Jazz, Soul & R&B

Album of the week: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Special Night

It’s been a clusterfuck of a week by any standards, even a year which has…

Barq debut ‘Bear’, a song about dealing with loss

Rising Dublin four-piece Barq’s two singles thus far have revealed an alternative live band jazz/R&B vibe.…

RiZA’s ‘Thank You’ is the sound of contemporary Irish/African music

Congolese/Dublin guitarist/singer Niwel Tsumbu’s band RiZA is made up of Eamonn Cagney (of Treelan) on…

D.R.A.M. feat Erykah Badu – ‘WiFi’

D.R.A.M.’s new album Big Baby D.R.A.M. dropped last Friday and in the middle of the…

Hear Hare Squead’s smooth new single ‘Long Way To Go’

Hare Squead dropped their major label debut single in June and since then the Dublin…

Shaun Escoffery – ‘Ain’t No Time’ (aboveDat Remix)

Cork’s Stevie G and Ian Ring have released a couple of singles as AboveDat which…

NxWorries: Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge’s album is on the way; Listen to ‘Lyk Dis’

2016’s best dudeAnderson .Paak continues his winning streak with more new music from his collaboration…

Sampha – ‘Blood On Me’

Hey, it looks like we’re finally going to get that Sampha debut album soon. ‘Blood…

Soulé – ‘Love No More’

Soulé is one of the artists who first came to my attention through playing Word…

Thundercat channels yacht rock on ‘Bus In These Streets’

Thundercat has grown in stature recently, for his work with Kendrick Lamar and his own…

Kildare duo Tebi Rex release the dance/hip-hop of ‘Black Enough’

​Matt O’Baoill and Max Zanga are Tebi Rex an alt hip-hop duo from Maynooth, Kildare…

Banks’ ‘Gemini Feed’ is a dark synthwave take on ’90s R&B

The second song from Banks’ forthcoming album The Altar (September 30th), ‘Gemini Feed’ is a…

Banks – ‘Fuck With Myself’

Banks is back with a new album, the followup to the excellent Goddess on September…

Hear Cork’s Abovedat’s new track with Jesse Boykins III

Stevie G & Young Wonder’s Ian Ring Abovedat project debuted a couple of months back…

The Avalanches’ ‘Colour’ is moody melty psychedelia of the highest order

After waiting so long for new music from The Avalanches, coming back with ‘Frankie Sinatra’…

Hare Squead’s major label debut single is here

Anyone interested in new music in Ireland will have been keeping an eye on Hare…

BARQ – ‘That Thing You Love’

After announcing their arrival with ‘Gentle Kind Of Lies’, an alternative R and B track,…

BadBadNotGood feat. Future Islands’ Sam Herring – ‘Time Moves Slow’

Last year, Future Islands rapped with Madlib on the stonking track ‘Trouble Knows Me’, while…

Sampha – ‘Timmy’s Prayer’

Sampha likes to take his time huh? In the five years he’s been making music…

AikJ drops some soulful sweet R&B on ‘Suite Life’

Dublin R&B singer AikJ is a name that has increasing in visibility of late. AikJ…