Articles by Matt Bauer

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  Athavale

  Devoted

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  There’s something about Winnipeg, MB-based Erik Athavale’s (pronounced Ah-Tuv-Lay) debut album that gets under your skin. It’s certainly no...

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  Marvin Gaye

  Greatest Hits Live In 76

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2007

  Taped in Amsterdam during his first European tour in 1976, Greatest Hits Live captures Marvin Gaye at the top of his game. For all of his l...

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  Chaka Khan

  Funk This

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Funk This is Chaka Khan’s best album since 1984’s I Feel For You. Legendary voices never go out of style and this is the case with Ms. Khan...

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  Soulive

  No Place Like Soul

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  No Place Like Soul is Soulive’s first album as a quartet and the inaugural release on the newly resurrected Stax label. Despite some guest...

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  Nathaniel Mayer

  (I Want) Love And Affection (Not The House Of Correction)

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

  This is simply one of the best soul compilations of the year. Nathaniel Mayer is a recently rediscovered underground soul music legend and...

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  Corneille

  The Birth of Cornelius

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007

  With his third release, and first English-language album, The Birth of Cornelius, German-born, Rwandan-raised and Montreal-based Corneille...

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  Rabbits & Carrots

  Soul Latino

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007

  Rabbits & Carrots were a Mexico City-based quartet of jazz and session musicians intent on bringing funk and soul to the Mexican pop scene....

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  Various

  Sister Funk 2

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2007

  It’s taken noted UK DJ Ian Wright seven years to compile a sequel to the original Sister Funk collection and it’s been well worth the wait....