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ODE TO A SOUL MAN

ODE TO A SOUL MAN

Syl Johnson is one of America’s true musical mavericks. The 81-year-old Chicago resident’s half century-plus career spans blues, soul, funk and rap (he himself doesn’t rap but his records are regularly sampled by hip-hop artists) yet he remains, at best, a cult figure. His back catalogue was, for a long time, difficult to get hold of with onl…

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Reviewed by Garth Cartwright
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