Osunlade was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He composed music for Sesame Street during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Afterwards he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with artists such as Patti Labelle and Freddie Jackson. After a stint there, he moved to New York, where he founded Yoruba Records. To date he has worked with such artists as Roy Ayers, Nkemdi, Salif Keita, and Cesaria Evora…
New music by Marc Staggers ahead of new CD, Diplomats Of Soul. Neo featuring Drizabone, Gary Foote (exclusive edit), SouLutions (exclusive remix on this CD).
Produced by the legendary Van Dyke Parks and originally released on Warner Brothers in 1972 (actually 1974), Hot + Sweet is a delightful oddity from one of the giants of calypso music. The irrepressible Sparrow belts out 10 of his classic tunes with typical panache, but it is Parks’s eccentric but invariably sympathetic production touches that make this album truly unique.
An eclectic Dance, Disco, Boogie, Jazz & Fusion Selection compiled by Fitzroy Facey from Soul Survivors Magazine featuring previously unissued tracks and many cuts available on cd for the very first time !!