj Jazzy Jeff & Ayah - Notorious *HOT*

 

Common - Summer Madness

 

Ben Williams - Home *HOT*

 

The Stuyvesants - Stoops Parks & Rooftops *HOT*

 

Amp Live & Jazz Mafia Remix Tyler the Creator: “Yonkers,” “Goblinz,” and “Radicals” + MP3s

 

Slakah the Beatchild - The Cure  *HOT*

 

Dawn Richard- Stuck On Mad

 

Stacy Barthe - Without You *HOT*

 

The Bamboos: Classic Track – Bring It Home (Lanu Remix) *HOT*

 

Porsche Smith feat. Bouldercrest Williams - Light Years (Remix) *HOT*

 

Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1-O.A.K. Remix) *HOT*

 

DJ Haylow - New Definition of Summertime (Summertime Edit)

Midnight Pages 06.22.11

It’s been a long while since I’ve committed thoughts to form and “paper.”

And man, haven’t things changed? I’m a father. H-o-l-y- s-h-i-t. I mean, really. Every other post before this is dipped in inexperience compared to what’s happened in the past year. God, there is so much I want to get off my chest that I can’t even begin to express. Some time has passed, for sure. It used to be very easy to put my thoughts on paper. Then again, there was a time when it was so hard.

Ok, skip the self-indulgent self-reflection and get to it.

So yeah, I’m a dad. Best thing to happen to me in the past 2 years. My son, Connor, is the light of my life. No matter how much crap in this world that hits me, I can come home at the end of the day to this bright, shining face and just be. I’ve never felt so connected to anyone else in this world. He is the light at the end of the tunnel for me, and I know I am a reason for his smile. 

The whole father thing is not without its price, though. Productivity is at an all-time low. Which I should have expected, at least in the first year. There was no way I’d still be able to create at the pace I could before marriage and kid. Family demands, and boy, it is demanding.

But there is a point where I’m going to have to get back to basics. I have songs needing to be finished, sung, recorded and put in the can. It’s the only way I can move on creatively, and now i feel like it’s farther than it’s ever been.

What I need is discipline. What I need is routine and pattern. To get back to a place where I can, especially, get my fingers dancing on a keyboard (typewriter or otherwise) and be able to express what’s in my head. I can feel my fingers slipping. The connection from the head to the fingers is getting dull. I’m making more mistakes. Needing to hit the backspace key more often than I used to. Is this early onset Alzhieimers? I shudder to think. The gist of it is I’m not as sharp or quick as I used to be. It takes more effort to record things; songs, lyrics, blog posts, journal entries. 

I need to get back to a routine that allows me to stream my thoughts consciously.

But now, I need to feed my kid.

More later.

Free Soul Music Saturday for June 18, 2011

What an awesome week for independent Soul Music! Definitely check out the Bad Rabbits EP and free single from the Foreign Exchange. Although they’re not free, do some creative googling and check out new releases also from Joss Stone, Rasaahn Paterson, Fatima and Ledisi! But definiteliy check out the free awesomeness we have for you this week. Thanks again to all the musicians, producers, music bloggers, podcasters and DJ’s that bring this music to light.

 

MIX OF THE WEEK

Soulrific: Episode 102

 

EP OF THE WEEK

Bad Rabbits - Stick Up Kids

 

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

 

The Foreign Exchange – All The Kisses (feat. Paris & Amber Strother of KING)

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION

teresa jenee – the storm [prod by blackspade]

 

MIXES

Eavesdrop Podcast #73

 

SOUL KANDI RADIO SHOW WEDNESDAY 15TH JUNE 2011 EPISODE 20

 

ShellToe Soul114.6.11

 

Kev Beadle Solar Radio Show 14/06/11 *HOT*

 

 

Select Soul Show – June 16th 2011

 

Soulsorts Archive Podcast – Sunday March 9th 2008

 

Breakdown FM – Episode 51

 

Universal Communique 06|11|11

 

BETWEEN SPACE AND THE SOUL 5 : Mixed by AllyAl

 

MdCL DJ set @ The EndUp San Francisco

 

BSOTS 113 – Camp Lo-Fi’s Beatporium… *HOT*

 

 

Friday Favecast: Uncomfortable *HOT*

 

 

J-Finesse – The Best From The West

 

Soulection – Summer SOULstice 

 

The Principles of PJ (PJ Morton Mixtape) *HOT*

 

 

