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13 of the best classic funk and soul tracks to test your system

These classic soul bangers from days gone by will sort the funk from the junk.

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“With Marvin Gaye, we could feel we were onto something extraordinary. We could feel the magic of Let’s Get It On from the beginning”: Meet Motown mainstay David T. Walker, the session guitarist behind some of music’s all-time classic albums

Walker’s Gibson Byrdland and Fender Tweed can be heard on hits by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5, and many, many others – and he’s never lost his original approach

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Marlena Shaw obituary

American soul and jazz singer best known for California Soul, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Go Away Little Boy

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Legendary jazz vocalist Marlena Shaw dies at age 81

Marlena Shaw, renowned soul and jazz vocalist known for hits like California Soul, has passed away at the age of 81. Her iconic music and legacy will be re...

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‘What he was doing was like nothing else’: the secret recordings of genius producer Charles Stepney

The soul music visionary died in 1976 at the peak of his career. But his legacy endures – thanks to sampling, fans such as Elton John and Chaka Khan, and the efforts of his three daughters

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