soul/funk exclusives
Premiere: Robbi Niles reveals new visuals for current single ‘Melody’
Captivating R&B artist Robbi Niles has returned with a new single, titled ‘Melody’, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The Barbados artist released his debut single ‘Wonder’ at just 16 Yeats old and has found some success, charting on the ACQB Top 200 Chart. Picking up …
Premiere: London based Jazz / Neo-Soul artist Leo Pesci talks us through his new EP Community; hear it here, first
Naples born, but London based singer-songwriter Leo Pesci returns with a new EP, Community, blacked by London Jazz heavyweights Johnny Woodham (Alfa Mist) and Dani Diodato (Pyjæn, Arlo Parks). With echoes of the like of D’Angelo, Jordan Rakei and the RH Factor, we’re delighted to be able to premiere the EP right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. …
Premiere: George Bloomfield reveals the hazy jazz-funk of Why Didn’t You?
Leeds singer-songwriter George Bloomfield is gearing up for the release of his debut EP ‘Why Didn’t You?’ on May 7th, and ahead of it he’s releasing the title track from it, which we’re delighted to be able to premiere on Backseat Mafia today. On recording the EP, George explains “As the pandemic continually hindered my …
Premiere: Laurence Murray Project releases new video for the blue eyed soul of ‘Providence’
The Laurence Murray Project, headed (rather unsurprisingly) by Edinburgh singer songwriter Laurence Murray, have just released a new video of their single ‘Providence’, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Mixing up Laurel Canyon folk, with a good spoonful of soul, and a touch of Real …
Exclusive: The Last Morrell records Picking In Stitches live in session
We’ve already had Yorkshire raised singer-songwriter The Last Morrell in session once before, and it created such a spark that we couldn’t wait to get him back in. Or maybe, he sent us another track recorded at the same time, and we love him so much here at Backseat Mafia we couldn’t do anything but …
Premiere: Little Bird release retro-horror video for new single ‘Mega Hot Super Babe’
Mixing up R&B, indie rock, soul and jazz, Charleston based quintet Little Bird have released a new video for their single Mega Hot Super Babe, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, frontman Jay Hurtt says “While the song itself is about the archetype of the untouchable woman, the …
Premiere: The Tibbs release new video for The Main Course
Dutch soul band The Tibbs have just released a new lyric video for ‘The Main Course’, the second single taken from their new album ‘Another Shot Fired’, out via Record Kicks, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The Main Course is a soul stomper in …
Premiere: Smudge All Stars release new single ‘Brutal Funk’
Smudge All Stars is the project of Richie Stevens, son of the late British Free Jazz pioneer John Stevens, and his collective’s new single is ‘Brutal Funk’, featuring Jamiroquai’s DJ D-Zire and British soul singer Mary Pearce, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. A celebrated drummer, percussionist and producer …
Premiere: K.O.A. reveal new single, Our Last
Brought up on a diet of Green Day, Third Eye Blind and Eminem, Arizona brothers Austin and Jagger a.k.a. K.O.A. have released a new single ‘Our Last’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Nowadays more inspired by artists like Lil Peep, Corbin and Bobby Raps, the pair have been working …
Premiere: Pete Josef releases beautiful new track, Lavender, ahead of second album
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘I will rise with the birds’, out on the brilliant Sonar Kollecktiv imprint next month, we are absolutely delighted to premiere the new track from Pete Josef, Lavender. Having previously worked with the likes of Manu Delano and Roni Size, Pete has always had soul music close to his heart, …