If you’re a fan of mid-’70s funk/R&B/soul and jazz, then you’re probably already hip to our Darondo and Two Things In One releases. Now, drawn from that same catalog, are three LP-only various artist compilations, each with a download card.The Music City Sessions, Volume 1: Richmond Experience is coming to your turntable August 14. Check out The Music City Sessions page for more details and info one the next two volumes!

Coming soon from Omnivore:
The Music City Sessions, Volume 2: Super Strut and Volume 3: Soul Show.

Guitarist for The Two Things In One, Michael Griggs, passed today. Before doing so he gave us some great music, for that we thank and remember him.

Check out the five-star review in Mojo!
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Welcome to August! And to celebrate what will be a very busy (or should I say “hot!) month for us here at Omnivore, we’d like to share the funk! Check out “I Don’t Understand It” from the upcoming Darondo CD & LP Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions.

Get the funk out of here, you haven’t heard Darondo? Well, don’t feel bad. With our first release in partnership with Ace Records UK, Omnivore is releasing the long-lost mid-’70s studio sessions from Darondo at last. We’re ready to bring this cult artist into the mainstream.

In stores August 23, Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions features two of Darondo’s most well-known tracks—”Didn’t I” and “Listen To My Song”—the LP adds eight previously unissued recordings taken from the same 1973-1974 sessions. The first 2,200 copies worldwide have been pressed on translucent brown vinyl. But wait, there’s more! The expanded 16-track CD version features all of the above plus four more unreleased tracks from those sessions.

Assembled in full cooperation with the artist, Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions is a virtual treasure trove of indispensable street funk and soul from one of the most fascinating San Francisco Bay Area music legends.

Read more about this release on our Darondo page.