Thee Sacred Souls are bursting with energy on their new single “Running Away”
Eddie Chacon returns with new album “Sundown”
Pearl & The Oysters pay homage to 70’s glam rock with their new song “Read The Room”
On his new album “What’s Trending” Leo Sidran takes a close look at today’s world
The Angels Of Libra launch into the outer space with their new single “Revelations”
Surprise Chef announce Europe tour
Tennis are on the trail of the little things on their new album “Pollen”
Pacific Breeze 3 – Light in the Attic continues its journey into the world of Japanese City Pop
Out now: Smooth & Soulful Sounds Vol. 17
Island Time – Interview with Joel Sarakula
OUT NOW! WEST COAST SOUL.de presents “Tokyo Dreams Volume 3 – Japanese City Pop, Funk and Rare Grooves”
Benny Sings returns with new song “Young Hearts” and announces new album for March
West Coast Soul.de – Albums Of The Year 2022
Out now: “Smooth & Soulful Sounds – Best Of 2022”
The Zenmenn and John Moods combine West Coast AOR and Ambient on their new album “Hidden Gem”
Izo Fitzroy returns with new single “God Gets A Little Busy Sometimes”
Out now: Smooth & Soulful Sounds Volume 16
On STR4TASFEAR, Gilles Peterson and Jean Paul Maunick connect the legendary Brit-funk of the 80s with a new generation of music innovators
Out Now: The Final Frontier – Funk, Jazz And Library Music From Outta Space
Nathan Johnston & the Angels of Libra celebrate the virtues of authentic soul music on their debut album
Album Review: Lee Fields explores the depths of the human soul on his new album “Sentimental Fool”
Ticket To Shangri-La – Interview with Young Gun Silver Fox
Too Slow To Disco – the anniversary interview with Marcus Liesenfeld
With our “Smooth & Soulful Sounds” series, WEST COAST SOUL.de presents current favorites, potential hits as well as fresh releases and artists that deserve more airplay. Discover the latest from Soul, West Coast, Slow Funk and Sunset Disco.
“Island Time” is the long-awaited new album from Joel Sarakula and his first since moving to the Canary Islands at the height of the pandemic. Building on his previous albums “Love Club” and “Companionship”, the Sydney-born singer-songwriter, musician and producer expands his palette with a wider use of synthesizers and drum machines, making stylistically adventurous choices such as AOR samba and 70s-style reggae. The result is one of the first album highlights of the new year. West Coast Soul took the opportunity to talk with Joel Sarakula before the start of his German tour about the making of “Island Time”, the influence of his new domicile on his music, what the audience can expect on the tour and much more.
Californian singer-songwriter Eddie Chacon is probably best known to most as one half of the successful US soul duo Charles & Eddie from the early 90s. With “Pleasure, Joy and Happiness”, the “low-key R&B legend” (The Fader) celebrated a brilliant comeback in 2020 with support John Carroll Kirby. On 31 March, the long-awaited follow-up will be released, on which Chacon has once again collaborated with his soulmate John Carroll Kirby. As a foretaste of the album, his new single “Step By Step” has now been released.
It all started with an internet phenomenon: “Plastic Love” by Mariya Takeuchi became a viral hit in the 2010s. The 1984 single, written by Takeuchi and her husband Tatsuro Yamashita, sounded nostalgically familiar and at the same time exotic to Western ears, and opened up a musical cultural space previously known only to insiders: the world of City Pop. A genre that provided the soundtrack for Japanese economic prosperity in the 80s.
Dutch artist Benny Sings announces his new album “Young Hearts”, which will be released on 24 March via Stones Throw Records, with a new single and a video.
The year is coming to an end and it was again a year of great new releases and discoveries. Of course, it was and is always impossible to limit a year to just ten albums, but the following records have left a lasting impression on us and accompanied us through the last months. It’s time to honour the best albums of the year: Here is the West Coast Soul.de Top 10 of 2022!
With our Spotify series “Smooth & Soulful Sounds”, WEST COAST SOUL.de presents current favourites, potential hits as well as fresh songs and artists who deserve more airplay. We’ve compiled the seven editions of the year for you in one Best Of West Coast, Soul, Funk, Sophistipop and Sunset Disco of 2022.
For their second album “Hidden Gem”, German band The Zenmenn teamed up with singer-songwriter John Moods to magnificently fuse sun-drenched, laid-back yacht rock harmonies with atmospheric ambient landscapes into a kind of cosmic West Coast AOR.
