funk/soul exclusives
Premiere: Listen to the New Memphis Colorways album ‘It Is What It Isn’t’ in full; a modern funk-jazz journey
Out tomorrow (May 21st) is the new album from Memphis multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor, under his New Memphis Colorways guise, called It Is What It Isn’t. Ahead of its release we’re delighted to be able to premiere the album in full right here on Backseat Mafia today. Taylor has spent the majority of his career as …
Exclusive: Laurence Murray Project records Providence live in session for Backseat Mafia
Edinburgh-based Laurence Murray Project joined us for a stripped back rendition of their latest single Providence. Bringing in an acoustic guitar to replace the psychedelic grooves of the original, Laurence Murray gives a blissful performance reminiscent of John Mayer and the RnB greats. The track was influenced by Laurence’s experiences teaching in refugee camps in …
Premiere: The Parasocials reveal debut single Karmatose; hear it first right here
Taken from their forthcoming debut self-titled EP, Parasocials is the first single from new quartet The Parasocials, aka lo-fi indie jazz artist Tomer Krail, roguish punk-folk singer George Calne Jones, charming indie softboi Felix Slander and miracle drummer Rob James. Settling into writing over lockdown, Karmatose reflects on the bands recent penchant (to the point …
Premiere: Osé’s ‘Hurt Bae’- Toronto Soul
Osé is an R&B/Soul artist, singer, and songwriter originating from Toronto. At just seventeen years of age she’s making waves in the music community with her soulful voice and mature lyricism. The talented musician seeks to push the envelope with her sound and bridge various elements from different genres to make a well-rounded, dynamic style. …
Premiere: Bliss Williams reveals new single on unrequited love, Falling For You
London singer-songwriter Bliss Williams is releasing his new single ‘Falling For You’ just in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of being a loved up tale of being together though, it’s a heartbreaking story of unrequited love, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the song, Bliss …
Premiere: vbnd and The Soulmate Collective with the delicious funk of ‘Slowly Starting to Take Form’
Out tomorrow is the new single from Saskatoon based vbnd alongside The Soulmate Collective called ‘Slowly Starting To Take Form’. It’s from his forthcoming ‘Scum Funk’ album, which is out later in the year via London label DeepMatter, and we’re delighted to premiere it on Backseat Mafia this morning. After racking up 10 million streams …
Exclusive: The Last Morrell records ‘The Party’ for Backseat Mafia At Home Sessions
Following on from his recent EP ‘Sarcasm’, where he really introduced himself, Yorkshire born singer-songwriter The Last Morrell has recorded a version of the stand out single from the EP, The Party, live for us here at Backseat Mafia, and we’re delighted to exclusively release it today. Having already performed with the likes of Tom …
Premiere: Scoobert Doobert releases new video for ‘Moving To Canada’
California’s Scoobert Doobert, named after the supposed real name of Scooby Doo (although in researching this article I discovered there’s some conjecture about that, and in fact his surname may indeed actually be ‘Doo’, but I digress) has just released a new video for his new single ‘Moving To Canada’ and we’re delighted to premiere …