Grammy-nominated blue-eyed neo-soul singer Mayer Hawthorne has teamed up with hip-hop producer Jake One to produce a hark-back to eighties funk with their debut...
In terms of music, nothing quite divides people than the genre of smooth jazz. Since George Benson almost single-handily created the genre with the wildly succe...
An exciting moment happened last week here at TFSR: we had our first musical submission for us to review! We received an email from Thomas Motter, a musician, s...
One of the most eagerly anticipated albums in UK soul has finally dropped – Soulpersona & Princess Freesia’s exquisite new collaboration ‘Fast Forward’. Sou...
We’re barely into 2015 and Charlie Wilson has already delivered what could be the best album of the year. Forever Charlie is the seventh solo album fr...
In recent years, one of the better makers of romantic, seductive soul has been Phil Perry. In the ‘70s, the Illinois-born singer was part of the group The Montc...
It’s either a testament to the quality of the album, or to Universal’s drive to squeeze as much out of it as possible, that Gregory Porter’s Grammy-winning LP L...
With the recent successes of Mark Ronson, Pharrell, and, sadly, Robin Thicke, much has been made about the return of soul music as pop music. Certainly, this is...
