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Premiere: Robbi Niles reveals new visuals for current single ‘Melody’

Captivating R&B artist Robbi Niles has returned with a new single, titled ‘Melody’, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The Barbados…

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Premiere: London based Jazz / Neo-Soul artist Leo Pesci talks us through his new EP Community; hear it here, first

Naples born, but London based singer-songwriter Leo Pesci returns with a new EP, Community, blacked by London Jazz heavyweights Johnny Woodham (Alfa Mist) and Dani Diodato (Pyjæn, Arlo Parks). With echoes of the…

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Premiere: George Bloomfield reveals the hazy jazz-funk of Why Didn’t You?

Leeds singer-songwriter George Bloomfield is gearing up for the release of his debut EP ‘Why Didn’t You?’ on May 7th, and ahead of it he’s releasing the title track from…

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Premiere: Laurence Murray Project releases new video for the blue eyed soul of ‘Providence’

The Laurence Murray Project, headed (rather unsurprisingly) by Edinburgh singer songwriter Laurence Murray, have just released a new video of their single ‘Providence’, and we’re delighted to be able to…

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Exclusive: The Last Morrell records Picking In Stitches live in session

We’ve already had Yorkshire raised singer-songwriter The Last Morrell in session once before, and it created such a spark that we couldn’t wait to get him back in. Or maybe,…

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Premiere: Little Bird release retro-horror video for new single ‘Mega Hot Super Babe’

Mixing up R&B, indie rock, soul and jazz, Charleston based quintet Little Bird have released a new video for their single Mega Hot Super Babe, and we’re delighted to premiere…

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Premiere: The Tibbs release new video for The Main Course

Dutch soul band The Tibbs have just released a new lyric video for ‘The Main Course’, the second single taken from their new album ‘Another Shot Fired’, out via Record…

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Premiere: Smudge All Stars release new single ‘Brutal Funk’

Smudge All Stars is the project of Richie Stevens, son of the late British Free Jazz pioneer John Stevens, and his collective’s new single is ‘Brutal Funk’, featuring Jamiroquai’s DJ…

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Premiere: K.O.A. reveal new single, Our Last

Brought up on a diet of Green Day, Third Eye Blind and Eminem, Arizona brothers Austin and Jagger a.k.a. K.O.A. have released a new single ‘Our Last’, and we’re delighted…

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Premiere: Pete Josef releases beautiful new track, Lavender, ahead of second album

Taken from his forthcoming album ‘I will rise with the birds’, out on the brilliant Sonar Kollecktiv imprint next month, we are absolutely delighted to premiere the new track from…

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