Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Jhené Aiko

Chilombo

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2020

Chilombo is an interesting album by an fascinating artist. Jhené Aiko occupies a unique place in the R&B continuum; hers is a career with c...

Raul Midón

The Mirror

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2020

Hailing from New Mexico, Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón has had an interesting career to date. The Mi...

Son Little

Aloha

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2020

Son Little, the Grammy-winning R&B artist from Philly (born Aaron Earl Livingston), reportedly wrote the 12-track Aloha in eight days as an...

Staasia Daniels

Unheard Volumes

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2020

To date, the musical output of Staasia Daniels has been around love — the nature of it, the need for it, the lack of it. What's the differe...

ALA.NI

ACCA

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2020

"Everyone does their thing a little bit differently," UK singer ALA.NI sings on opening track, "Differently," and the lyrics ring true in t...

Madison McFerrin Speaks Her Truth and Lives Out Her Legacy with 'You + I'

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2020

In many respects, Madison McFerrin is American music royalty. The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter is the daughter of Grammy-winning jazz l...

Sunday Service Choir

Jesus Is Born

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2020

Released on Christmas Day, the anticipated project by Kanye West's backing gospel choir delivers, well, deliverance with this wholly uniron...

Mary J. Blige

HERstory, Vol. 1

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2019

In an era when rappers claim to be doing double-duty as R&B singers, and modern R&B music is often indistinguishable from a hip-hop instrum...