Soul music erupts in a renovated bowling alley in Brooklyn.

Thirty-five years of Soul Train on three DVDs leaves Scott Adams with a serious ’70s jones.

Live on the Sunset Strip (Stax). Review by Scott Adams.

With over 40 albums and an unassailable legacy as the originator of one of Africa’s most popular and enduring sounds, the job of curating Fela Kuti’s catalog for the 21st century is a difficult and enviable task. Ink 19 dives into the Knitting Factory’s Chop n’ Quench, Fela’s first nine albums re-released, and gives a heads up on the Na Poi set of albums due to drop on May 11.

With over 40 albums and an unassailable legacy as the originator of one of Africa's most popular and enduring sounds, the job of curating Fela Kuti's catalog for the 21st century is a difficult and enviable task. Ink 19 dives into the Knitting Factory's Chop n' Quench, Fela's first nine albums re-released, and gives a heads up on the Na Poi set of albums due to drop on May 11.

From New York City to Addis Ababa (Strut). Review by Matthew Moyer.

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

Betty Davis (Light In The Attic). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Robert Mugge’s documentary about Al Green’s tragedy-strewn return to the Church is given the deluxe 25th Anniversary DVD treatment. Can Scott Adams get an amen?

King Kahn & the Shrines stood out, to Phillip Haire , as a key performer at Florida’s inaugural Harvest of Hope Festival.

Thanks to a Dark Night of freelance unemployment that brought her Weezer, Gail Worley brings Ink 19 an interview with Pat Wilson , who totally rocks.

I hope I die before I get old? Not a chance, sez Carl F Gauze , after seeing a chorus of retirees give their all belting out numbers by Talking Heads, James Brown, and the Ramones.

Roots and Grooves (Heads Up International). Review by Cindy Barrymore.

Jazz luminary Oscar Peterson has died at age 82 in Toronto. James Mann looks at the legendary pianist.

The Leon Triplett Project (Triplett Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.

The high-octane fumes swirling from the Rock Powerhouse that is Supagroup are enough to give anyone a dancing fit. Gail Worley investigates the volatiles emanating from this Alaska-via-Louisiana conflagration.

My Favorite Record (Spanks-a-Lot / Bloodshot). Review by Ian Koss.

Live And Funky (Instinct). Review by Bill Campbell.

Dap Dippin’ With … (Daptone). Review by ,Bill Campbell.

Volume 2 (Hip-O). Review by Lips Fresno.