Jazz, Soul & R&B

Download an Indie R&B mixtape

Check out this unwieldily-titled Indie R&B: The Evolution of Alternative and Experimental Contemporary R&B mix…

The Weeknd – ‘The Birds (Part 1)’

The new song from The Weeknd follows along the same path as the brilliant House…

Motor City Drum Ensemble – ‘L.O.V.E.’

An extremely funky cut from Stuttgart’s Danilo Plessow aka Motor City Drum Ensemble. Once that…

Blood Orange – ‘Sutphin Boulevard’

Lightspeed Champion frontman Dev Hynes went and packed himself off to Noo Yawk a couple…

Solange Knowles samples Boards Of Canada

Diehard Boards Of Canada fans aren’t happy. So far, there’s been cries of ‘sacrilege’ ,…

Introducing: Michael Kiwanuka – Channelling the voice of Bill Withers

Michael Kiwanuka is a 23 year-old soulful Londoner who has been supporting Adele on tour…

Booker T. Jones – ‘Representing Memphis’ feat. Sharon Jones & Matt Berninger

This soulful tune from Booker T features a surprise vocal collaboration between Sharon Jones and…

Introducing: Charles Bradley – Overcoming a hard knock life with soul music

It’s a heartwarming story. After years of toiling away, struggling through personal tragedy of his…

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NGUZUNGUZU’s electronic R&B mix – The Perfect Lullaby

Beautifully put-together mix of R&B with dark disco and electronic tracks for Dis Magazine by…

Mo Kolours – ‘Biddies’

Mo Kolours‘ debut EP arrived with the description of “Mauritian sega music”. How could you…

Bullion – ‘Magic Was A Ruler’

Bullion’s You Drive Me To Plastic was released on one-sided 20 minute long 12″ through…

Introducing: The Weeknd – Skewed R&B FTW!

R&B is not my usual bag around here but there’s something intriguing about The Weeknd…

Aloe Blacc – ‘Femme Fatale’ (Velvet Underground cover)

Aloe Blacc’s followup to the small time smash ‘I Need A Dollar’ is a cover…

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – ‘Spottie’

The cover below of Outkast’s ‘SpottieOttieDopaliscious’ appears on Hypnotic’s newest Heritage EP – a collection…

Video: Aloe Blacc – ‘I Need a Dollar’

Posting this here as this song deserves double exposure. It’s Aloe Blacc featuring El Michels…

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Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh

Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh has just been released. Less…

Jazz cover of Thom Yorke’s The Eraser

Beautiful jazz cover of the Thom Yorke song by Christian Scott. Taken from his album…

Janelle Monae – Tightrope feat. Big Boi

Lovin’ this tune from Janelle Monae’s new album featuring Big Boi of Outkast to boot.…

Erykah Badu – Window Seat

Badu tweeted this song earlier today. It’s the first official single from New Amerykah Part…

Introducing: Quadron

Danish band Quadron specialise in soulful silky-pop with an emphasis on the soul and pop.…