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Patrick Corcoran

Enfield, London

Contributing Editor at Albumism

Music Writer at Freelance

Music writer for @albumism. Writing an oral history of UK soul music with help from those who created it. Slowly, mind.

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  • Tanika Charles Offers Many Reasons to Love the Resonant and Reflective ‘Reasons To Stay’ | Album Review

    1 week ago | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

    [As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.]Tanika CharlesReasons To StayRecord KicksListen Below Canadian soul artist Tanika Charles has quietly established a career that delivers consistently good records. She appears every two or three years, drops an album of little gems and then pops off, eats her fruits and vegetables and minds her own business until the next time.

  • Emma-Jean Thackray Mines the Depths of Darkness and Despair on Stirring ‘Weirdo’ | Album Review

    1 month ago | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

    [As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.]Emma-Jean ThackrayWeirdoBrownswood/ParlophoneListen Below Emma-Jean Thackray’s second album Weirdo wears its heart on its (album) sleeve. A glance down the track list at the song titles will tell you what stories she wants to tell—there’s “Let Me Sleep,” “Please Leave Me Alone” and “Wanna Die” just for starters.

  • Erykah Badu’s ‘New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary

    2 months ago | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

    [As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.] Happy 15th Anniversary to Erykah Badu’s fifth studio album New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), originally released March 30, 2010. In the last sixty years, the ankh has come to be representative of many things—it has been a symbol of African cultural identity, it has become wrapped up in neo-pagan beliefs and has even entered Goth subculture.

  • Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

    2 months ago | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

    [As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.] Happy 55th Anniversary to Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, originally released March 30, 1970. In Questlove’s recent documentary Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), he brings Sly Stone’s legendary musical career to life. But, as the subtitle makes obvious, he also examines the impact of being a musical genius as a Black man in a ferociously racist and capitalistic society.

  • D’Angelo’s ‘Voodoo’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

    Jan 19, 2025 | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

    [As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.] Happy 25th Anniversary to D’Angelo’s second studio album Voodoo, originally released January 25, 2000. Some time ago, some dear friends asked me to explain to their young son what soul music is.

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