The 15 Best Soul/R&B Albums of 2017
2017 has been a banner year for soul music of all stripes with a number of momentous debuts. All the while, R&B keeps pushing forward.
19 Dec 2017
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The Best Pop Albums of 2017
In a year when your favorite long-dormant musical act finally released new material after a multi-year hiatus, only a precious few releases -- from voices old and new -- were truly able to capture the pop culture zeitgeist. These are those albums.
07 Dec 2017
Jessie Ware - "Midnight" (Singles Going Steady)
"Midnight" brilliantly balances between an atmospheric R&B dream setting and an upbeat, old-school soul chorus. Some hear "Bennie and the Jets".
08 Aug 2017
Cool Uncle - "Break Away" (feat. Jessie Ware) (Singles Going Steady)
Simultaneously old and new, "Breakaway" manages to compress about 40 years of R&B history into four minutes.
19 Oct 2015
Jessie Ware Performs "Say You Love Me" on 'The Late Late Show'
British neo-soul singer Jessie Ware performed "Say You Love Me" last night on The Late Late Show last night. The song is a gorgeous, R&B slow-burner that escalates to soaring pop anthem.
09 Apr 2015
The Best R&B of 2014
With no small amount of soul and passion, the best R&B records of 2014 will make you feel the power of love.
Colin McGuire and Devone Jones
Music
10 Dec 2014
Jessie Ware Brings Her ‘Tough Love’ to America
“Tough Love” aims to make Ware more accessible to pop audiences, even if so far it has been overlooked by U.S. consumers (the album debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard pop charts last week).
Gerrick D. Kennedy
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05 Nov 2014
Jessie Ware: Tough Love
Jessie Ware supplies more late-night soul on her sophomore effort, an album that finds her subtly expanding her much-lauded R&B sound.
21 Oct 2014
Jessie Ware - "Tough Love" (video)
The British sensation Jessie Ware has released the first tune from her yet-untitled forthcoming new album, the '80's-indebted "Tough Love".
09 Jul 2014
Jessie Ware - "Running" (Live @ Conan) (video)
Buzz acts were all over the US telly last night, with CHVRCHES over at 'Jimmy Kimmel' and futuristic neo-soul singer lighting things up at 'Conan'.
21 Nov 2013
Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit (photos)
My only criticism of the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit is that too much great music was programmed at the same time, forcing some difficult decisions about where and when to show up. The 2014 edition cannot come soon enough.
18 Nov 2013
Jessie Ware: 4 November 2013 - Irving Plaza, NYC (Photos)
Jessie Ware's classy voice is the backbone of her strong debut album Devotion, but her music might be better suited for smaller, more intimate venues.
07 Nov 2013
2013 Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit (Preview and Schedule)
The 2013 Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit will take place from October 25 - 27 in Asheville, North Carolina.
16 Oct 2013
Jessie Ware - "Wildest Moments" (Live @ Fallon) (video)
Jessie Ware, one of 2012's finest new artists, continues her career ascent with a live performance on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' last night
17 Jan 2013
The Best Hopes to Break Out in 2013
The year ahead looks to be an exciting one with the emergence of wealth of great new music waiting in the wings. Will Jessie Ware and Django Django be the toasts of 2013? Will 2013 be yet another banner year for forward-looking hip-hop and R&B? And let's not forget all the great new bands expected to break big in 2013.
01 Jan 2013
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