Mandrill was a beast. As a band, they devoured musical genres—chewed them up and spit out the bones, clacking out monster rhythms with the remains. They stood toe-to-toe with their brethren P-Funk and found solidarity in the changing musical world of the 1970s.

• re:Discovery Rasa, Brainticket, Brief Encounter, Early B, The Advanced Workers with the Anti-Imperialist Singers
• In Memoriam: Tony Scott (1921-2007)
• Uncooked Symphonies Oh No Discovers Foreign Funk Close to Home
• The Amen Brother The Chitlin Circuit Roots of Winstons Drummer G.C. Coleman
• Orange Sunshine Hermon Hitson’s Psychedelic Soul
• The Selecta DJ Andy Smith Explores Sound Options
• The Program The Godfather of Soul’s Road Hustle
• The Undisputed Leroy Burgess is the Crowned King of Boogie
• Master of Ceremonies Introducing the Original Crowd Rocker Eddie Cheba
• Measured Pulse How Kenton Nix Liberated the Dance Floor
• Territory Roots Joe Sample Inherits a Unique Sonic Blend
• Soul Bossa The Perpetually Fresh Fusion of Marcos Valle
• Beast From the East Mandrill’s Musical Brew is Equal Parts Brooklyn and Motherland
• La Vida Latina Larry Harlow’s Lifelonge Commitment to Salsa
• Soul Survivor New Orleans’s DJ Soul Sister Preserves the Vinyl Tradition
• Foreign Exchange The Transatlantic Soul of Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators