Jazz, Soul & R&B

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…

Erykah Badu
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.…

The return of Gil Scott-Heron

Just had my first listen to Gil Scott Heron’s new album I’m New Here. It’s…

Video: Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love

I love how nerdy this guy is. In the video, he can’t handle one glass…

Kamaal The Abstract finally released

I wrote about Q-Tip’s shelved yet brilliant jazzy / hi- hop album album back in…

Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No

Another tip featured back in April, Mayer Hawthorne is due to release his album A…

Benji B DJing in Solas tonight

A quick heads up to fans of head-nodding beatmakers, hip-hop, soul and proper R&B, Radio…

Summer tune: Highlife – F Kenya Rip

The sun is blazing today, there are blue skies galore and the Dublin boyos are…

Video: Mayer Hawthorne – When I Said Goodbye

Barber shop quartet. Nice. Video by Ross Harris. Previously by Mayer Hawthorne. We’re on our…

Introducing: The Phenomenal Handclap Band

You may have heard of this 8-piece New York band by now with people like…

Animal Collective x Dam Funk

This tune is coming out on a 12″ on Domino in June. Dam Funk (mentioned…

Video: K’NAAN – T.I.A

K’NAAN was born in Mogadishu, Somalia and grew up during the Civil War. His aunt,…

Lee Fields and the Expressions

Time to talk soul once again. Summer soul. How could anyone not love this? Lee…