The 4th contender for The Soul Guru's album of the year.....Leftfield " Alternative Light Source "

The 4th contender for my album of the year is very close to my heart because I had the honour and privilege of signing LEFTFIELD to Columbia Records ...they are the greatest artist I ever signed and I love them unconditionally

Leftism and Rhythm & Stealth are two of the best albums I was ever associated with ...EVERYONE loves LEFTFIELD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfs0mPiO3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzaiL8HEKM0

After a 16 year break Neil Barnes returned with a new album....I was a bit anxious...good it be as good as their previous albums ? Well guess what ? It is ....it is GLORIOUS and LEFTFIELD live are back and as good as ever...I LOVE this album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVcyxBiR34

I LOVE LEFTFIELD

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The 3rd Contender for The Soul Guru's Album Of The Year ....Andreya Triani " Giants "

The 3rd contender my my Album Of The Year is Andreya Triani's  second solo album...the excellent " Giants "....Produced my  old friend Mike Peden of Sade fame....and in fact I think Sade is an interesting point as Andreya and Sade both possess beautiful slightly husky voices

Andreya is originally from Brighton so that's a BIG plus as I live in Hove :-)

Take a look and listen Andreya on Jools Holland.......great stuff !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2TOrMr5RqI

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2nd contender for The Soul Guru " Album Of The Year " 2015....Kendrick Lamar " to Pimp A Butterfly "

To Pimp a Butterfly is a work of genius......no question...a GREAT album.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRK7PVJFbS8

evoking the sound and feel of P Funk Kendrick Lamer is a lyrical king...a storyteller in the true sense of the word....a worthy inheritor of The Last Poets legacy........

I love this album...intelligent...well thought-out.....a great ALBUM not 4 singles and filler.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY

Just listen and enjoy the feeling odf being in the presence of greatness

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xo

First contender for The Soul Guru's Album Of The Year ...Kwabs

Today I begin the countdown for the coveted Soul Guru " Album Of The Year " award...last year's winner was the brilliant Rag N'Bone Man's " Wolves " so this year's winner has a lot to live up to !
First contender is Kwabs whose album Love + War is essential listening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFSIzQE56c

The album is glorious...Kwabs vocals are astonishing and the album sits together as an amazing body of work.....it's SOUL of the highest order....it reminds me of Marvin Gaye...and that is not something I say casually

Contender Number 1 : Kwabs " Love + War ".....

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The Soul Guru's albums of the year

Good morning disciples...yet again I must apologise for my tardiness...the fact is that I spend so much time listening to music I haven't had much time recently to write about it
So as 2015 moves to towards it's end I am choosing my albums of the year that I will publish between Boxing Day and New Year
It's been another great year for music....Eska,Kwabs,Jamie XX,Kendrick Lamar are amongst many I'm considering........
I LOVE MUSIC
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