The Wailing Souls - Firehouse Rock - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Groundation returns with InchCANDLE BURNINGInch, their 11th studio album, recorded on analog tape at the legendary ICP Studios in Brussels. With themes of spiritual fire, inner strength, and connection, the album delivers a message of hope and vitality rather than struggle. Featuring iconic guest artists like Alpha Blondy, Mutabaruka, Thomas Mapfumo, and Mykal Rose, the project bridges generations and cultures, offering a rich and soulful roots reggae experience. Recorded in an immersive 10-day session, the album showcases Groundation's signature blend of roots reggae with jazz-inspired melodies, deep rhythms, and conscious lyrics-staying true to their commitment to authenticity and powerful storytelling.

Big Crown Records is proud to present Piece of Me, the sophomore full length offering from Lady Wray. This is something of a homecoming for Nicole. Where her 2016 solo debut Queen Alone leaned more towards Soul and R&B with tinges of hip-hop, this record changes the mixture. It's still R&B with the textures of analog Soul, but there is a heavy Hip Hop influence that brings the sum of Nicole's career together in a new sound that will define her future. Boom-bap drums and chunky bass lines are front-and-center creating a perfect head-nodding backdrop for Lady Wray to take on the good, the bad, the difficult, and the joyful on her most personal collection of songs to date.The title track, InchPiece of Me,Inch which has already become a classic since it's 2019 is about the people in your life who need more than you are willing to give. This tune and the B side of the 7Inch InchCome On InInch were the first songs put to tape for this album and they were recorded with Nicole sitting in a chair 8 months pregnant with her daughter. Her voice is so powerful, so raw, so thorough on these initial songs-it's wild to think that they were recorded this way. And even wilder to know that she knocked them all out in one take. Long time collaborator and producer Leon Michels keeps the musical backing restrained and expertly executed, setting up Lady Wray for the full spotlight and setting the tone for the rest of the album.While the upbeat energies of InchUnder The SunInch and InchThrough It AllInch are sure to become hits that reconnect Lady Wray with her 90s R&B fanbase, InchWhere Were YouInch offers a behind the scenes look at what those days of stardom in her youth were really like. Nicole takes on the racial tension in America with her poetic and powerful InchBeauty In The FireInch and leans heavy into her faith and church upbringing on the showstopper, InchThank YouInch. She gu

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