Stricklybeats mix 05 – Beatt-ape1

 

Anthony Valadez – For My Friends at Union

 

SoulNRnB’s Street Sounds Sessions 44 *HOT*

 

 

Smooth Kool Presents: Jahah “The Teaser” Mix

 

Mo Kolours – Drum Walking Mixtape

 

KR∆PES *HOT*

 

 

 

LPs/EPs

Sasha Ate - LP: Music From The Left Hemisphere/ FC012 *HOT*

 

 

Musk – Erok – Tank Y Nuestros MPC’s

 

Tall Black Guy - Hollyweird 2.0 *HOT*

 

 

Tanya Auclair - ORIGAMI

 

Sango - Sounds of Chimera

 

Mathematics vs. Peter Hadar - 2 Seconds From Being Committed

 

Heartbreak presents: Moombahsoul Volume 1

 

In The Mood: SPRNG WATR mixed by DJ Jamad

 

Analog Division “A N L G | D I V”

 

 

SINGLES

Jean Grae – CaseBasket

 

Marques Toliver – Deep In My Heart *HOT*

 

 

Brandy – I Don’t Care

 

Karega Ani – Are You Kidding

 

June - Van Hunt

 

Anais Kane – Say You’ll Go (Cover) *HOT*

 

 

Sandra Nkake + friends – A Place for You (GIL SCOTT HERON TRIBUTE) (MdCL remix)

 

Freddie Joachim – Better Days *HOT*

 

 

Tenka – Summer Nights *HOT*

 

Free Soul Music Saturday for June 11, 2011

Welcome back! It was a pretty manageable week for Free Soul Music, but I still believe we’ve got over 36 hours reflected here. Thanks to all the musicians, producers, music bloggers, podcasters and DJ’s that bring this music to light.

 

MIX OF THE WEEK

J-Finesse: Musical Montage V.2 (6/5/11)

 

EP OF THE WEEK

zebrahim – in my heart i am

 

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

Jamiroquai - Smile

 

HONORABLE MENTION

Tai Allen [Vicelounge] - Love Music (Summer Preview)

 

 

MIXES

Eavesdrop Podcast #72 *HOT*

 

Tony Rodriguez NU SOUL CENTRAL 26th May 2011

Tony Rodriguez NU SOUL CENTRAL 9th June 2011

Kev Beadle Solar Radio Show 07/06/11 *HOT*

 

Universal Communique 06|04|11

 

Select Soul Show – June 9th 2011

 

Select Soul Show – June 2nd

 

Royalty: A Prince & A King

 

Soundnexx – Groovyish Mixx

 

Stevie’s Soul Love 101 Chapter 25

 

Life In The Maze (The Best of Maze ft. Frankie Beverly)

 

Soul Unsigned – 9th June 2011

The Hurst Selection – London to America – 3rd/4th June 2011

 

SS Instros (May 2k11) *HOT*

 

Futuristica Music May 2011 – Gil Scott-Heron Tribute

 

Friday Favecast: Swirl

 

DJ BRAINCHILD X DEGO “IT’S ALL OVER THE PLACE” *HOT*

 

MJ186 Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by FiJi

 

Soul-Heart Sessions: Winter Leaves

 

PISSING PEOPLE OFF ON ACCIDENT SINCE APRIL 12, 1978 (THE MIXTAPE)

 

Choongum’s Hot Air Balloon Mix

 

 

LPs/EPs

Zo! And Tigallo - Zo! And Tigallo Love The 80′s

 

7even Sun - Digital Dust_Beat Tape 2006-2008 *HOT*

 

Nappy Nation - Nappy Nation presents… The Nu Growth Vol.1

 

JoLeon Davenue - The New Mantra

 

Untold Songs: Remixes EP1

 

Dion Brown - April First-A Reinterpatation Of Selections From Gil Scott-Heron

 

Rkappa  - Just Chillin Instrumentals *HOT*

 

trog’low - mellow feats EP

 

14KT - 14KillaTape

 

SOULblade2 - Kadaj Da Kid

 

QUIET - SOUL LOTION

QUIET - THA JAZZ INJECTION VOL3

 

Bob42jh: Fallen Skies

 

Donwill - DPPLGNGR

 

SINGLES

Eric Roberson - Summertime (So Hot) 6-6 ’11 *HOT*

 

Nodzilla - Get Ur Freak On (Nodzilla Remix)

 

Kamilah Sumner - Never Bring Me Down

 

Jelani - Away We Go (Prod. Durkin)

 

Thundercat - Daylight

 

Zumo Kollie - It Was On My Mind

Free Soul Music Saturday for June 4, 2011

This was a big week, as everything I’ve collected amasses to OVER 48 HOURS of free Soul Music.

