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Emma-Jean Thackray’s forthcoming album - Yellow
Song of the Day: “There’s a spectre in my house but he doesn’t see me”. Beautiful, haunting new song by the Yorkshire-born, London-based singer and instrumentalist confronting depression and mental illness from her forthcoming debut album Yellow
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Jordan Rakei’s forthcoming album What We Call Life
Sublime, sunny sounding new soul pop that also profoundly addresses climate change by the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter from his forthcoming album What We Call Life, released 17 September on Ninja Tune
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Desire Marea
Song of the Day: From the Durban artist with an extraordinary soulful voice who is also one half of South African duo FAKA, this single taken from the album Desire fuses club sounds with an operatic falsetto and the Zulu language
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Joviale
Song of the Day: Offbeat, alternative and with a mesmerising melody, this electro-pop-soul single from the London artist includes wonderful chord changes, saxophone and a strong, resonant vocal line
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A scene from the new Chemical Brothers’ single, The Darkness That You Fear
Song of the Day: With clever sampling from two soulful tracks and a structure designed to bring optimism, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons return with new work, after their dark previous album, 2019 No Geography, with a sound that evokes optimism
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Yola
Song of the Day: A fabulous new single of defiance and independence steeped in soaring soul and funk by the singer and songwriter from Bristol, and the title track her her forthcoming second LP, out on Easy Eye Sound
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Cover for the forthcoming album This Is A Mindfulness Drill by Hypnotic Jazz Ensemble
Song of the Day: An exquisitely beautiful number of slow, gentle interweaving brass by the Chicago eight-piece band with mesmerically tender vocals by the American singer-songwriter from the forthcoming album Jagjaguwar label album This Is A Mindfulness Drill
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Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Song of the Day: A dynamic, cascading, piano-led mix of jazz, electronica, gospel and soul about guilty feelings over a friendship ending by the Brooklyn-born and based singer and multi-instrumentalist
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SeeMeNot aka Renee Thompson
Song of the Day: With lyrics and vocals by Renee Thompson aka SeeMeNot and co-written with Alberto Cohen, a beautiful, eerie eclectic mix of electronica and disco soul by the New York-based Canadian artist from her latest EP which also includes a remix by Gerd Janson
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Brittany Fousheé
Song of the Day: A fabulous single about being single after a recent breakup by the impressive soul singer from New Jersey who can jump seemlessly between a high range reminiscent of Minnie Riperton and fast, half-spoken word flow
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Hiatus Kaiyote
Songs of the Day: From the forthcoming album Mood Valiant, a superlative fusion of soaring, sensual, soulful vocals, complex jazz rhythms, piano, bird twitterings and orchestration by the Melbourne band with two outstanding songs
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Moor Mother and Billy Woods: The Blues Remembers Everything The Country Forgot
Song of the Day: Dark, soulful vocals, field recordings, great hip-hop and trip-hop, jazz and a brilliant title, this powerful and profound racial history number by the American poet, musician, and activist from Philadelphia, comes from the 2020 album BRASS, with additional instrumentation by Sons of Kemet
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Natalie Bergman: stylishly retro
Song of the Day: Brand new, but sounding just like classic, vintage style soul and gospel, this is from the forthcoming album Mercy, by the Chicago singer-songwriter who was previously half of the duo Wild Belle alongside her brother, Elliot Bergman
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Gloria
Song of the Day: Who doesn’t love Paris in springtime? So let’s go there for an upbeat fusion of 60s-style French psychedelic pop and Motown by the bandf Gloria from their LP Sabbat Matters, out on Howlin Banana Records
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Anushka are Victoria Port and Max Wheeler
Song of the Day: Hypnotic, bleepy funk and soulful vocals pour into this entrancing jazz-electronica fusion by Brighton singer-songwriter Victoria Port and producer Max Wheeler, released on the Tru Thoughts label
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Pa Salieu with Mahalia
Song of the Day: Released at the tail-end of 2020, this beautifully smooth and soulful hip-hop number with a gorgeous bass line, African instruments and melody is by the British rapper from his EP Send Them To Coventry, named after his home town
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It’s always time for a new Dean Parrish record
Song of the Day: Driving rhythm, funky guitar, powerful horns and unmistakeable voice? The northern soul legend from Brooklyn, and regularly at the Wigan Casino, returns with a majestic new anti-war single, the first for 10 years
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Sixties influences: Iraina Mancini
Song of the Day: With a heavy dose of 60s French pop à la Jacques Dutronc and a dash of Girls Aloud, this new single by the British singer-songwriter and actress has strong melody, clapping rhythm, big backing vocals and driving guitar
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Popp Ajudha
Song of the Day: ‘You are my weakness, all salty and sweetness’. Sassy, sensual, with high voice, taut guitar and dash of Latin cuica flavour, the south London jazz and soul singer’s latest song is a expression of independence meeting melting vulnerability
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The talented St Panther aka Daniela Bojorges-Giraldo
Songs of the Day: Slick rapping, rhythmic laughter, sand a super-tight funk sound are just some of the elements that make the young LA-based singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Daniela Bojorges-Giraldo a huge talent to watch
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