Soul and Funk

SWANES' "Don't Let Them In" Is Now Your Quarantine Anthem

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

SWANES are returning to action with new EP Trials and Simulations next month, and before it arrives, Exclaim! is proud to premiere the Toro...

​Frank Ocean Returns with Two New Songs "Dear April" and "Cayendo"

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Frank Ocean has blessed the dumpster fire that is the world in 2020 with two brand new songs. Today, he dropped "Dear April" and "Cayendo."...

Iconic Singer Bill Withers Dead at 81

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Bill Withers — the iconic and long-running singer-songwriter best known for "Lean on Me," among many other tunes — has passed away. He died...

Montreal Jazz Festival Cancels 2020 Edition Due to Coronavirus

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Following the lead of Just for Laughs, Montreal's International Jazz Festival has cancelled its 2020 edition due to the coronavirus pandemi...

Hanorah Shares "Quarantine Sessions" Video of "New Orleans"

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

Montreal soul singer-songwriter Hanorah is among the millions under lockdown in their homes to slow the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). T...

Thundercat

It Is What It Is

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

There is perhaps no better album with which to face our current uncertainty than Thundercat's It Is What It Is. Filled with gentle reflecti...

Jessie Reyez Gets Rico Nasty, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, J.I.D for 'Before Love Came to Kill Us' Deluxe Edition

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

A week after releasing debut album Before Love Came to Kill Us, Jessie Reyez has surprise released a deluxe edition of the album. The new v...

Mavis Staples Shares New Song "All in It Together"

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

Mavis Staples has returned with a new single, marking her first new material since last year's album We Get By. Titled "All in It Together...