Evy Jane is a Vancouver, BC-based duo of singer/songwriter, Evelyn Jane Mason and producer, Jeremiah Klein. And the sound they’ve crafted, as you’ll hear on “Worry Heart,” the first single off the band’s forthcoming EP […]
Tag: R&B
The Portland, OR-based Morning Ritual is a collaboration between composer Ben Darwish, twin sisters and vocalists Katelyn and Laurie Shook, multi-instrumentalist William Seiji Marsh and drummer Russ Kleiner. The quintet’s debut effort, The Clear Blue Pearl, which was […]
Influenced by the likes of Prince, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson and Sade, vocalist Sonya Teclai has received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound which comprises of elements of hip-hop, contemporary R&B, […]
A Q&A with Jessica Childress
Despite the fact that the Los Angeles, CA-based singer/songwriter and vocalist, Jessica Childress, who won over millions of viewers on NBC‘s The Voice, grew up in a musical household where her mother, father and sister were all […]
Taylor McFerrin is a Brooklyn-based producer, composer and DJ whose musical style has been heavily influenced by 60s and 70s soul, golden era hip-hop, free jazz and electronica. On his own work. McFerrin not only […]
The Portland, OR-based Morning Ritual is a collaboration between composer Ben Darwish, twin sisters and vocalists Katelyn and Laurie Shook, multi-instrumentalist William Seiji Marsh and drummer Russ Kleiner. The quintet’s debut effort, The Clear Blue […]
Released two years ago, Cody ChesnuTT‘s Landing on a Hundred was one of my favorite albums as it was the first co-number 1 on this site’s Best of 2012 List, and among a list of my favorite […]
Singer/songwriter Kwesi K is of Ghanian heritage and has spent time in Alaska and Ohio, and as an artist, he’s been praised by critics and bloggers for a sound that uses elements across the African […]
Brooklyn-based duo of Denetia and Sene have a sound that effortlessly meshes elements of electronica, hip hop, R&B and soul, and in many ways it sounds comfortable and warmly familiar – all while managing to be coolly […]
Howard Ivans, the lead singer of the Rosebuds and Gayngs has stepped out to do the solo thing with the release of the Red Face Boy/Pillows 7 inch which Spacebomb Records released last month. For those familiar with this work, the single offers listeners a […]
This year looks to be the year that Stones Throw Records‘s Dam Funk blows up on the national scene. This past summer saw the release of Dam Funk’s incredible collaboration with Slave’s Steve Arrington. However, December marks what may be […]
The folks at Stones Throw Records were put on to Myron and E with the Soul Investigators when they released a bunch of soul and funk 45s through Timmion Records. Stones Throw Records signed them last year, and their Stones […]
Although initially released through Stones Throw Records as a free giveaway, Mayer Hawthorne‘s Impressions: The Covers EP not onlyserved as a great introduction to Hawthorne’s smooth, retro-feel sound, it was also one of my favorite albums when […]
I’ve mentioned it many times before but soul music has seen something of a renaissance over the past decade with contemporary groups across the world releasing new, original soul music – in particular, acts like […]
If there’s one R&B album from the 80s that i love immensely, it’s Chaka Khan‘s I Feel For You – let’s face it, Chaka Khan has an incredible voice. And of course, “I Feel For You” […]