For fans of: Vintage Latin Soul

What they're saying: Here is NPR’s Oliver Wang on the origins of Sunny’s sound: “Much like Los Angeles' vaunted "eastside sound," San Antonio's westside equivalent was born out of the city's Mexican-American barrios, where teenagers like Ozuna combined the harmonies of doo-wop with the brassy sound of Mexican conjunto bands.” And Joshua Pitney at the Texas Music blog gives this lovely discription of the sounds on Mr Brown Eyed Sould V. 2: “The instrumentation and arrangements subtly shift the context and create a clear Tejano undercurrent… This perfectly sets the stage for Sunny’s tender yet sorrowful voice, building tension until the drums finally hit. When they do, all of the instruments blend together and give the impression of a band that could change directions at any moment — a classic soul singer backed by a group of musicians with an eclectic musical vocabulary.”

What we say: San Antonio's Sunny & The Sunliners are too often overlooked in the pantheon of great American soul music. Big Crown Record's second compilation of the Sunliners, Mr Brown Eyed Soul Vol. 2, does much to rectify this. Led by Mexican-American Sunny Ozuna, slow and stately sweet-soul sounds abound. It's the perfect soundtrack for the end of summer. - J