Soul: Last News

Jungle have returned with their first new music since their 2021 album ‘Loving In Stereo‘ – stream twin singles ‘Good Times’ and ‘Problemz’ below.The funk and soul dance duo comprising Joshua Lloyd-Watson Tom McFarland have today (May 30) shared two vibrant, standalone singles ready for the summer.Accompanying the tracks is a joint music video directed by the pair’s long-term collaborators JFC Worldwide (Charlie Placido and J. Lloyd).

Earth, Wind & Fire has died, aged 71.His bandmate Phillip Bailey broke the news this week (April 25) on social media, saying Woolfolk passed after a long illness.He wrote: “Met him in High School, and we quickly became friends and band mates. Andrew Paul Woolfolk was his name. We lost him today, after being ill of over 6 years.“He has Transitioned on to the forever, from this Land of the dying to the Land of the Living. Great memories.

Sault, the mysterious U.K.-based group, have released a new album. Air arrived on streaming platforms on Friday and features seven new songs.

The Harlem Cultural Festival was an event celebrating African-American and African music that took place in 1969 in New York City's Marcus Garvey Park. The concerts were filmed but the footage was never released until last year's Summer of Soul a documentary directed by Questlove that took home the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, a Grammy for Best Music Film, and Sundance's Grand Jury prize.

Jorja Smith has teamed up with Ibeyi for a radiant new R&B track called ‘Lavender & Red Roses’ – watch the song’s video below.The latest preview of Ibeyi’s forthcoming album ‘Spell 31’, which is set to arrive May 6 via XL Recordings, follows on from the singles ‘Sister 2 Sister’ and ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu.According to Complex, Smith dropped in at the Afro-Cuban French duo’s studio to hear their upcoming album, but she was immediately enamoured with ‘Lavender & Red Roses’, so Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz made space on the track for her. Smith also appears in Lucrecia Taormina’s desert-set video for the song.“‘Lavender & Red Roses’ is a song about the feeling we all experience when we love someone troubled. It could be a partner, a sibling, a parent, a friend,” Lisa-Kaindé said of the song.

Ibeyi have revealed another single from their upcoming album Spell 31. "Lavender & Red Roses" features Jorja Smith and comes with a video in which the Ibeyi twins, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, are joined by Smith playing three sisters on a journey through the desert. Check it out below.

Syd has announced her forthcoming second album, ‘Broken Hearts Club’, alongside the release of new track ‘CYBAH’ featuring Lucky Daye.The Internet singer’s latest track is the third to be previewed from her upcoming LP, following last year’s ‘Missing Out’, ‘Fast Car’ and ‘Right Track’.Speaking about ‘Broken Hearts Club’, Syd said: “The album is about a relationship I had that ended in my first real broken heart. It almost felt like I joined a club because all of my friends went through similar experiences.

Stevie Wonder has spoken out in support of the Ukraine, which he says is “in a battle for the soul of the world” due to it ongoing conflict with Russia.In a video statement shared on Friday (March 4), the Motown legend condemned Russia’s “evil” invasion and called for people to rise up in order to “prevent World War III”.“Can we survive if Ukraine does not? That is the question that all of us should ask,” Wonder began. “Are we surprised that the forces of evil are alive and aggressive in today’s world? I’m not surprised, and you shouldn’t be either. I write and sing about it because I can feel it. You should know about it because you can see, unless you have a blind eye to it and don’t want to do anything about it, you should see it.”“This is not just a Ukrainian war,” he continued.

On recent singles "Hard Life" and "Running," Manchester, U.K.-born songwriter and vocalist Pip Millett has dealt with heavy issues linked to structural problems in society like racism and the links between poverty and crime. New song "Ride With Me" is more inward looking but no less heavy-hitting with Millett's pillow-soft vocals barely hiding the hurt as she opens up about a platonic relationship gone bad.

Lianne La Havas has announced a residency at the newly-restored London venue KOKO this spring.The singer-songwriter will play three dates at the venue, on May 9, 10 and 11. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, and you can find them here.They will be La Havas’ first live shows since the release of her self-titled third album in July 2020, due to pandemic-related delays.The residency will also mark some of the first shows at KOKO for three years.

Soul, it’s titled “The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure,” and it’s latest stop is in NYC at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem to celebrate our past heroes. 

Betty Davis, a commercially unsuccessful but immensely influential soul, funk, and R&B singer, died today of natural causes, a representative confirmed in an email to The FADER. Born Betty Mabry in Durham, North Carolina, she moved to New York in the early '60s to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Marvin Gaye impersonator to visit the park this past weekend to encourage a group of endangered monkeys to “get it on”.Trentham Monkey Forest hired Dave Largie – described as “a highly experienced love song guru” – to serenade a group of Barbary macaques in the hope that he could help “boost the monkey love” this mating season.Barbary macaques are native to Algeria and Morocco, but due to deforestation and the illegal pet trade, its population has dwindled in recent decades. According to UK-based non-profit Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation, there are around 8,000 Barbary macaques left in the wild.The falling numbers of Barbary macaques could have wide repercussions throughout the ecosystem, explained Margarita Astrálaga, director of the IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation.“Macaques are vital to disperse seeds in the forest.

Today is the fifth anniversary of Process, the game-changing debut album from Sampha. Yes, you are old, but the good news is that to celebrate his album, Sampha has shared two songs that are probably new to you.

Jazmine Sullivan has announced that a deluxe version of her stellar Grammy-nominated EP Heaux Tales is on the way. Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe will be released on February 11 via RCA Records.

Dutch-Iranian singer-songwriter Sevdaliza first came across our radar in 2017 in the lead-up to her debut album ISON. Since then she's shared the similarly-acclaimed projects The Calling and Shabrang co-produced with her longtime collaborator Mucky and released on her own label Twisted Elegance.

Rosa Lee Hawkins, the youngest founding member of the celebrated New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, died in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, January 11 of internal bleeding caused by complications from surgery, The New York Times reports. She was 76.

Dijon has released a short film companion to his November debut LP, Absolutely, The FADER's third-best album of 2021. The 25-minute video, also titled Absolutely, is set in a living room where Dijon and five of his album collaborators — Mike Gordon, Henry Kwapis, Brad Oberhofer, Ryan Richter, and Gabe Noel — have gathered to join creative forces.

Thundercat has shared a new song called "Saltellite." The track features funk freaks Knower, the duo of musical polymath Louis Cole and silk-voiced singer Genevieve Artadi.

Leon Bridges has announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – you can find all the details below.The Texas singer-songwriter/producer will hit the road next summer in support of his third studio album, ‘Gold-Diggers Sound’, which came out back in July.As announced last week, Bridges is set to perform at Best Kept Secret 2022 alongside the likes of The Strokes, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Alt-J. He’ll play at the Dutch festival on Friday, June 10.Headline shows will then follow in Stockholm (June 13) and Oslo (14) before Bridges hits UK shores on June 17 for a gig at the O2 Apollo in Manchester.

Thundercat performed with Haim, Flying Lotus, Ty Dolla $ign and more during a show in Los Angeles over the weekend.The LA musician brought a host of guests to the stage while playing at the city’s Shrine Exposition Hall venue on Saturday night (November 27).Early in the 18-song set, Thundercat was joined by two-thirds of Haim (sisters Danielle and Este) for a remix of ‘3am’, which appears on an expanded version of the group’s 2020 album ‘Women In Music Pt. III’.The live collaboration saw Este Haim dance and twerk in front of Thundercat, with the bassist going on to take a tumble over a stage monitor.