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Durand Jones
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s great Offering from Gabriels, further fabulous retro and southern soul with Delta grit and uplifting spirituals, here by the Louisiana and Indiana singer, known also with band the Indications, and a single taken from the upcoming album, Wait Til I Get Over
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Gabriels majestic singer Jacob Lusk
Song of the Day: Another glorious, gorgeously stirring, defiant gift from the gospel trio of extraordinary singer Jacob Lusk, alongside Ryan Hope, and Ari Balouzian
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Petite Noir’s forthcoming album MotherFather
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Basquiat-inspired number by ACR, more art, with a powerful, sensual soulful, indie-hip-hop fusion by the Belgian born, Congolese singer Yannick Ilunga, joined here by the charismatic Zambian rapper
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Debby Friday
Song of the Day: Breaking out of a harsh, crash-smash electronica opening, this self-chiding number by the Toronto-based singer and rapper morphs into a beautiful, graceful soulful number and comes from her forthcoming album, Good Luck
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The incomparable Yves Tumor
Song of the Day: Pain and pleasure intertwine on this extraordinary new track by the unique American artist (Sean Bowie) of syncopated drums, big bassline and his sensual distinctive vocals, presented video inspired by Gulliver’s Travels as the trapped giant in Lilliput
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Skinny Pelembe’s Like A Heart Won't Beat
Song of the Day: From piano then morphing into rock guitar, a stirring crossover of soul, pop and gospel in this new single by the multi-talented Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised singer-songwriter and MC, out on Partisan Records
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Liv.e and best friend: from the Wild Animals video
Song of the Day: Sensual, smoky, and alluring, comprising jazzy piano licks and ringtone trills, this sexy new single by the Dallas-raised, LA-based R&B and soul singer concerns animal attraction and and self-love, coming from her forthcoming LP Girl In The Half Pearl
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Röyksopp’s Profound Mysteries III features another selection of guest vocalists
Song of the Day: From the third collection of numbers and animated in in this year’s Profound Mysteries series by the Norwegian duo Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. a clever, catchy fusion of electronica, dance, soul and rave, here with the American guest singer
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Nakhane Mahlakahlaka
Song of the Day: A raunchy disco banger by the Nakhane Mahlakahlaka, the South African singer, songwriter, actor, and novelist, and non-binary LBGTQ+ activist, here collaborating with the American musician
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June McDoom
Songs of the Day: Smoky, intense, ghostly and emotional, a double entry today by the New York singer-songwriter with two numbers decorated with guitar, piano, birdsong, and especially her beautiful, breathy voice, heralding a forthcoming eponymous album, out on Temporary Residence
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Andy Platts and Shawn Lee
Song of the Day: Rolling Back by name, rolling back by nature – lush, smooth, rich 70s-style sun-kissed funk and soul with an entertaining space-themed video by the duo of Andy Platts (of Mamas Gun) and Shawn Lee forthcoming studio fourth album Ticket To Shangri La
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Willie J Healey: crossing with to new direction
Song of the Day: After 2020’s acclaimed Twin Heavy album, this time the Oxford singer-songwriter returns, this time inspired by funk, Philadelphia soul and R&B, with a still very tuneful new direction with a single from the forthcoming album Bunny, out next year on Yala! Records
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Lady Blackbird
Song of the Day: “Before we rise we all must take a fall.” After last year’s acclaimed album Black Acid Soul, a brand new, yet already classic-feel single by the LA-based bouffant-haired classy jazz and soul singer Marley Munroe
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Jiitwam’s latest album, Third
Song of the Day: Dynamic, pacy, multi-dimensional fusion of dance, funk, jazz and hip by the India-born, Australia-raised artist working in London and New York, from his latest album, Third, here with echoes of Happy Mondays and Primal Scream
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Oscar Jerome
Song of the Day: Taken from his forthcoming new album The Spoon, strangely compelling, momentum-building funk and soul with an original twist by the South London’s Norwich-born singer-songwriter and jazz guitarist
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From the video for Lambchop’s Police Dog Blues
Song of the Day: Moving again away from his best known alt-country style, Kurt Wagner returns with an extraordinary experimental fusion of jazz, gospel and soul with this song that imagines a post-apocalyptic world where ex-police dogs roam
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Donna Thompson
Song of the Day: With soulful voice reminiscent of Lianne La Havas and Minnie Riperton, this beautiful new number about yearning in a long-distance relationship (especially over lockdown) comes from the London singer and drummer from her upcoming debut EP Something True on PRAH Recordings
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Some of Kendrick Lamar’s morphed appearances of well-known figures in the video for The Heart Part 5
Song of the Day: The vibrant fifth track in the acclaimed rapper’s ‘Heart’ series that began in 2010, and while also released this week, separate to his latest album Mr Morale and the Big Steppers, it powerfully focuses on the problematic portrayal of black so-called culture and violence, and also includes a reworking of Marvin Gaye’s I Want You.
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Karma chameleon: from the video for Léa Sen - I Feel Like I'm Blue
Song of the Day: Continuing a mini-run of blue- and other colour-themed Songs of the Day, and following her previous single Hyasynth, a slow, sensual new single by the London-based French singer-songwriter from her forthcoming EP You Of Now Pt. 1, out 20 May 2022 on Partisan Records
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Iraina Mancini
Song of the Day: After BATTS and Billy Nomates, a blue-themed trilogy is completed the London singer-songwriter and DJ in a sparklingly optimistic song co-written with Jagz Kooner inspired by 70s psychedelic soul and decorated with brass, strings and Iraina’s soaring vocals
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