V.A. "City Soul:Ahead - Today's Soul, AOR & Blue Eyed Soul" CD

★Supervision and commentary: Akira Obuchi (former editor-in-chief of bmr/CITY SOUL)

The second compilation CD will be released, allowing you to experience the popular new disc guide "City Soul Disc Guide - Enjoying City Pop, Soul, AOR & Blue Eyed Soul" in a real way!

The book "City Soul Disc Guide" (published by DU BOOKS) is a catalogue that introduces 600 songs that you should be listening to now from 50 years of soul, AOR and blue-eyed soul, taking into account the two major trends in the current music scene - "80s revival" and the "global city pop boom" - and even incorporating perspectives from the past and present, including hip-hop!

Following the positive reception, the second compilation album was created based on the concept of the book, and like the first, it compiles great pop soul/AOR songs from the 2000s and 2010s that were released in great numbers but are not widely known! This compilation is full of the best of today's Western music and is recommended for everyone from core fans of soul, AOR, and blue-eyed soul to beginners, and even city pop listeners!

Like the previous work, this one also includes a comprehensive Japanese commentary by Akira Obuchi (former editor-in-chief of BMR), author/editor of "City Soul Disc Guide" who has been introducing the Western music scene, mainly black music, for many years, in which he provides a thorough explanation of the current state of "city soul"!

■Track list