Soul and Funk

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  Yola Celebrates Album Release with "Starlight" Concert Broadcast Tonight

  PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2021

  Bristol-born, Nashville-based "genre-fluid" artist Yola dropped her anthemic album Stand for Myself last week (July 30) via Easy Eye Sound....

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  Watch the Trailer for the 'Bitchin'' Rick James Documentary

  PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2021

  In a banner year for music documentaries, Rick James will be the latest to have his life and work explored at length on film. Following it...

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  Lizzo Starts "Rumors" by Teasing Her Comeback

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2021

  Never one to evade the truth, Lizzo's tired of keeping this under wraps: the platinum-selling superstar has announced that she'll be releas...

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  Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Release Share New Song as Silk Sonic

  PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2021

  Silk Sonic — the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — have delivered a new single. "Skate" can be heard alongside a music video below. D...

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  John Orpheus Brings His Globe-Hopping Story to Life on 'Saga King'

  PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2021

  John Orpheus has combined his artistic vocations as both musical performer and author into the nuanced and eclectic album Saga King. It's i...

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  Tush Keep Dance Floors Grooving from Afar on 'Fantast'

  PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2021

  Tush have accumulated a well-earned reputation as one of Toronto's most incendiary groove machines. Originally surfacing from the city's fe...

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  Prince's 'Welcome 2 America' Is a Fantastic Album He Probably Wouldn't Want You to Hear

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2021

  In the modern music landscape, few things are as polarizing as the posthumous release. Most of the time, unfinished music gets pieced toget...

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  Leon Bridges' 'Gold-Diggers Sound' Is Informed by the Past but Styled for the Now

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021

  Somewhere between the 10 p.m. coffees and 10 a.m. tequilas, Leon Bridges found a groove. Recorded during two years' worth of all-night jam...