Following are additional albums released during September 2015—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves.
Blues, Folk, Country
Adolphus Bell: Mississippi Rubberleg (Music Maker)
B.B. King: Complete Singles As &Bs 1949-62 (Acrobat)
Gary Clark Jr: The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (Warner Bros)
Guy Davis: Kokomo Kidd (M.C. Records)
James Cotton: Live at Antone’s Nightclub (reissue) (Texas Music Group)
James Cotton: Mighty Long Time (reissue) (Texas Music Group)
JC Smith Band: Love Mechanic (Cozmik)
John Lee Hooker & Friends: The House of Blues (Klondike)
Mighty Sam McClain & Knut Reiersrud: Tears of the World (Music & Vision)
Mr. David: Put It On Ya (Waldoxy)
Shemekia Copeland: Outskirts of Love (Alligator)
Various: Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters (World Music Network)
Various: Rough Guide to Unsung Heroes of Country Blues, Vol. 2 (World Music Network)
Willie Dixon: Live in Chicago – 1984 (Hi Hat)
Funk, Rock, Pop, Electronic
Boulevards: Boulevards EP (Don’t Funk With Me)
Darlene Love: Introducing Darlene Love (Columbia)
Gap Band: The Gap Band I, II & III (Reissue) (Beat Goes On)
Harleighblu: Futurespective EP 2 (Tru Thoughts)
Leona Lewis: I Am (Def Jam)
Main Squeeze: Mind Your Head (digital)
Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers: Live in Seattle (Concord)
Petite Noir: La Vie Est Belle/Life is Beautiful (Domino)
P-Funk All-Stars: Live at the Beverly Theater (reissue) (Westbound)
Prince: HITNRUN
Thunderbitch: Thunderbitch (digital, LP)
Various: Daptone Gold II (Daptone)
Gospel, Gospel Rap, CCM
Audrey Cher: The Intro (CD Baby)
Danetra Moore: Light in the Dark (Tyscot)
John P. Kee: Level Next (Motown)
Jonathan McReynolds: Life Music: Stage Two (eOne)
Tiff Joy: Tiff Joy (Tyscot)
Walter Hawkins: Classic 3: Love Alive (eOne)
Jazz
Billy Cobham: Atlantic Box Set 1973-1978 (8 CD) (Atlantic)
Bob James & Nathan East: The New Cool
Carlos Henriquez: Bronx Pyramid (Blue Engine)
Cecile McLorin Salvant: For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
Christian McBride Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
Duke Ellington: Black Power (Live, 1969) (Squatty Roo)
Incognito: Live in London – 35th Anniversary Show (earMusic)
Josh Evans: Hope and Despair (Passin’ thru)
Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are The Drum (Blue Note)
Lizz Wright: Freedom & Surrender (Concord)
Mack Avenue SuperBand: Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival – 2014 (Mack Avenue)
Mariea Antoinette: Straight from the Harp: Special Edition (MAH Productions)
Mike Reed’s People, Places and Things: A New Kind of Dance (482 Music)
Miles Davis: San Francisco 1970: Classic Radio Broadcast (Left Field Media)
Orrin Evans: The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)
Perez Patitucci Blade: Children of the Light (Mack Avenue)
Rob Reddy: Bechet: Our Contemporary (Reddy Music)
Ron Carter & WDR Big Band: My Personal Songbook (IN+OUT)
Tomeka Reid Quartet: Tomeka Reid Quartet (Thirsty Ear)
R&B, Soul
Avant: The VIII (MO-B Ent.)
Charity: Yellow EP
Jonathan McReynolds: Life Music: Stage Two (Light/eOne)
Kwabs: Love + War (Warner Music UK)
La Mont Zeno Theatre: Black Fairy (reissue) (Athens of the North)
Marc Stone: Poison & Medicine (Louisiana Red Hot)
Marvin Gaye: Volume One 1961-1965 (7 CD Box Set) (Motown)
Miki Howard: Live in Concert (Slimstyle)
Otis Redding: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector’s Edition) (Atlantic/Rhino)
Steven A. Clark: Lonely Roller (Secretly Canadian)
Urban Mystic: Soulful Classics (SoBe Ent.)
Various: Please Mr. Disc Jockey: Atlantic Vocal Group Sound (Fantastic Voyage)
Various: Reaching Out: Chess Records at Fame Studios (Kent)
Rap, Hip Hop
Apollo Brown: Grandeur (Mello Music Group)
Big Boi & Phantogram: Big Grams (Epic)
Blackalicious: Imani Vol. 1 (Black Mines)
Casey Veggies: Live and Grow (Epic)
Chief Keef: Bang 3 (RBC)
Curtiss King: Raging Waters (digital) (Magnate Music)
Do or Die: Picture This 2 (Rap-a-Lot)
Erick Sermon: E.S.P. (Def Squad)
Fetty Wap: Fetty Wap (300 Ent.)
First Division: OVERWORKED & UNDERPAID: THE LP (Soulspazm)
Glasses Malone: GlassHouse 2: Life Ain’t Nuthin But…
Guilty Simpson: Detroit’s Son (Stone’s Throw)
Jay Rock: 90059 (Top Dawg Entertainment)
Jigmastas: Grassroots: The Prologue (BBE)
K Camp: Only Way is Up (digital) (Interscope)
Little Simz: A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (AGE 101)
Mayday!: Future/Vintage (Strange Music)
Mega Ran: RNDM (digital) (RandomBeats)
OCKZ: The Stuyvesant Chronicles (digital)
Opio & Free the Robots: Sempervirens (Hieroglyphics)
Paul Wall: Slab God (Paul Wall Music)
Psalm One: P.O.L.Y. (DIGITAL)
Public Enemy: Live from Metropolis Studios (DVD) (Def Jam)
Pupp Barber: Somethin to Prove (Reality)
Rawyals: Our Queendom
Reconcile: Catchin’ Bodies EP (Track or Die, LLC)
Rick Ross: Black Dollar Mixtape (Maybach Music Group)
Scarface: Deeply Rooted (BMG)
Sheek Louch: Silverback Gorilla II (Koch)
Sir Michael Rocks: Populair (digital) (6 Cell Phones)
Solow Redline: #homelessrapper (Wicked Ent)
T.I.: Da ‘Nic EP (digital) (King Inc.)
Talib Kweli: Train of Thought: Lost Lyrics, Rare Releases & Beautiful B-sides (Javotti Media)
Travis Scott: Rodeo (Epic/Grand Hustle)
Underachievers: Evermore (RPM MSC Dist.)
Wordsworth & Donel Smokes: New Beginning (Worldwide Communication)
Young Dro: Da Reality Show (eOne)
Young Thug: Hy!£UN35
Reggae, Dancehall
Bob Marley: Complete Island Recordings (12 LP Box Set) (Tuff Gong)
World, Latin
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal: Musique de Nuit (Six Degrees)
Chouk Bwa Libete: Se Nou Ki La (Buda Musique)
Daby Touré: Amonafi (Cumbancha)
Gambari Band: Kokuma (Membran)
Insingizi: African Harmonies: Siyabonga – We Thank You (ARC)
Kuku: Ballads & Blasphemy (Buda Musique)
Mr. Pauer: Orange
Terakraft: Alone
Various: Kanta Cabo Verde (Lusafrica)
Various: sounds of Anguilla (Massenburg Media)
Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin: Touristes (Six Degrees)
Witch: We Intend to Cause Havoc! (4-CD box set) (Now-Again)