Australia seems to be the hottest frontier on the contemporary funk & soul scene at the moment with bands like The Bamboos, Cookin’ on 3 Burners, Deep Street Soul and Kylie Auldist stirring up a storm in the southern hemisphere and beyond alongside DJs like Russ Dewbury. The most likely candidates to become the brightest stars of this fast growing scene are new Sydney-based combo DOJO CUTS featuring the young and powerful Roxie Ray on vocals…a new soulful little queen has been born! Their first single “The 123s”, from their debut album “DOJO CUTS feat Roxie Ray”, will be released on RK in April with a cover of Marie “Queenie” Lyons sister funk classic “See and Don’t See” on the flip side. If you dig Sharon Jones and Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators you’d better watch out for Dojo Cuts. Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman have already declared themselves fans of the band so they can’t be wrong!