Song of the Day: Classic soul-pop with a wonderful smooth, gliding voice by Scottish singer-songwriter from Midlothian, taken from her forthcoming new eight-track EP
Read moreSong of the Day: Brooke Combe - Black Is The New Gold
Brooke Combe
Song of the Day: Jessie Ware - Begin Again
Jessie Ware - Begin Again
Song of the Day: The British singer-songwriter’s luxuriant latest return comes in a wonderfully opulent and upbeat mix of disco, pop, funk, soul and gospel with brass, and heralds her forthcoming fifth album, the appropriately titled That! Feels Good!
Read moreSong of the Day: McKinley Dixon - Run, Run, Run
McKinley Dixon’s forthcoming album - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Song of the Day: Slick, catchy soul and hip-hop with a serious message about gun culture and youth by the multi-talented musician from Richmond, Virginia, from his forthcoming fourth album, Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? out on City Slang in June
Read moreSong of the Day: Hannah Jadagu - Warning Sign
Hannah Jadagu’s upcoming album, Aperture, out on Sub Pop
Song of the Day: Smooth, gentle soul, electronica and rock intertwine in this beautiful new single by the New York-based artist from Mesquite, Texas. It’s taken from her upcoming album, Aperture, out on 19 May on Sub Pop Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Sirens of Lesbos - Easy
Sirens of Lesbos
Song of the Day: “Let’s make this easy you need someone to love you when the leaves come down.” The latest single the Swiss quintet is a beautifully lilting, soulful, mellow love song with a subtle country flavour
Read moreSong of the Day: Meshell Ndegeocello - Virgo
From the video for Meshell Ndegeocello’s Virgo
Song of the Day: Wondrously beautiful, soulful, time-spanning, cosmic eclectic, delicate, intricate, funk-psych guitars, jazz, electronica, dynamic rhythm changes, harp and the gorgeous voice of the German-born American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist
Read moreSong of the Day: Baby Rose - Stop The Bleeding
Baby Rose
Song of the Day: Sublime soulful vocals in this latest single by the Washington DC-born Atlanta-based Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jasmine Rose Wilson, taken from her upcoming album, Through and Through, out on Secretly Canadian
Read moreSong of the Day: Alfa Mist - Aged Eyes (featuring Kaya Thomas-Dyke)
Alfa Mist’s new album, Variables
Song of the Day: From his forthcoming album, Variables, and decorated here with the soaring, pure voice of Kaya Thomas-Dyke, the British musician and producer’s latest single is a real beauty, of jazz and soul, piano, guitar and orchestral strings
Read moreSong of the Day: Durand Jones - Lord Have Mercy
Durand Jones
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s great Offering from Gabriels, further fabulous retro and southern soul with Delta grit and uplifting spirituals, here by the Louisiana and Indiana singer, known also with band the Indications, and a single taken from the upcoming album, Wait Til I Get Over
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Gabriels majestic singer Jacob Lusk
Song of the Day: Another glorious, gorgeously stirring, defiant gift from the gospel trio of extraordinary singer Jacob Lusk, alongside Ryan Hope, and Ari Balouzian
Read moreSong of the Day: Petite Noir - Blurry (featuring Sampa The Great)
Petite Noir’s forthcoming album MotherFather
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Basquiat-inspired number by ACR, more art, with a powerful, sensual soulful, indie-hip-hop fusion by the Belgian born, Congolese singer Yannick Ilunga, joined here by the charismatic Zambian rapper
Read moreSong of the Day: Debby Friday - So Hard To Tell
Debby Friday
Song of the Day: Breaking out of a harsh, crash-smash electronica opening, this self-chiding number by the Toronto-based singer and rapper morphs into a beautiful, graceful soulful number and comes from her forthcoming album, Good Luck
Read moreSong of the Day: Yves Tumor - Echolalia
The incomparable Yves Tumor
Song of the Day: Pain and pleasure intertwine on this extraordinary new track by the unique American artist (Sean Bowie) of syncopated drums, big bassline and his sensual distinctive vocals, presented video inspired by Gulliver’s Travels as the trapped giant in Lilliput
Read moreSong of the Day: Skinny Pelembe - Like A Heart Won't Beat
Skinny Pelembe’s Like A Heart Won't Beat
Song of the Day: From piano then morphing into rock guitar, a stirring crossover of soul, pop and gospel in this new single by the multi-talented Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised singer-songwriter and MC, out on Partisan Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Liv.e - Wild Animals
Liv.e and best friend: from the Wild Animals video
Song of the Day: Sensual, smoky, and alluring, comprising jazzy piano licks and ringtone trills, this sexy new single by the Dallas-raised, LA-based R&B and soul singer concerns animal attraction and and self-love, coming from her forthcoming LP Girl In The Half Pearl
Read moreSong of the Day: Röyksopp - Feel It (featuring Maurissa Rose)
Röyksopp’s Profound Mysteries III features another selection of guest vocalists
Song of the Day: From the third collection of numbers and animated in in this year’s Profound Mysteries series by the Norwegian duo Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. a clever, catchy fusion of electronica, dance, soul and rave, here with the American guest singer
Read moreSong of the Day: Nakhane - Do You Well (featuring Perfume Genius)
Nakhane Mahlakahlaka
Song of the Day: A raunchy disco banger by the Nakhane Mahlakahlaka, the South African singer, songwriter, actor, and novelist, and non-binary LBGTQ+ activist, here collaborating with the American musician
Read moreSongs of the Day: June McDoom - The City / Stone After Stone
June McDoom
Songs of the Day: Smoky, intense, ghostly and emotional, a double entry today by the New York singer-songwriter with two numbers decorated with guitar, piano, birdsong, and especially her beautiful, breathy voice, heralding a forthcoming eponymous album, out on Temporary Residence
Read moreSong of the Day: Young Gun Silver Fox - Rolling Back
Andy Platts and Shawn Lee
Song of the Day: Rolling Back by name, rolling back by nature – lush, smooth, rich 70s-style sun-kissed funk and soul with an entertaining space-themed video by the duo of Andy Platts (of Mamas Gun) and Shawn Lee forthcoming studio fourth album Ticket To Shangri La
Read moreSong of the Day: Willie J Healey - Dreams
Willie J Healey: crossing with to new direction
Song of the Day: After 2020’s acclaimed Twin Heavy album, this time the Oxford singer-songwriter returns, this time inspired by funk, Philadelphia soul and R&B, with a still very tuneful new direction with a single from the forthcoming album Bunny, out next year on Yala! Records
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