Rhythm & Blues

Putumayo Presents | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B0030E5NJG
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,314 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I've Never Found a Man to Love - Lavelle White

2. 'Til Your Fool Comes Home - James Hunter

3. Sweet Feeling - Cracked Ice

4. Who Knows - The Quantic Soul Orchestra featuring Kabir

5. My Honey and Me - The Emotions

6. Wang Dang Doodle - Sam Moore, Keb' Mo' and Angie Stone

7. Put Me Down Easy - Catherine Russell

8. 'Cuz I'm Here - Ruthie Foster

9. A Mother's Love - Snooks Eaglin

10. 100 Days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings

11. Before I Find the Right Girl for Me - Rockie Charles

12. River is Waiting - Irma Thomas with Henry Butler

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super compilation of known and lesser-known R&B artists., February 9, 2010

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rhythm & Blues (Audio CD)

This could be one of my Top 5 "Putumayo presents..." CD samplers, ranking up there with the underrated "swing Around The World". There's not a dead moment amount the 13 tracks featured here. Not all the artists are as well known as Sam Moore (here joined in a super session by Keb' Mo' and Angie Stone on Koko Taylor's hit "Wang Dang Doodle") or Irma Thomas (on a 2008 track backed by NOLa pianist Henry Butler), but Putumayo is about discovering lesser-known - but equally talented - artists.

I'm a big fan of Catherine Russell and James Hunter, both of who had one-hit albums so far, and Ruthie Foster's first CD blew me away. But with groups like Cracked Ice and the Quantic Soul Orchestra - the latter fronted, and named, by a mathematician - there are always new discoveries.

All the tracks were recorded and released in the last decade except the 1972 track from the three sisters who form The Emotions. Catherine Russell's track could have been recorded at the same time as The Emotions, but it wasn't. It just recalls that period of R&B.

The liner note (in English, French and Spanish) are more detailed than some of the Putumayo releases (nice touch!) and the last page of the notes provides the source of the tracks so you can hear more of any artist you really like. (heck, I like them all!)

Steve Ramm

"Anything Phonographic"

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect introduction to sixties-style R&B, March 12, 2010

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rhythm & Blues (Audio CD)

Libraries seeking to include accessible, classic rhythms of retro R&B will find this CD the perfect introduction to sixties-style R&B (known then as soul music). Modern interpretations - some as good as the originals - pack a CD where the big find is the Quantic Soul Orchestra featuring 'Kabir', a singer very much in the style of Bobbie 'Blue' Bland. Some folks on this CD were there in the sixties: for instance, Irma Thomas is here paired with pianist Henry Butler. Other groups made up of younger folks let us know this style of music isn't about to die yet!

5.0 out of 5 stars Good listening!, April 1, 2011

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Nona Kahona (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rhythm & Blues (Audio CD)

Have several CDs by this company. I really like their selection of songs and artists whatever the style of music. This is no exception. Always a good listen!