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Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds featuring Jolly Joseph “Give Me Your Love (Love Song)”

Curtis Mayfield is every soul music fan favorite, the beauty of his songs, his falsetto voice poetry and social engagement made him one of the most particular voices of the 70’s, it’s not surprising that many of his songs have been covered by the sweetest voices of Jamaica. It’s been told that his group The Impressions were a notable influence on Bob Marley and The Wailers, who modelled their singing/harmony style on them and in part borrowed their look …

Guillaume Metenier aka Soul Sugar loves doing reggae version of soul songs and has previously released quite a few gems in the genre featuring Jamaican rising star Leo Carmichael on vocals, with songs like Timmy Thomas “Why Can’t We Live Together”, Marvin Gaye “I Want You”, Luther Vandross classic “Never Too Much”, and already a magnificent cover of Curtis “The Makings Of You”…

Fast forward to 2024 this time around Guillaume and his vintage keyboards armoury teams up with the Dub Shepherds crew composed of singer and multi instrumentalist Jolly Joseph, Dr Charty on bass and Jahno on drums to deliver a full album of orignal songs and covers captured live in studio on analog gear. The reggae version of Curtis Mayfield classic “Give Me Your Love” is the first single from the forthcoming album “Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds - Blue House Rockin’ ” due for release in September. This 7" pressing, with a heavy dub mix on the B side, gives us a real flavour of the project. Lilting guitars, languid b-line, sunshine chords - a perfectly executed reggae cover version of one of the best soul tunes ever made. Simply unmissable! 

The recordings were mixed by the Dub Shepherds at Bat Records studio on 24 tracks analog tape machine.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Festival season means reggae-soul mash-ups a plenty. It's not just Taggy Matcher and Mato who are the dons at this business, here Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds for an exquisite take on the Curtis Mayfield classic.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
B1. Give Me Your Dub (Dub Mix)