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Posts tagged "neo-soul"
Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 1: The Neo-Soul Podcast
We’re talking Erykah, Jill, Angie, Lauryn and more in our neo-soul podcast.
Remy Shand Offers You His “Best”
Will 2014 be the year of the soul comeback? With the resurfacing of Remy Shand, the answer to that question may be “yes.”
A Sequel As Good As The Original: The Robert Glasper Experiment’s Black Radio 2
Keyboardist Robert Glasper (and his three bandmates who make up the Robert Glasper Experiment) might be the only act remaining who can garner pop attention while offering a sound that has at least a pinky toe in jazz. With 2012’s Black Radio, the Experiment managed to successfully integrate the worlds of jazz and R&B like no one has been able to do in maybe two decades. Featuring a who’s who of soul and hip-hop luminaries, Black Radio deservedly won the […]
Acing R&B With Flying Colors: The Foreign Exchange Return With 4th Studio Album
Grammy-nominated R&B duo The Foreign Exchange have just released a consistently bumping album called “Love In Flying Colors.”
india.arie Breaks Out the “Cocoa Butter” in Her New Clip
india.arie thinks your love is like cocoa butter. Get your mind out of the gutter. Hey, that rhymes!
Bilal Takes You “Back To Love” With New Video
Bilal takes you “back to love” with the first single and video from his upcoming third album, “A Love Surreal.”
Spin Cycle: Dwele, Greater Than One
I’m not sure if it would be right to call Dwele an R&B journeyman. Unknown to the average pop fan (a small handful are aware that it’s him singing the hook on Kanye’s “Flashing Lights,”) the Detroit native has nevertheless amassed a solid catalog of albums in nearly a decade of recording. Greater Than One is the singer/songwriter’s sixth effort, and it’s one of the stronger albums in his oeuvre-truthfully, it’s one of the stronger R&B releases of a year […]
The Singles Bar: Little Dragon, “Sunshine”
Swedish pop/soul outfit Little Dragon is one of my most recent discoveries. Check out their new track, “Sunshine.”
Spin Cycle: Estelle’s “All Of Me”
Sometimes simply being refreshing is enough. Take Estelle: she’s a good singer, but not a vocal powerhouse. She’s a fine emcee, but not a magnetic one. And yet, 2008’s Kanye duet “American Boy” was such a shot in the arm; the London vocalist’s flirtatious interplay with Ye was engaging, the hook burrowed deep into the brain, and the splashy electro-funk production sounded like both a fresh diversion and a remarkably spot-on prediction of the direction pop music would take in […]