SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS: From The Inside (2013)

France’s mightiest funk act Shaolin Temple Defenders once more stand firm against fake funk forces with From The Inside, their fourth long player in a decade. It’s an agreeable thirteen strong mixture of sweet Motown style (northern) soul and nuggets of fatback funk which ticks all the right boxes. Decent tunes? Yep, no duff ones here. Singer with the range and ability to pull off convincing soul? Yep – the highly capable ‘Brother’ Lion is is in his element as soul frontman with the …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM