Nine Simone - Let It All Out: Selected Singles 1961-1978Icon is an overused word when it comes to describing singers and musicians, but when it comes to Nina Simone there are few artists that the word describes more accurately. The High Priestess Of Soul is surely one of the most iconic singers of the 20th century, and one whose fame and acclaim stretches far beyond conventional black American music circles. Nina Simone has featured on Ace and Kent CDs before but this is the first time shes had one all to

Emotional Mugger

His 70s recordings - often politically charged

which Michael Nau currently calls home

including two reproduction live posters

are the outward-facing character studies of yore

- Byron Coley

close to the river Humber

I Love The New Sky lands somewhere between Paul McCartney's RAM and Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and certainly that recipe covers both the all-pervasive tunefulness and high quality

At once a psychedelic voyage and a skull-rattling wallop

Label: Flying Nun Records ‎– FN079

During the ‘80s Felt made ten albums and ten singles for the Cherry Red and Creation labels

In first single 'Honest' they have a gamechanger