Some big things happened over the past week. We lost Gil Scott-Heron, a true original. Many tributes came out, and I encourage you to check out each and everyone. There will never be another like him, and you’ll be able to hear it in the music and legacy he left us.

Also getting some tributes this week is A Tribe Called Quest. Check out the mixes and other releases that hit in their honor.

Once again, thanks to all the musicians, producers, music bloggers, podcasters and DJ’s that bring this music to light.

 

MIX OF THE WEEK

TheCouchSessions.com Memorial Day Mix 2011

 

EP OF THE WEEK

The Midnight Eez 

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

Kindred the Family Soul – Take A Look Around 

HONORABLE MENTION

IV The Polymath – Summer Instro Mix 2011 

TRIBUTE – GIL SCOTT-HERON

ShellToe Soul plays Gil Scott Heron

 

GIl SCOTT HERON tribute- recorded at The Flat- Rocksteady Mondays 05.30.2011

 

Paris DJs Soul Soundsystem – For Ever Gil Scott-Heron

 

Breakdown FM – Gil Scott Heron Tribute Mix

 

Cookin Soul x Gil Scott Heron – The Revolution is being televised tribute

 

 

TRIBUTE – A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

The Best of A Tribe Called Quest Mixed By DJ M-Rock

 

DJ Guzl – The Instinctive Travels Of The Midnight Marauder

 

A Tribe Called Quest – Final Show (1999)

 

The ARE – Manipulated Marauders [2007]

 

 

MIXES

Eavesdrop Podcast #71 *HOT*

 

 

SOUL KANDI RADIO SHOW WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY 2011 EPISODE 17

 

Universal Communique 05|28|11

 

Kev Beadle Solar Radio Show 31/05/11 *HOT*

 

 

Select Soul Show – June 2nd 2011

 

Jazzface – Slow

 

Unfold Radio – Sun 29th May

 

WYRB: Yoruba Soul Radio

 

 

EJ Flavors: In Rotation, Volume 27 – 05/11

 

BSOTS 112 – Behind Us, Beside Us, Before Us… (pt. 2) *HOT*

 

 

The Mixologists: Keyknow’s Acoustically Speaking

 

Soul Unsigned – 2nd June 2011

 

Stevie’s Soul Love 101 Chapter 24

 

Friday Favecast – Pivot *HOT*

 

 

V44 Midnight Maraudaz Podcast The Dillasode mixed by Don-Ray *HOT*

 

 

GrantLOVE Sample Session: It’s Common Sense

 

Melaz – Dark Light *HOT*

 

 

Deejay Eric’s June Mixx Tape 1 06 11 *HOT*

 

 

Soul Circle Radio Show Presents DJ Rob Swift Pt. I (5.21.2011)

 

SoulNRnB’s Nu Soul Jazz Volume 2

 

Soulrific: Episode 101 *HOT*

 

 

Analogue Monsta Mix

 

King Boom Mix

 

LPs/EPs

Bhonstro – Clouds In A Can EP *HOT*

 

 

BudaMunk – Smoke Deep *HOT*

 

 

REL & JBILLION – MVMNT (Instrumentals)

 

Screw – EP: Come Through/ FC011

 

Vanilla – High Life *HOT*

 

 

VA: Instrumental Boutique vol.2/ FC002 *HOT*

 

 

Reese Jones – B .O.O.B.S

 

Ta-ku – Scraps

 

 

 

Symphony Sounds Beat Tape Vol. 2

 

Funky Drummer – LP: 7th Sky/ FC010

 

KVZE – A LoopDigga’s Diary

 

dj needles – soul searchin vol 3

 

 

Question – Re-Deux *HOT*

 

 

Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime – SomeOthaShip

 

Tope – FREELEMONADE

 

 

SINGLES

Naia Kete – Beauty

 

 

The Brass King – Will Da Real One LIVE @ Funk Jazz Lounge 2003 Exclusive

 

Oddisee’s “Better Late” & “Indian Summer”

 

Havana – Daylight

 

Mary Mary – Walkin’ (Ezel Remix) *HOT*

 

 

Mos Def – New York City (ft. Gil Scott Heron)