Donny Hathaway’s ‘Someday We’ll All Be Free’ rings with wistfulness and hope. Though written about Hathaway’s personal struggles, the song is often interpreted as an anthem encapsulating the struggles, hopes, […]
Estonian singer Rita Ray previews her sophomore album with ‘Love Ain’t The Same’, an engaging jaunt into orchestral blue-eyed soul. ‘I feel that “Love Ain’t The Same” takes you on […]
Belated soulman Robert Finley has a terrific, inspiring story. Born in Louisiana into family of sharecroppers, Finley joined the US army at age 19 – honing his musical chops performing […]
News of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak‘s new collaborative partnership, Silk Sonic, surprised and excited listeners. But with both dabbling in soul, funk, and R&B, it makes perfect sense. It […]
The dulcet-toned Abi Farrell – who impressed with her EP The Only Way I Learn – is dialling up the energy and groove in her recent releases. Following the 60s blue-eyed […]
Kasi, Stacy, and Tam are The Shindellas – a new girl group on the block with a promising 2021 on the horizon. The brainchild of esteemed producers/musicians Claude Kelly and […]
In celebration of Roberta Flack‘s 84th birthday, her hitherto unreleased cover of Marvin Gaye’s iconic ‘What’s Going On’ has been unearthed from the vault. Announcing the release on her Facebook […]
Acantha Lang, a dark horse in contemporary soul, delivers a poignant tribute to Black motherhood in her latest single ‘Lois Lang’. Compared to Lang’s roaring debut ‘He Said/She Said’, ‘Lois […]
Deelee Dubé won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition in 2016, praised by Jazztimes for her ‘beguiling soulfulness.’ The daughter of South African pianist Jabu Nkosi, and granddaughter of saxophonist and bandleader […]
Between them, musicians Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony have written and produced for the likes of Fantasia, Ledisi, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Christina Aguilera, and more. In 2015, they formed Louis […]
Hil St Soul – born Hilary Mwelwa – does not receive her dues as a soul singer of gorgeous finesse and unpretentious ease. The Zambia-born artist first emerged in the […]
‘Tunnel Vision’, the latest release by singer-songwriter and pianist Reuben James, brings together several protagonists in contemporary British soul and jazz. James, Daley and Frida Touray (of New Distance) provide […]
The talented Joel Culpepper is looking to have a great 2021 as he gears for the release of his new album – the ingeniously titled Sgt Culpepper – on his own […]
Following my recent piece in The Guardian on the life and career of Carolyn Franklin – the youngest sister of the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin – I thought I’d breakdown […]