Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm BlackTen years into his role as poster boy for pop soul and peak hour R&B, Syl Johnson did an unlikely about face and cut his most inspiring and powerful album. The title track, coupled with the politically charged Im Talking About Freedom and ghetto conscious Concrete Reservation sealed the albums political bonafides. Right On, Together Forever, Come Together, and Black Balloons are positively uplifting, forming their own pot of gold at the end of a

Howard‰۪s sinister guitar flourishes and malevolent

Poet Joshua Idehen's vocals on the opener are reminiscent of another brilliant British artist from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora

Bob Dylan and Arthur Russell

which is what The Windmill is

They‰۪ve played some of the worst dumps imaginable

drawing for seven songs that Hasil sent her during their courtship towards the end of his life

heroically unsuited to the times

and 5 outtakes not used in the film

Feathers (2005)

garage rock

During that time he's also released a wealth of material under his own name (and as Georges Vert) on several other labels

He was mocking and smart