CarolinaSoul.Org serves as a living encyclopedia dedicated to the celebration and rediscovery of soul music from the Carolinas. Through our own research plus informative contributions from representatives of the soul scene and members of the online community, we strive to share songs and stories cultivated in the Carolinas over the last half century. With every comment and contribution, we hope to achieve a more cohesive rendering of these industrious scenes, providing not only a reference point for patrons and participants, but also creating a starting point for a rising generation of Southern music enthusiasts. We wish to emphasize the obscure while acknowledging the successful, exploring the common threads, figures, and influences that bind all artists—past, present, and future—of these great states.

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About the Discography
The discography is a valuable index of soul recordings made in the Carolinas in the 1960s through 1980s. We are constantly making additions as “new” records come to light. If you have information regarding any Carolinian recordings featured here or otherwise, please do not hesitate to contact us. Although this section is dedicated primarily to 45-rpm records, information pertaining to LPs, 12-inch singles, acetates, demos, and unreleased recordings in any other formats are all extremely helpful.

We like to acknowledge the following individuals for their contributions to the discography and/or to our overall knowledge of the region’s soul scene: Franz Kunst, Dante Carfagna, Peter Wermelinger, Jeff Beckman, Kent Vesser, Angelo Angione, Matt Stachowicz, Greg Tormo, Takeo Tamaki, Brian Poust, Mark Weddington, Alex Vaughn, Martin Goggin, Matthew Starr, Trevor Hare, Daijiro Kuzuhara, John Glassburner, Hitoshi Takasawa, John Ridley, Bob Laughton, and many more.

About Jason Perlmutter
Jason Perlmutter founded the CarolinaSoul.Org site in 2005. He began collecting local soul recordings from North and South Carolina in 2002, while a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where in addition to studying chemistry, he served as a disc jockey and station manager at WXYC-FM, the campus’s student-run radio station. After graduating in 2003, Perlmutter became employed as a chemist but has continued to collect local music. He researched and compiled the 2007/2008 Jazzman/Now-Again Carolina Funk release and has also disc jockeyed soul music at spots throughout the Carolinas as well as in Virginia, Washington, DC, and New York City.

About Jon Kirby
Jon Kirby is a Winston-Salem, North Carolina native who signed on to CarolinaSoul.Org in 2010. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he returned to the Piedmont Triad where he wrote a nightlife column for the enduring weekly, Go Triad. In 2007, he moved to New York City, gaining employment as Associate Editor of Wax Poetics Magazine, a respected music journal, currently celebrating its ninth year of publication. He now lives in Harlem and works as a freelance writer.