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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…
Re Imagined: KAMAUU – Mango Feat Adeline and Masego
KAMAUU released MANGO Remix featuring Adeline and Masego, via Atlantic Records. The original version of the song co-written by Adeline, Kamauu, and Morgan Wiley, and produced by Nightshade. The song was released in September 2020. At the same time came…
Fresh Sounds: TEE – Crown of Thorns ft. Lauren Iyra & Little Grace
Liverpool’s hip hop / R'n'B artist TEE unveils the new single Crown of Thorns featuring Lauren Iyra and Little Grace. The song is the second single taken from the EP, premiered 26th February 2021, which tackles fatherhood, vulnerability, mental health…
Song of the Day: Greentea Peng – Nah It Ain’t The Same
Greentea Peng releases her new single Nah It Ain't The Same from her forthcoming album MAN MADE. London-based soul singer Greentea Peng (Aria Wells) is a rising star of the British music scene. Her long-awaited debut album is entitled MAN…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #8 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #8 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Greg Spero, Spirit Fingers, Hadrien Feraud, Dario Chiazzolino, Blaque Dynamite, SMANDEM., Elena Pinderhughes, NOUMUSO, Nduduzo Makhathini,…
Song of the Day: Gary Bartz – Day By Day
Gary Bartz shares his third single Day By Day recorded with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad as a part of Jazz Is Dead series. Gary Bartz over the last six decades plays bebop, hard bop, free jazz, spiritual jazz, soul…
Re Imagined: R+R=NOW – How Much A Dollar Cost (Kendrick Lamar)
R+R=NOW released a live version of Kendrick Lamar track How Much A Dollar Cost from the band's sophomore live album R+R+NOW LIVE (Blue Note Records 2021). It's this generation's real jazz supergroup joining the dots between jazz, improvised music, hip-hop,…
Re Imagined: Durand Jones & The Indications – Cruisin’ To The Park (feat Y La Bamba)
Durand Jones & The Indications share a new version of the sweet soul anthem Cruisin' To The Park with a Mexican twist from Y La Bamba. The song is a B-side from their second album American Love Call, heavily inspired…
Song of the Day: Adrian Younge – Revolutionize
Adrian Younge shares his new single Revolutionise from his most ambitious and deeply personal project to-date The American Negro. The album is a multimedia project release in conjunction with Black History Month and sees the Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer share an…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #7 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #7 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Telemakus, Kosie, Chino Corvalán, Paul Grant, Tamuz, Azmari, Adrian Younge, Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, Dominique Fils-Aimé,…
Exclusive Premiere: Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella – Hold On To Your Dreams (feat. Debo Ray)
We have the great pleasure to host the exclusive world premiere of Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella's new single Hold On To Your Dreams, featuring Debo Ray on vocal. The song is from their forthcoming brand new album People Need…
Fresh Sounds: Yoni Mayraz – The Rat
Israeli pianist and producer Yoni Mayraz presents his new single The Rat featuring sought-after Israeli trumpeter Itamar Borochov (Yemen Blues) and mixed by Grammy-winning engineer Qmillion, known for his work on Robert Glasper's Black Radio. The song starts with a…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #6 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #6 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Alan Braufman, Angel Bat Dawid, Adrian Younge, John Carroll Kirby, Azymuth, Myele Manzanza, Yusuke Shima, Tamil…
Fresh Sounds: Marcus Joseph – Arrival of the Giants
Marcus Joseph released his new song Arrival of the Giants from the forthcoming sophomore album Beyond The Dome. The new album explores themes of personal and external limitations, the idea of what binds us to who and where we are and…
Video of the Day: Stephen Marley plays Bob Marley
Stephen Marley performs his father's songs as a part of Bob Marley 75th Celebration (Pt. 2). Reggae legend Bob Marley would have celebrated his 76th birthday today. Stephen Marley honored his father Bob Marley a few days ago as the last part of the…
Fresh Sounds: Monticolombi feat Lucy Debono – In The Morning
Monticolombi’s new single (third in his solo career) In The Morning feat Lucy Debono, produced by Steven Bamidele is a calmly energetic single that boasts about the blurry-eyed, love-filled days of youth. The song is the perfect example of modern, forward-thinking…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #5 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #5 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, Charles Lloyd, JD73, JD73's ElecTrio, vbnd, Katie Tupper, The…
THE BEST SOUL ALBUMS 2020
The Wicked Sound favorite Soul, Neo-Soul and R'n'B albums of 2020: 1. SAULT Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals) SAULT Untitled (Black Is) is an absolute classic. Released on Juneteenth during Black Lives Matter and Uprising movement. The…
Video of the Day: Sevana – NPR Tiny Desk
Sevana performs NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series (at Home Edition). Sevana (born Anna-Sharé Blake), is a Jamaican soul and reggae singer. She chooses her artistic nickname after the town she was born in – Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. The reggae songstress got…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #4 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #4 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Snips, The Roots, Black Pumas, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, R+R=NOW, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Christian Scott aTunde…