soul/funk
Track: Lianne La Havas – Paper Thin
Things are happening in the Lianne La Havas camp. She’s announced a new self-titled album is coming out on July 17th via Warner’s, and she’s followed up a brilliant NPR Tiny Desk Concert at home she did with a new track – Paper Thin. Steeped in (but not bound by) 90s R&B of the Destiny’s …
Track: Tom Grennan – Oh Please
Tom Grennan has released a new track, ‘Oh Please’, taken from his second album, expected later in the year. It’s Tom’s second single of the year, following on from the much lauded ‘This Is The Place’, and come on the back of Tom fighting the Coronavirus himself. On the track Tom says “When writing ‘Oh …
Track: 1010 Benja SL – Dobby
Out right now on the brilliant Young Turks label is ‘Dobby’, the new single from 1010 Benja SL. His Boofiness single announced him to the world as a man of huge talent, and this was confirmed with follow up ‘Wind Up Space’, and his ‘Two Houses’ EP. Built on this rather beautiful acoustic guitar lick …
Track: Mavis Staples – All in it together
Soul legend Mavis Staples has released a new song ‘All in it Together’, featuring and produced by Jeff Tweedy. Contributing backing vocals and guitar, Tweedy leads the way at first, until there’s this country rock thing that seems to go perfectly with the joyous singalong thing that they’ve created. You can get it on Bandcamp, …
Obituary: Bill Withers
“It matters not where I come from in relation to the world, as long as the world and I arrive at a common point at a common time”. So say the sleeve notes on Bill Withers’ debut album ‘Just As I Am’ (released on the dubious Sussex Records, the same that made a mint from …
Track: Holy Hive – Broom
Ahead of the release of their album ‘Float Back To You’, Holy Hive – aka Homer Steinweiss, the Brooklyn based soul-funk drumming staple and sometime Daptone, Paul Spring, a young idealist folk singer traveling the country, and studio assistant named Joe Harrison oped in to join the band on bass, have released a new single …
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,, …
Premiere: Tropic – Lights Out (Redux)
Tropic – aka Brooklyn based duo Jo-B Sebastian and DJ Phuse say out their new single – Lights Out (Redux), premiering today her on Backseat Mafia “Our new single is a warm, simmering electronic-R&B tribute to the rollercoaster ride that is getting over a breakup. Reimagining a single we released last year, we teamed up …
Premiere: Zali reveals new video for That Girl
Irish pop/soul powerhouse has today revealed a new song, That Girl, and we’re delighted to premiere the accompanying video here on Backseat Mafia. It’s a luxurious, warm slice of R&B, Zali’s vocal a placebo to these weird and worrying times, as she swoons around the engaging melodies. Of it, Zali told us exclusively “‘That Girl’ …
Premiere: Effie – Spiteful
Spiteful is the new track from London R&B singer Effie, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, Effie told us it is ”Inspired by events around me and the turn of relationships I’ve seen, Spiteful was born out of observation. Spite is something we have all given out …