Tag Archives: Neo-Soul

The son of jazz cellist Abdul Wadud, Maryland-based R&B vocalist Raheem DeVaughn kicked his career into gear with some independent releases, aided partly by the money reward earned from winning a talent contest. Jive became interested, agreed upon him, and released The Like Knowledge in June 2005. The record peaked …

After beginning her career in the first ’90s as an associate from the Grammy-winning alternative rap group Caught Development, neo-soul vocalist Nadirah Shakoor embarked on the sporadic solo career and toured for a long time with Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band. Created in San Antonio, TX, she shifted to LA …

Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Jaguar Wright’s name could be put into the set of such Philly-based neo-soul skills as Grammy award-winning rap band The Origins and multi-platinum hitmakers Jill Scott and Musiq Soulchild. Wright gained rave reviews on her behalf history vocal stint at Jay-Z’ MTV Unplugged appearance during Dec 2001. Around …

An adult R&B vocalist who excelled most with slower, sensual materials (“Slowly, Surely,” “I’m Not really Afraid,” “My Like”) and was versatile plenty of to pack a lot of punch with anthems of satisfaction and self-empowerment (“Golden,” “Family members Reunion,” “Hate on Me personally”), Jill Scott was raised in north …

The first non-Fugee signed to the trio’s Refugee Camp label, John Forté met the group through vocalist Lauryn Hill early in the ’90s, prior to the Fugees had even signed a recording contract. Also of Haitian descent, Forté done production for his or her breakout recording, 1996’s The Rating, and …

GB (Gifted & Blessed) may be the main moniker of Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker, a Los Angeles-based electronic musician who also works in a multitude of styles which range from downtempo neo-soul to deep home to ambient/new age group. Inspired by developments in technology aswell as cultural customs and spirituality, he identifies …

Like virtually all other music artists hit using the neo-soul and retro-soul tags, the principal inspirations of singer and songwriter Leela Adam are classic performers who arrived zero later compared to the early ’70s. Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Tina Turner had been among the vocalists to whom the gritty-voiced …

Ken Yokoyama continues to be involved with some projects (including going Pizza of Loss of life Information), but mostly of the to carry strongly was the Crazy Ken Music group, a big contingent of music artists clustered around Yokoyama who perform something of the parody-based pop music. The music reaches …

Streetwise R&B balladeer Jaheim Hoagland comes from Fresh Brunswick, NJ, where he was raised in the 176 Memorial Parkway Homes public casing project. Misfortune strike early: his dad passed away in 1981, when he was just two years previous. From the musical family members helped him get over the tragedy …

Going by lead singer Kimmy J. Kearse, feminine R&B vocal trio Kimmy & Klassé have already been around since 1994. Their music is most beneficial described as metropolitan modern/neo-soul with jazz overtones; Kimmy & Klassé aren’t straight-ahead bop at all, but jazz is surely an influence for the East Coastline …