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- Notes
- ↑ Lefties Soul Connection at Allmusic
- ↑ Lefties Soul Connection. First Coast News , June 12, 2007.
- Further Reading
- Hind met Lefties Soul Connection op stap. Brabants Dagblad, February 18, 2009.
- Lefties Soul Connection speelt de regen net niet weg. De Gelderlander , July 18, 2008.
- Soul en Funk met de Lefties Soul Connection. Het Nieuwsblad , November 23, 2007.
- Uitstapje naar funk en soul. AD.nl, April 8, 2009.
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