Happy Birthday Ann Sexton!

Raising a glass to South Carolina-born soul diva Ann Sexton on her birthday with a couple of smokin' performances. 

Soul4Real recirculates Sound Stage 7 & Muscle Shoals soul gems on new EPs

Soul4Real is digging into the vaults of Muscle Shoals Sound and John Richbourg's SS7 & Seventy-Seven for two new soul EPs. Check 'em out!

Muscle Shoals Sound

S4R49 focuses on the legendary MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND STUDIO and features four previously unreleased tracks: two by the wonderful Katie Love; a fabulous version of Phillip Mitchell’s "Hitch Hike to Heartbreak Road" by Curtis Wiggins which more people may know from the version cut by Bobo Mr. Soul; and an exquisite song from Sandra Wright’s lost session at the studio, written by George Jackson and recorded in January 1978—proof that the magic was still alive.

Sound Stage 7 / Seventy-Seven

S4R48 is dedicated to John Richbourg’s iconic labels, SOUND STAGE 7 and SEVENTY SEVEN, featuring the main man Joe Simon and the much-missed Ann Sexton on two album tracks available for the first time on 7”. Completing the EP are two originally unreleased tracks: Roscoe Shelton’s well-known Northern Soul classic "You’re the Dream", and another deep soul gem by Texan Vernon "Geater" Davis, "I'll Meet You."

R.I.P. soul great Ann Sexton, 1947-2025

Sadly, soul great Ann Sexton who recorded for Sound Stage Seven has passed away. She'll be greatly missed.

LINKS

Soul Source The Ann Sexton Story

Happy Birthday Ann Sexton!

Celebrating the birthday of South Carolina deep soul great Ann Sexton with a performance of "You're Losing Me" and more.  

Happy Birthday Ann Sexton!

Celebrating the birthday of southern soul diva Ann Sexton with her stellar 2008 performance with the Baltic Soul Orchestra.