With Darondo's passing, the world truly lost a singular and unique talent. His Let My People Go album has now reached "legendary" status with tracks featured on numerous A-list shows such as Breaking... more

It's been hot news in funk/soul circles: the recent discovery of Darondo's Music City master tapes. Here are 16 slices of Bay Area funk and idiosyncratic soul ballads from 1972–74 (also available on... more

Vinyl LP pressing. With Darondo's passing in 2013 the world truly lost a singular and unique talent. "Didn't I" was undoubtedly his most beloved and well-known song making the rounds in Soul... more

Seven inch vinyl pressing. Double A-side single featuring Darondo's most dance-floor worthy tune "Legs Pt.1", a slice of proto-Prince type funk with the powerful and conscious ballad "Let My People... more

Seven inch vinyl pressing. Darondo's low-rider, sweet-soul ballad "Didn't I" is now available for the first time in it's original seven inch format. Originally the b-side to his other classic ballad... more

The Music City tapes are a major find in the annals of 70s funk, shedding further, inestimable light on an artist whose reputation had previously rested upon just a handful of tunes. This is Darondo... more

It's been hot news in funk/soul circles: the recent discovery of Darondo's Music City master tapes. Here are 16 slices of Bay Area funk and idiosyncratic soul ballads from 1972–74 (also available on... more

Darondo Is Back, And the Amazing Story of a Once Disappeared Bay Area Soul Man Continues to Unfold.

Don't ask US who Clutchy Hopkins is; we don't know. Just Google "Who Is Clutchy Hopkins" and see what comes up. This album might as well be the crackly soundtrack to a vintage spaghetti western... more