Photo Credit: James Bianchi Premiere Via The New Nine Stream on Spotify & Soundcloud Following up on her spectacular debut EP, A Woman Alone, Freda James is revealing a surprise bonus track titled “Her Hymn,” out now. There is something both otherworldly and of this earth about Freda James’ music and “Her Hymn” is no exception. Inspired by her time in the Berkshires among friends, the song is liberated from traditional structure and written straight from the heart. On the songwriting experience, Freda elaborates, “I was just touching the keys till the right chords settled in. A melody arrived in my mind, words began to flow, and soon I had something…
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Raphael Saadiq — the Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, and go-to collaborator/producer for some of the biggest names in R&B, including Solange, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, and D’Angelo — releases his first new album in eight years, Jimmy Lee (Columbia Records). Inspired by his own brother’s trials and tribulations with addiction, Jimmy Lee — self-produced by Raphael at Blakeslee Recording Co. in North Hollywood — is a collection of intensely personal accounts of tragedy and perseverance set to some of his most thrilling production to date. The result is an incisive and empathetic work from a master at the peak of his art. Watch the…
LISTEN TO EVE HERE WATCH THE “NINA” MUSIC VIDEO HERE Grammy-nominated rapper and Jamla Records recording artist Rapsody celebrates women of color worldwide with the release of her highly anticipated third full-length album EVE, available now across digital platforms via Roc Nation in partnership with Def Jam Recordings. Executive produced by Rapsody, Young Guru, and 9th Wonder, along with production from Khrysis, Nottz, Eric, and Mark Byrd, EVE is comprised of songs named after iconic women of color from both past and present. Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, Ibtihaj Muhammad and Sojourner Truth are just some of the 15 black female heroes paid tribute to. Rapsody also released a new music video for the album’s track “NINA,” named after Nina Simone, which can…
DROPS OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO – WATCH HERE For her new urban-pop single “New Type Of Woman,” Los Angeles-based rising singer, songwriter, and musician Cairo Gold has teamed up with the highly acclaimed 23-year-old Republic Records rapper Uno The Activist for a seductive female empowerment anthem that Gold describes as being for “the type of woman who works hard, plays hard, loves hard and takes no shit.” Cairo co-wrote the track with Uno and Da Black Mic (Bryson Tiller, DJ Khaled, Rihanna) who also produced it. The track exclusively premiered on Billboard who called it the “ultimate work hard, play hard anthem… perfect for the end of summer” and commended the collaboration saying, “Cairo…
Brasstracks released their exuberant new single, “Professional” featuring Kyle Dion, via EQT/Capitol Records. Dion’s dazzling falsetto shines on the infectious, horn-fueled track, which was recorded at historic East West Studios in Los Angeles. Brasstracks and Dion wrote “Professional” with Bijou Choder and Alexander Ben-Abdallah. Download / stream “Professional” HERE. “Professional” with Kyle Dion feels like the start of a new chapter for us, says Brasstracks. “We’re finally doing what we’ve always wanted to do with this one. Instead of doing everything ourselves, we got some of our favorite musicians to play the core parts… and we recorded it all at the same place Pet Sounds was recorded. Kyle wrote his ass off on the…