Oakland-based Royal Oakie Records is celebrating 10 years of California soul with an anniversary compilation, featuring Oliver Ray, Patti Smith, Shadowgraphs, Kelly McFarling, Whiskerman, Michael James Tapscott, Jeff Moller, Sugar Candy Mountain, and many more artists local and afar. As the label has done since its founding by producer David Glasebrook, the comp is country and folk-forward, while allowing the artists to stretch out and explore their own tastes. They just last week released Credit Electric’s out of love and into the shadow, uniting rustic folk with a panoply of post-modern pop sounds.
