Tag: soul

  • Seven Ways To Wonder album review – Reel People

    Seven Ways To Wonder album review – Reel People

    Upon hearing the first few bars of Seven Ways To Wonder, you suspect Oli Lazarus and co. have omitted a couple of words from this album’s title. Seven Ways To “Be Stevie” Wonder might be more apt, seeing that the percussive opener resembles the Motown legend’s work (circa mid ’70s). The song sets the tone […]

  • Rf Presents Opolopo album review – Opolopo

    Rf Presents Opolopo album review – Opolopo

    Fans of nu jazz tread a different path from the rest of the pop-besotted world. They love the idiosyncratic scene, with its choppy rhythms and oblique melodies. But with their passion comes frustration, as they struggle to convince their aurally challenged peers of the merits of neo soul or broken beats. Such an uphill task […]

  • The Art Of Love & War album review – Angie Stone

    The Art Of Love & War album review – Angie Stone

    Even though she came to prominence on the back of the success of neo-soul artists such as D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, Stone has never sat comfortably with those incense-burning cats. For starters, her material had far more crossover potential than the offbeat offerings of her Afrocentric peers. So it comes as no surprise that her […]

  • Ma Fleur album review – The Cinematic Orchestra

    Ma Fleur album review – The Cinematic Orchestra

    Jason Swinscoe, the man behind The Cinematic Orchestra, has never been one to serve up cheerful tunes, but his sombre mood has plummeted to new depths on this recording. Ma Fleur‘s a soundtrack to an unmade film, but if it were ever shot, it’d no doubt be a tragedy. There’s no denying that this is […]