Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.

My Mind Set Me Free: The House Guests Meet the Complete Strangers (Shake It Records). Review by Scott Adams.

Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Freedom Highway (Nonesuch). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Afro Funk Explosion! (Manifesto). Review by Scott Adams.

Heal My Soul (Provogue). Review by Joe Frietze.

For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Groove & Grind Rare Soul ‘63 - ‘73 (Rock Beat Records). Review by James Mann.

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Big Hassle). Review by Scott Adams.

Akaliko (Claremont). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The Sky Is Yours (Kudos Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Soul, funk, and R&B purists, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings “bring it” to Phillip Haire and the people of Orlando

The Detroit Rebellion of ‘67 EP. Review by Carl F Gauze.

Bird Bird Bird (Psych Navigation / Vital Force). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (Zodiac Swan). Review by Joe Frietze.

Bed, Bath & Behind (Sphinxter). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The 7th annual Wanee Festival, hosted by The Allman Brothers Band, brought icons of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s past to idyllic Live Oak, FL. Phillip Haire soaked it all in before staggering to his campsite each night.

Potato Hole (ANTI-Records). Review by Joe Frietze.

Nasty Gal (Light in the Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Is It Love or Desire? (Light In The Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.