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Muscle Shoals Soul

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Several decades ago the small town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama became one of the most thrilling creative scenes for American soul music. Now a Philadelphia record producer is trying to recreate that scene, with the help of one of the men who made it all happen several decades ago.

Sharon Jones

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Solomon Burke

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Janelle Monáe

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UK soul singer and guitarist James Hunter just released his second album for Daptone Records. It's called "Whatever it Takes."

Soul captured James Hunter’s heart at a young age

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Los Rakas, a California-based hip hop duo led by two cousins with Panamanian roots, is elbowing their way into the mainstream.

This Afro-Latino hip hop duo takes a hard look at the sueño americano

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Two cousins, with roots in Panama, take on complicated questions of race, identity and immigration. Two cousins, with roots in Panama, take on complicated questions of race, identity and immigration.

Daptone releases an anthology of ‘the best soul-funk outfit you’ve never heard of’

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The NYC retro-soul label Daptone’s first foreign act is Munich’s Poets of Rhythm. It’s released a new anthology of their work.

U.K.’s hot new singer Jessie Ware debuts new album in the U.S.

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Jessie Ware has been a popular singer in the United Kingdom, coming out of the same community that produced Adele and Florence Welch. Ware’s bringing her newest album to the United States finally, with a debut this week.

Music Heard on Air for July 30, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for July 30, 2013 by the following artists: Ocote Soul Sounds, Amidinine, Catarina Dee Jah, Toubab Krewe, Lobi Traore, Passion.

Live in-Studio: Jessie Ware

South London is like the Brooklyn of Britain. In the past few years, that part of town has churned out pop stars like Adele, Florence Welch (who made a big splash with Lungs), and now Jessie Ware, whose album Devotion finally comes out in the United States this week after great success in the UK. […]

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