Soul
SEE: The video for the souljazz noir of Madison McFerrin’s ‘Hindsight’
COOL-AS Brooklyn imprint Mexican Summer, which has played host to artists such as Oneohtrix Point Never and Best Coast, has been running a lovely diversion from all the nutsness this year entitled Looking Glass, being an ongoing series of digital singles drops from its fine stable; already during 2020 we’ve had selections from Ariel Pink, …
New Music: The Silhouettes Project – Various Artists
Low slung beats and wistful melodies bring a ray of warm sunlight in times that have cast cold dark shadows over all of us. Lyrics of pure poetry flow, expressing the emotions of a generation finding their way through love, life and the world today. While musically the foundations on the compilation are predominantly Hip …
Track: Greentea Peng – Spells
Rising star Greentea Peng rounds off the year with the release of ‘Spells’, a track first written around the release of her debut EP SENSI and now shared as the perfect send off to 2020. In her own words: “On a lighter note, to end the year I release spells AKA beg friend. Written around SENSI times, I …
Track: Bobby Oroza and Cold Diamond & Mink – Strange Girl
Finish artist Bobby Oroza has teamed up with Timmion Studios house band Cold Diamond and Mink to record a cover of The Shacks tune “Strange Boy” giving it that signature Bobby sound and flipping the title to “Strange Girl” via Big Crown Records Gentle soul from the heart, Strange Girls pairs Oroza’s vocals with softly …
ALBUM REVIEW: Lee Fields & The Expressions – ‘Big Crown Vaults Vol.1 – Lee Fields & The Expressions’
BIG CROWN. Big. Crown. Roll that collocation of words around your mouth; if you’re a real music lover, you know these guys, Leon Michels and Danny Akalepse, are indeed proper royalty for the love, the care and the level of curation they bring to such a fine stable of artists: The Shacks, Lizette & Quevin, …
ALBUM REVIEW: Scrimshire – ‘Believers Vol.1’: eclectic soul-jazz bliss that’ll wash you clean
Among all the circumstantial dirt and viral grime and societal schisming of 2020, hearing Believers Vol. 1 is like having your brain washed and massaged
TRACK: Lady Wray shapes up for a new album with the stunning ‘Storms’
BIG CROWN’S first lady of modern soul, Virginian Lady Wray, is shaping up for her follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed Queen Alone with the gobsmackingly deep and heartfelt gospel-soul piano styles of “Storms”. Take a listen to a an absolute blast of a track, below. It looks forward and back; you can hear the church roots …
TRACK: Mndsgn covers Sofie’s ‘Truth Of The Matter’ – chilled Stones Throw soul funk
LA’S Mndsgn, the musician and producer who drops glimmering and floaty future funk soul for Stones Throw, has just shared a cover of “Truth Of The Matter” by stablemate Sofie. Take a listen to a very chilled slice of future soul below. “Truth Of The Matter” is taken from Viennese singer and former Stones Throw …
Track: Stevie Wonder releases two new songs: ‘Can’t Put It In The Hands Of Fate’ and ‘Where Is Our Love’
STEVIE WONDER has used the occasion of the 36th birthday of his second oldest son, Mumtaz Morris, to release two songs at once. The brace of new tunes are “Can’t Put It in The Hands of Fate” feat. Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes; and “Where Is Our Love Song”, feat. Gary Clark Jr. Released on Wonder’s new label, So What The …
News: 2 Boxsets from Amy Winehouse – Singles Collection and Collection
Amy Winehouse – Singles Collection A 7” singles box set comprising all of Amy Winehouse’s memorable singles from the Frank, Back To Black and Lioness: Hidden Treasures albums, will be released on November 20th. Featured tracks include ‘Stronger Than Me’, ‘Rehab’ and ‘Love Is A Losing Game’, all of which won the Ivor Novello Award …