Samantha James Live At Hotel Cafe

Om Records' artist Samantha James played a live show at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood last night - Feb 4th 2008. Check the show review HERE, courtesy of MobileUnderground.

If you missed this one, she's performing again in LA at King King on Feb 22nd. Check her Myspace for details.

And if you've been sleeping on Samantha James and need to get up to speed - grab yourself this podcast via Om Records where she talks about her excellent debut album Rise and plays select tracks from it. Also head over to Nu-Soul Mag for this feature interview with James.

Casamena Radio Hour

Thanks to Carlos for keeping us up to date with things. Check out the Casamena Radio Hour podcast for some really nice house jams. The tracklisting for the most recent episode is below, so you can see what he's working with ;) But head over to the site for equally tasty past episodes.

Just Fine (Jovonn Remix) Mary J. Blige
Cultured Girl (Kartino Remix) Martino
Been So Long (Wamdue Remix) Kim English
Lonely (Lars Behrenroth Deeper Shades Remix) Jaymz Nylon Feat. Kyla Sexton
Black is the Color (Abicah Soul Remix) Nina Simone
She Went Away (CASAMENA Basement Remix) Eric Roberson
Calma (Quentin Harris Re-production) Bah Samba feat. Isabel Fructuoso
Change (Samir Maslo Detuned Mix) The Blak Beatnik
Tides (Beanfield Chant Mix) Beanfield

Glad to see you're still making moves Carlos! Keep it up!

Astral22 - Modern Soul Podcast w/ Nu-Soul Mag

Take a listen to the latest installment of Astral22's Modern Soul Podcast. Episode #6 features an interview with Norman from Nu-Soul Mag, and he also drops some dope nu-soul joints.
Tracklist:

1) Turntables - Tony T76 White from the CD "Streetlove"
www.myspace.com/tonyt76white

2) Explosive - Peter Hadar from the CD "Memories Of The Heart"
www.myspace.com/peterhadar

3) Gotta Be A Way - Lady Alma from the EP "Pressure"
www.myspace.com/ladyalma

4) High Priestess - The Politik from the CD "The Politik"
www.myspace.com/thepolitik

5) Dream Of You - Secret Stealth (vocalist Holly Backler) from the CD "Hooked On You"
www.myspace.com/secretstealth

6) You Better Not Hurt Me - Carol Riddick from the CD "Moments Like This"
www.myspace.com/carolriddick

7) Bad Habit - Jimmie Reign from the CD "Bad Habit"
www.myspace.com/jimmiereign1

8) Single Black Female - Tiombe Lockhart from the EP "Queen Of Doom EP"
www.myspace.com/tiombelockhart

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