soul/funk videos
See: Michael Kiwanuka Reveals new video for Light
In light (no, that’s not a pun), of the current Black Lives Matters campaign that’s hit the world as we venture tentatively out of lockdown, Michael Kiwanuka has revealed a new animated video celebrating black life and black power for the track ‘Light’, which appeared on his 2019 album KIWANUKA. Of the new video Michael …
See: James Vincent McMorrow releases video for ‘Headlights’
After three years of hush, James Vincent McMorrow marks his return with a soul warming new track ‘Headlights’. It’s a song that builds carefully and purposefully to reach that point of uplift that he so often achieves in his music. As James says himself ‘I wanted Headlights to start in a plaintive humble place and …
See: Mustafa releases video for ‘Stay Alive’
After losing close friends to gun violence, Toronto singer / poet Mustafa sought solace in making music to make his way though. With his debut single ‘Stay Alive’ (a homage to those lost friends) he’s been proved that was a wise decision for us all. Produced by Frank Dukes and James Blake, the 23 year …
See: Jeshi releases new video for Coming Down
Walthamstow MC/Producer Jeshi has revealed a new video for ‘Coming Down’ taken from his forthcoming Bad Taste EP, out this Friday (April 3rd) via Because Music. Growing up with the likes of The Neptunes and Erykah Badu, he has taken some of that influence, alongside the likes of Toro Y Moi, and made this smoky,, …
See: The Prince estate released video for Manic Monday on Apple Music
Hard to believe its just over three years since we were left with a big Prince shaped hole in our lives, but his estate in conjunction with Apple Music have released something to warm the cockles of even the most luke warm of his fans. Prince wrote Manic Monday originally for Apollonia 6’s debut album, …
See: Rosie Lowe reveals new live video for ‘Mango’
Rosie Lowe has unveiled beautiful new song Mango, from her second album ‘YU’. With empowering new single ‘Pharoah’ currently playlisted on 6Music, Lowe has confirmed additional live shows at Rough Trade East, The Great Escape, All Points East festival and Giles Peterson’s We Out Here, on top of an October headline date at London’s Village Underground …
See: August Greene release video for Optimistic ft. Brandy
IN the pantheon of super-groups, August Greene has to be up there somewhere. Consisting of Golden Globe, GRAMMY, Academy Award winning activist, actor and artist Common, four-time GRAMMY Award winning pianist/producer Robert Glasper, and drummer/producer extraordinaire Karriem Riggins, the three are about to release their debut self-titled album as an Amazon Original on March 9th. …
See: Slime releases new video for “Hotdog”, plus London live date
We were already a fan of London based, Newcastle born Will Archer, aka Slime and the stuttering indie/electronic soul of his track Hotdog, but even more so now we’ve seen the brilliant Daniel Brereton directed video for it. While the track saunters along, full of echoey layers of vocals over a soft, shuffling accompaniment, the …
See: FKA twigs releases new video for Water Me
Before this gets dark, I wanted to share a BUG-like moment with you, courtesy of this comment from Nacirema on youtube: “I keep coming back to this song… Her serene voice laid atop Björk-esque production makes my auditory cortex so warm.” On this, her second EP release (“EP2”), FKA Twigs has teamed up with producer …