I recently acquired a copy of "Greg Belson's Divine Funk", a compilation of rare gospel soul and funk that was released on the Cultures of Soul label back in 2021.
According to the blurb Mr Belson is "one of the world's leading collectors and DJs of gospel music", and to be fair I can't name another one. I do wonder what the artistes make of his shameless self-promotion though. I suspect they thought they were glorifying God not Greg.
Having said that it is a fantastic record and well worth picking up from the Cultures of Soul Bandcamp page. Here is a couple of selections, plus a clip of someone you may have heard of who was also quite good (and a phenomenal afro in he background as a bonus).
"Troubles Of The World" - The Christian Harmonizers
"Who's Your Boss" - Pearl Farano & The High Lites Of Joy
Some of my christmas Bandcamp voucher might be spent on this album!
ReplyDeleteIt would be money well spent in my humble opinion
DeleteThis is the first purchase:
Deletehttps://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/beja-power-electric-soul-brass-from-sudans-red-sea-coast
Another good choice. Was in my list of best albums of last year, although I think it may have been The Swede who was first onto this one.
DeleteI think you're right there re. The Swede
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