Tag: funk

Ravyn Lenae’s New Empowering Sound on Crush EP

Ravyn Lenae’s Crush EP Cover. Photo by Jingyu Lin. Source: Atlantic Records.

Chicago songstress Ravyn Lenae collaborates with The Internet’s Steve Lacy to deliver an EP brimming with intoxicatingly confident vocals over futuristic funk beats – a combination well-suited for arriving the week before Valentine’s Day.

Meet Soul Belter John Newman

photo courtesy of www.standard.co.uk

You’ve heard him on Rudimental’s track Feel the Love (and if you haven’t here’s a link), but John Newman is making it big. Call it soul, r&b, funk, whatever you want, but Newman’s music is unbelievably catchy and charismatic, and although he’s only released a handful of singles (his debut album is set to release October 14!), his climb to fame is attracting attention throughout the UK and seeping its way into America.