soul/funk
Not Forgotten: Aretha Franklin – Aretha Live at Filmore West
When the Queen of Soul records a live album at one of the iconic live rock venues, things are never going to be anything less than interesting. Aretha Franklin, as ever, is a smart operator. She knows that not everyone attending tonight is her usual audience, so the set list is heavy with covers of …
Premiere: Redray Frazier reveals video to Blood in the Water
We’re delighted to premiere the new video from Portland soulful singer-songwriter Redray Frazier. Its the title track from his single Blood in the Water. With music having been in his family throughout his life, starting with singing in his fathers church choir, he’s toured as a member of David Byrne’s band and was in The …
Album Review: James Taylor Quartet and the Rochester Cathedral Chior – The Rochester Mass
The James Taylor Quartet`s career has seen many changes since their formation in 1987, from Blow Up to the emergence of the acid jazz scene in the early 90`s there live performances have influenced many artists, and have seen them collaborate with The Manics, Pogues and U2 to name a few. This new release from …
New Music: Brooklyn’s Grumby release the breathtaking electronic soul of Refuse
Out on 15th September is the debut EP from Brooklyn based duo Grumb. Titled ‘Changes’, the pair have worked with a host of talented vocalists on the EP, including Lindsay Lowend, Hollywood Anderson, Heavy Mellow, Abbi Press, Tristan Chase and Cautious Clay. Ahead of its release, the duo have released a preview in the shape …
See: Slime releases new video for “Hotdog”, plus London live date
We were already a fan of London based, Newcastle born Will Archer, aka Slime and the stuttering indie/electronic soul of his track Hotdog, but even more so now we’ve seen the brilliant Daniel Brereton directed video for it. While the track saunters along, full of echoey layers of vocals over a soft, shuffling accompaniment, the …
Track: London duo Fine Print release new single, Can’t Lie
East London duo Fine Print have announced the release of their debut self-titled EP on August 28th via B3SCI Records. Starting out making music with the intention to blend underground electronic music with the classic old-school pop song format. About You was the first glimpse of the EP, and it was soon picked up by …
Track: Slime – Hot Dog, plus album news
Multi instrumentalist Will Archer is preparing to release his debut album, Company, under his Slime nom-de-plume. The Newcastle born multi-instrumentalist and producer recorded the record over two years, it was eventually realised when Archer went to a rabbit warren of a studio in Hackney, where the album was whittled down from the near 400 tracks …
Track: Quantic – Creation (East L.A.) plus album news
We’ve long had a thing for Quantic, aka British born producer Will Holland. He moved through so many areas of electronic music during his years, and has spent the last handful of years studying and immersing himself in the music of South America, Africa and the Caribbean, producing a handful of brilliant (and often collaborative …
Track: Willis Earl Beal releases the hazy beauty of Flying So Low
“People had all these ideas about what I was supposed to be,” he says. “I had only ever wanted to make lullabies.” So says Willis Earl Beal, a man who has experienced much in his life, from homelessness, to serious illness that led to him being discharged from the US Army, to recording homemade records …
Track: Victory Jones – Warriors
Warriors, the debut single from New York City’s Victory Jones, is (at least according to her) “…a song about overcoming insecurities, standing for what one believes in, having pure intentions and following one’s path no matter what… it’s about no dream being deferred if one just makes the decision to do it. It’s about courage, …