Modern Soul songs
El Michels Affair
Lesson Learned
El Michels Affair’s Leon Michels has been an in-demand performer, producer, songwriter, and record label owner for the last 20 years or so. He began ...
Skinshape
Amigos e Inimigos (Ft. D'Alma)
Umoja is Swahili for unity. I actually knew that already. When I visited Tanzania I learnt a bit of the language. Most of it has faded, but I still re...
Jessie Ware
Soul Control
This song is certain to send you into some sort of dancing frenzy, whether you're about to hit up the club or are chilling alone in the house. The bea...
Osvaldo
Wasting Time
Having eaten fish many times, Joe almost forgot that he once wasn't fond of it. Jane finds her sister's laugh both charming and annoying. And then the...
JNR WILLIAMS
Healer (Ft. Theophilus London)
Mad track this lad has. Modern soul I'd say describes this one best. Always funny seeing new projects slowly gain traction on social media. It can be ...
Richard Swift
Broken Finger Blues
Richard Swift's single, "Broken Finger Blues," is an old school, R&B/soul treasure that blurs the line of modern and decades past.If you weren't f...
Joji
Slow Dancing In The Dark
Japan-born singer and producer Joji is the surprise packet of the musical juggernaut that is 88rising. The company is the mastermind behind rising rap...
Payfone
Subconscient Lamentation (Ft. Tigerlight)
Probably the weirdest thing to happen to me in 2015 was completely missing this EP. Not only do I now have it on vinyl, but I also just traded my last...
Cosmo Sheldrake
I Threw A Rock Into The Sea (Ft. Jana Eidse)
Where were you 4 years ago when this song was released? A time where the popularization of drones was still in its infancy, people believed Italians i...
Steven Bamidele
Things Could Be Better
https://youtu.be/j2JYs5Jkt08
EDIT: Sorry if this review doesn't make any sense.
I'm going to disagree with Steven, if things were any better than th...
Anomalie
New Space
"New Space" is exactly where my head is at – a new space. And it's not just me. It's this beautiful and terrifying cosmic collision called life that's...
Joseph J. Jones
Crawl
Essex singer-songwriter and personal favorite Joseph J. Jones returns with the blues soaked "Crawl."
This one is a little more uptempo than "Gospel T...
Jvck James
Easy (Ft. Jada Maria)
Rising UK crooner Jvck James is on a path to greatness if latest single "Easy" is anything to go by.
A soulful take on the modern R&B genre, "Eas...
Blasko
Another Love
It is my belief that R&B, and appreciating R&B, is the evolution of taste, the maturation of music appreciation. Much like classic house, when...
Ruel
Don't Tell Me (Prod. by M-Phazes)
14 years old, and Australia's very young answer to Jack Garratt, Ruel is already ticking off high profile performances and tastemaker-picks in his hom...
Jorja Smith
Teenage Fantasy
A year and a half ago Jorja Smith absolutely blew me away with her debut track. She's had one hell of a ride since and gained a large following quickl...
Jacob Banks
Chainsmoking
Jacob Banks is an artist I have posted about before and will keep on posting about because of the simple fact that his music keeps on captivating me.
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Gabriel Clarke
Can't You Tell
Being a die-hard Drake fan, I believe I could probably name all the tracks sampled in his last three projects. Okay, maybe not ALL of them, but defini...