Kindred Family Soul

Welcome to this weeks Science of Soul - It's Friday June 6th that I sit writing this and just got the news that Detroit Soul legend Don Davis passed, a true pioneer of the Detroit soul sound Don wrote and produced for some of the most prolific artists of the 60s and 70s. The first time I walked into the United Sound Studios I got chills just thinking all the people who walked through those doors before me Johnnie Taylor, George Clinton, The Dells, I could go on listing artists forever and still not remember them all but the one thing they all had in common was DON DAVIS. I was at United Sound for a recording session by The Dramatics once, memories that I will live with me for a life time. Never got a chance to meet Don personally, but I've heard countless stories of long days and nights creating music history in that building, he left his mark on Detroit music history....RIP Mr Don Davis thank you for the music the memories and a job well done.

Great to see Luther Vandross received a star on the Hollywood walk of fame this week richly deserved I think. More UK dates have just been announced for Gregory Porter in November, that's sure to warm up a cold winters night so check for a venue near you.

This week I will be featuring the new album from Kindred Family Soul "A Couple Of Friends" It's a great album, that's set to bring them back to the forefront and maintain there place as one of Philadelphia's most popular recording artists. Also have recent releases from Southern Soul man Lomax plus Jazz funk outfit Tristan, but overall I was feeling nostalgic this week so there's a ton of classic's that I have been meaning to play for weeks, So sit back and enjoy and please remember to spread the word.

Playlist for Sunday 8th June 2014

Hour One
Jocelyn Brown - Find Someone To Love
David Oliver - Never Seen A Girl
Fatback Band - Wicky Wacky

Mighty Fire - I Could Write A Love Song
Zbonics ft Gregory Porter - Just In Time
Taheesha Renee - Love's Takin Over
Kindred Family Soul - Everybody's Hustling
Kindred Family Soul - Call Me Crazy
Dionne Warwick - We Never Said Goodbye
David Sea - Love Makes The World Go Round
William Bell - My Whole World Is Falling Down
Mebcus - Love's Journey
Drew Shultz ft Eddie Willis - Take It Slow

Hour Two
Eddie Horan - Love The Way You Love Me
Phillip Mitchell - I Tought Her Everything
Lou Rawls - Ain't That Love Baby
Ann Hines - Tear Jerker
Kindred Family Soul - What I Have Learned
David Brinston - I'm Tangled Up
Archie Bell & The Drells - Right Here Were I Belong
The Stylistics - Pay Back Is A Dog
Tristan - Butterflies
Lomax - I Had My Turn
J Blackfoot - Don't You Feel It
Millie Jackson - Help Me Finnish My Song
O V Wright - Slow & Easy

Kindred Family Soul Biography:

Kindred the Family Soul, also referred to as Kindred, are an American R&B, soul, and neo soul duo consisting of the married couple of Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon. Signed to Hidden Beach Recordings, Kindred emerged from the Philadelphia neo soulmovement that also includes Jill Scott, who discovered them while the couple was performing at the Black Lily Film & Music Festival.

After two years of work on the CD, Hidden Beach issued their debut album Surrender to Love in February 2003, which included, among others, the songs "Stars" and "Far Away". Their follow-up album was 2005's In This Life Together—its title being a reference to Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee's 1998 book With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together—, spawning the single "Where Would I Be (The Question)".

The duo were nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Group Band or Duo for Surrender to Love in 2004 and a BET Award for the BET J Cool Like That Award in 2006. The group's third LP, The Arrival, was released on October 21, 2008. (more at wikipedia)