Eccentric Soul: Folk Soul [LP]

Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: Folk Soul [LP]

What exactly is Folk Soul? It's not the contemporary roots-rock or country-adjacent ballads you're probably familiar with. Folk Soul sits right before, if not directly alongside, the black music diaspora of the mid-to-late 60s through the early 70s. Where Spiritual Soul channels the ethos of pro-black liberation and the broader struggle of its era, Folk Soul lived in the dissection, classification, and outright denial of the status quo, confronting the complex, rigid power struggles of the time through minimalist, classically trained, and forward-thinking approaches to song craft. This LP Kills Fascist.

Track Listing:
Side A
1. Blue Eyed Soul - Burn
2. Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree
3. Shira Small - My Life's All Right
4. Shirley Drumgole - I'll Never Give You Up
5. Otis The 3rd - Time
6. LaVice & Company - Yes I Do
Side B
1. Willie Wright - Africa
2. Tony Brown - Til I Saw You
3. Dwain Vinyard - Searching For The Truth
4. Just Us - Love Is All We Need
5. Alice Swoboda - Potter's Field
6. Donald Thomas - Black Night Is Calling Me Home