The Free Nationals featuring Anderson Paak & Chronixx returned to NPR “Tiny Desk Concert”
The Free Nationals featuring Anderson Paak & Chronixx returned to NPR “Tiny Desk Concert”. They played at NPR Tiny Desk before in 2016 as an Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals. That video of that concert was the most popular…
Anderson Paak visited BBC Live Lounge to cover mega hit ‘Old Town Road’
Anderson Paak visited BBC Live Lounge to cover Lil Nas X's mega-hit 'Old Town Road' "Old Town Road" still holds the record for the longest-running Number One single of all time in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He managed to…
Song of the Day: Anderson .Paak & Bruno Mars’s Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open
Anderson .Paak & Bruno Mars premier their duo project Silk Sonic'sfirst single Leave The Door Open from their forthcoming album An Evening With Silk Sonic: Leave The Door Open is a groovy, feel-good radio-friendly instant hit merging the talents of…
Video of the Day: Anderson .Paak – Black Renaissance (YouTube Originals)
Anderson .Paak with The Free Nationals gives an exclusive and intimate performance in Black Renaissance YouTube Originals clip. Anderson .Paak performs his non-album single Lockdown, released in 2020 with the commemoration of Juneteenth in the United States. The music video, directed…
THE BEST FUNK ALBUMS 2020
The Wicked Sound favorite Funk albums of 2020: 1. The Fearless Flyers Tailwinds (Vulf Records) The Fearless Flyers Tailwinds is a debut album of an offshoot supergroup featuring Cory Wong and Joe Dart from Vulfpeck, Mark Lettieri from Snarky Puppy,…
Loyle Carner delivers a new track “Yesterday” on Madlib beat
Loyle Carner delivers a new track “Yesterday” on Madlib beat. The rapper is talking in this track about black identity today and in the past, while Madlib is providing a jazzy feel in the background. “It’s no secret Madlib is my…
The Wicked Sound Playlist 2020/03/1 Jazz Funk Soul
The Wicked Sound 2020/03/1 new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from: Jordan Rakei, Common, Jerome Thomas, Blue Lab Beats, Quantic, Denitia, Charlotte Dos Santos, Anderson Paak, Emil Miszk, Jaga Jazzist, Kutiman,…
Re Imagined: Ego Ella May – Morning Side Of Love [Chico Hamilton]
South London vocalist Ego Ella May’s reimagined the song Morning Side Of Love from visionary drummer Chico Hamilton's 1975 Blue Note album Peregrinations. The song is the first single from the new compilation Blue Note Re:imagined, which will return in…
Song of the Day: Butcher Brown – Black Man Ft. Michael Millions
Richmond-based five-piece collective Butcher Brown return with their new single BLACK MAN featuring fellow Richmond rapper and songwriter Michael Millions. Directed by award-winning producer, cinematographer and director Shirod Greene, the raucous video for BLACK MAN finds the band back in school, rallying the…
Song of the Day: Sefi Zisling – Older & Wiser
Tel Aviv’s top trumpeter Sefi Zisling evokes the sound of 70s jazz-funk on the new release Welcome Sunset, including a brilliant new song Older & Wiser. Sonic echoes of legends from the iconic era such as Roy Ayres, Gene Harris,…
Fresh Sounds: Jasmine Myra – Horizons
Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Jasmine Myra announces her blissful debut album Horizons, (out July 15) with the same-titled new single. Jasmine Myra is a saxophonist, composer and band leader, based in Leeds. Part of the bustling, creative, cross-genre music scene…
Fresh Sounds: The Last Humanist – Beat Around The Bush
Composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Giannis Floros aka The Last Humanist released his second album I Don`t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing on 10th December 2021 under Rational Culture Records. A constantly morphing funk, breaks project with distinct and intriguing…
Song of the Day: Greyboy Allstars – I’ve Got Reasons
The Greyboy Allstars released a new track I've Got Reasons from the forthcoming cover album Get A Job: Music From Original Broadcast Series Soul Dream. The Greyboy Allstars have announced the April 1st release of Get a Job: Music from the Original…
Fresh Sounds: Say She She – Forget Me Not
Say She She’s debut single Forget Me Not is an homage to New York City’s Guerilla Girls and to all the women’s rights and protest movements who have paved the way for change. Doused in the funkiest rhythm section and…
Spin the Circle: Surprise Chef – The Positive and the Negative
Melbourne's instrumental jazz-funk outfit Surprise Chef released a new 7' single The Positive and the Negative via Mr Bongo, alongside the Minoru Muraoka original on the flip side. Minoru Muraoka’s The Positive and the Negative is a firm favourite at Mr Bongo.…
THE BEST SOUL ALBUMS 2021
The Wicked Sound favorite / best Soul, Neo-Soul and R'n'B albums of 2021: 01. Jon Batiste We Are [Decca] WE ARE is a masterfully constructed and visionary album that represents a completely new sonic chapter for Jon Batiste…
Song of the Day: Apifera – L.O.V.E.
Los Angeles electronic jazz project Apifera shared a new single L.O.V.E., from the band's new EP 6 Visits released by Stones Throw Records. Apifera’s 6 Visits EP offers a glimpse of the electronic jazz quartet’s “musical DNA” with interpretations of tracks by…
Song of the Day: Terrace Martin – Griots of the Crenshaw District [ft. Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and Hit-Boy]
Contemporary hip-hop and jazz producer Terrace Martin released his from his new solo album Drones, including song Griots of the Crenshaw District, featuring Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and Hit-Boy. The album pulls liberally from a range of stylistic wells, melding…
Fresh Sounds: Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange – Prayer For Peace
Melbourne/Berlin dance jazz project Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange released a single Prayer For Peace, from the band's forthcoming same-titled new album. After a steady rise to international recognition through 2 LPS and several EP’s already since 2018, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy…
Song of the Day: Portico Quartet – Warm Data
London's instrumental band Portico Quartet released a new album Monument via Gondwana Records, alongside the release of the new single Warm Data. Portico Quartet has defied categorization over the course of six studio albums. Their new electronic-driven album Monument shows the…
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