Though an astonishing commercial success, Paul Simon’s Graceland (1986) was mired in controversy. In travelling to South Africa to record the album with local musicians, Simon had broken the cultural […]
Marley Monroe AKA. Lady Blackbird has deservedly attracted the attention of the jazz press and several key tastemakers with her brand of haunting jazz-soul. She trailed her acclaimed album Black […]
Although 2021 has been another challenging year for many, there has still been plenty of sublime soul that’s worthy of celebration. Read The House That Soul Built’s top soul tracks […]
Recording her first album with funk collective The Mighty Mocambos, Mancunian singer Gizelle Smith has toured over Europe with her brand of energetic funk. Conceived during a trip to New York, […]
Bristolian duo Charlie Bierman and Isha Campbell form neo-soul group The Degrees. Their latest release ‘All Said and Done’ is released on label Fallen Tree 1Hundred, curated by British musician and DJ […]
A Grammy Award-winning soul singer with over 25 years in the game, Anthony Hamilton is a joy to talk to. Speaking to me via Zoom from Charlotte, North Carolina, where […]
The extraordinary performers on stage manage to drown out the narrative shortcomings of this new jukebox musical. With a bounty of doo-wop and R&B classics in their repertoire, The Drifters […]
Filling the stage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the youthful and energetic Nu Civilisation Orchestra delivered a two-set tribute to Marvin Gaye as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. The […]
It is difficult to dislike this album. Its basis is a handful of brilliant Motown songs, which the globally-renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra expand and embellish. Like their take on Aretha […]
Last year’s Jazz Voice – the gala which opens the annual EFG London Jazz Festival – was forced online by the introduction of the second national lockdown. Fortunately, audiences were […]
Gregory Porter is no stranger to the Royal Albert Hall. In 2018, he released a live album recorded at the esteemed venue – a tribute to his idol Nat King […]
London-based singer-songwriter Marie Naffah, a former winner of MTV’s ‘Unsigned Artist of the Year’, unveils her conceptual double-single EPÂ Honey & Air. Here, Naffah offers the same song recorded in contrasting […]
Celebrating two decades at the forefront of contemporary soul, Daptone Records mark their 20th anniversary with a live album recorded at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Recorded […]
Following his breakout single ‘Circles’, Minneapolis-raised singer-songwriter Wyn Starks returns with the inescapably optimistic ‘Tomorrow’. Consistent with his previous output, Starks marries the soar and spirit of gospel music with […]