2016

Weeknd: Starboy 2016 [CD]

Kiwanuka Michael: Love & hate 2016 [CD]

Fem original album i pappfickor.

Anderson.Paak jobbade ju med Dr Dre, är med på 6 spår på Compton-plattan. Har även jobbat med Game och nyligen även GoldLink. På egen hand är det strålande, kommersiell och fräck<br/>modern hiphop i Good Music-andan!

Rihanna: Anti 2016 [Digibook / CD]

The sequel to our acclaimed 2014 release "The Fame Recordings", Ace is now proud to present "Close To Me: More Fame Recordings", comprising another two dozen nuggets featuring the unmistakeable voice of songsmith extraordinaire, Dan Penn.<br/><br/>As with the previous volume, all the tracks were recorded from 1963 to 1966, when a prolific and driven Penn spent countless days and nights at Rick Hall¡¦s FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals honing his writing and recording skills in the company of collaborators such as Donnie Fritts, Marlin Greene and his longtime cohort, Spooner Oldham. The accompaniment features crack FAME sessioneers David Briggs, Junior Lowe, Roger Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson and<br/>others.<br/><br/>Penn issued a handful of singles in this period in a halfhearted attempt at a solo career; two are featured here, including the title cut. Otherwise the contents of "Close To Me: More Fame Recordings" are previously unreleased. They provide another treasure trove of Penn the writer and Penn the song-stylist, with compelling, impassioned performances throughout "h While the songs "Without A Woman", "Lovely Ladies" and "She Ain't Gonna Do Right" are familiar to southern soul fans through the interpretation of others, Dan¡¦s personal treatment of his newly-minted creations casts fresh light on the material and his artistry.<br/><br/>There are also many more obscure entries from the Penn songbook, including several tunes like the grooving "Standing In The Way Of A Good Thing" or the impassioned "It Hurts" that were never covered.<br/><br/>Detailed liner notes with extensive commentary from Penn himself complete the package, along with some rare illustrations. "Close To Me: More Fame Recordings" is further evidence that nobody sings Dan Penn like Dan Penn.

En av amerikansk musiks verkliga ikoner, Mavis Staples, är tillbaka med nytt album. Den legendariska sångerskan har under de senaste 60 åren visat sin bredd genom på ett personligt sätt sammansmälta genrer som gospel, soul, folk, pop R&B, blues och rock. Längs vägen har hon sålt miljoner skivor i eget namn och tillsammans med Staples Singers och medverkat på legendariska inspelningar och konserter med bl.a Dylan, Prince och The Band.<br/><br/>På detta album har ett antal prominenta artister specialskrivit låtar åt Staples, bland dem Nick Cave, Neko Case, Justin Vernon, Ben Harper, Tune-Yards, Benjamin Booker och M. Ward, som också har producerat albumet.<br/><br/>Mavis sammanfatter det bäst: "I've been singing my freedom songs and I wanted to stretch out and sing some songs that were new. I told the writers I was looking for some joyful songs. I want to leave something to lift people up".