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Grace Carter
Song of the Day: A poignant, powerful, but gently still, minimal soul number by the London-born R&B soul singer in a thank you letter addressing an absent father, and in turn, religious faith, with lyrical twist
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Keeley Forsyth - Bring Me Water
Song of the Day: ‘There’s a place that only I have seen.’ Ghostly, beautiful, sensual and dark, this new single by the singer and actor from Oldham with a unique, rich, deep voice comes from her forthcoming album, Limbs, due in February
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Morgan Harper-Jones
Song of the Day: A gently soulful, beautifully melancholy and reflective recent number about rewinding the past in the present by the singer-songwriter from Rochdale, out on Play It Again Sam
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Gabriels’ new single Bloodline, with a painting of singer Jacob Lusk
Songs of the Day: Two sublime, powerful, moving, and beautiful numbers by the Los Angeles gospel, soul and jazz trio fronted by singer Jacob Lusk who has the emotive, melancholy qualities of Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, and here, with string and wind arrangements, captures a rich black history in every tone
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The friend we all need: Kay Young
Song of the Day: Joyously uplifting, positive, affirming and catchy new single about friendship by the London rapper, producer and singer, with the soulful voice of JNR Williams, and taken from Young’s new self-produced EP This Here Feels Good
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Liv.e aka Olivia Williams
Song of the Day: A gorgeous mix of funk, jazz, Latin shuffle and soul by the Dallas-raised, LA-based 23-year-old singer-songwriter (pronounced Liv) Olivia Williams from her new EP CWTTY+
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Yeti Season …
Song of the Day: A wonderfully oddball mix of funk, soul, hip hop, Turkish, Asian and jazz styles by the group founded by New York-based bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels, here about the famous mythical Himalayan creature, and featuring Hindi singer Piya Malik
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Curtis Harding
Song of the Day: Stirring brand new, but also old-school soul with beautiful brass and gospel-style backing group by the singer and songwriter from Michigan in his first new work for four years. Out on Anti Records
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Emma-Jean Thackray’s forthcoming album - Yellow
Song of the Day: “There’s a spectre in my house but he doesn’t see me”. Beautiful, haunting new song by the Yorkshire-born, London-based singer and instrumentalist confronting depression and mental illness from her forthcoming debut album Yellow
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Jordan Rakei’s forthcoming album What We Call Life
Sublime, sunny sounding new soul pop that also profoundly addresses climate change by the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter from his forthcoming album What We Call Life, released 17 September on Ninja Tune
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Desire Marea
Song of the Day: From the Durban artist with an extraordinary soulful voice who is also one half of South African duo FAKA, this single taken from the album Desire fuses club sounds with an operatic falsetto and the Zulu language
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Joviale
Song of the Day: Offbeat, alternative and with a mesmerising melody, this electro-pop-soul single from the London artist includes wonderful chord changes, saxophone and a strong, resonant vocal line
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A scene from the new Chemical Brothers’ single, The Darkness That You Fear
Song of the Day: With clever sampling from two soulful tracks and a structure designed to bring optimism, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons return with new work, after their dark previous album, 2019 No Geography, with a sound that evokes optimism
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Yola
Song of the Day: A fabulous new single of defiance and independence steeped in soaring soul and funk by the singer and songwriter from Bristol, and the title track her her forthcoming second LP, out on Easy Eye Sound
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Cover for the forthcoming album This Is A Mindfulness Drill by Hypnotic Jazz Ensemble
Song of the Day: An exquisitely beautiful number of slow, gentle interweaving brass by the Chicago eight-piece band with mesmerically tender vocals by the American singer-songwriter from the forthcoming album Jagjaguwar label album This Is A Mindfulness Drill
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Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Song of the Day: A dynamic, cascading, piano-led mix of jazz, electronica, gospel and soul about guilty feelings over a friendship ending by the Brooklyn-born and based singer and multi-instrumentalist
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SeeMeNot aka Renee Thompson
Song of the Day: With lyrics and vocals by Renee Thompson aka SeeMeNot and co-written with Alberto Cohen, a beautiful, eerie eclectic mix of electronica and disco soul by the New York-based Canadian artist from her latest EP which also includes a remix by Gerd Janson
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Brittany Fousheé
Song of the Day: A fabulous single about being single after a recent breakup by the impressive soul singer from New Jersey who can jump seemlessly between a high range reminiscent of Minnie Riperton and fast, half-spoken word flow
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Hiatus Kaiyote
Songs of the Day: From the forthcoming album Mood Valiant, a superlative fusion of soaring, sensual, soulful vocals, complex jazz rhythms, piano, bird twitterings and orchestration by the Melbourne band with two outstanding songs
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Moor Mother and Billy Woods: The Blues Remembers Everything The Country Forgot
Song of the Day: Dark, soulful vocals, field recordings, great hip-hop and trip-hop, jazz and a brilliant title, this powerful and profound racial history number by the American poet, musician, and activist from Philadelphia, comes from the 2020 album BRASS, with additional instrumentation by Sons of Kemet
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