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(January 20, 2022) Sydney Raneé - an L.A.-based singer, songwriter, and producer - has been called “a mega talent to keep your eyes on,” and we at SoulTracks have been keeping our eye on her talent for some time now.  Her music has been featured on television (911: Lone-Star, Dynasty, and MTV’s The Real World); her previous singles have received radio airplay in the U.S. and U.K.; and she’s performed on the Daytime Emmys for the past two years.

(January 20, 2022) Born Mariah D. Hester, the Cleveland, Ohio based MARIAH. (stylized with capital letter and a dot at the end of it) is a young rising talent destined for greatness. Raised on church choir performances and talent shows, MARIAH. comes out the gate with Ledisi-like runs, gorgeous tone and a refreshing Cover Girl beauty. And the singer-songwriter uses all of it to the best of her ability on the dreamy acoustic ballad “Material Girl.”

What more can we say about the great Maysa Leak? She is the most awarded woman ever in the SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, and she has established two incredible careers, first as part of the collective Incognito and later as a solo artist.

(January 19, 2022) Last year, Sheree Brown made a welcome return to music with “Take a Walk with Love,” the lead single from her first new album in nearly a decade, Messages from the Spirit…The Collective. Now, Brown—who has written and performed on records for the likes of Patrice Rushen, Patti Austin, and the late Syreeta—revisits a fun and groovy uptempo cut from the album.

(January 19, 2022) The beauty of Ward Brown’s new single “I’m Coming Home” is that it can work on so many levels. The tune is a romantic ballad about a man who is excited to come home to the woman he loves after a long day at the office, or even months or years of being deployed. However, the theme of a homecoming and connecting with those we love after being disconnected from them for so long takes on a different and deeper meaning after what Brown and the rest of the world have been through and are still going through.

(January 18, 2022) For a man with this much talent, Luke James should be more of a household name. The New Orleans native has been on the edge of stardom for a decade and a half. He's been nominated for a Grammy Award as an artist, and has written for Chris Brown, Justin Bieber and more, but maybe is best known to SoulTrackers for his wonderful portrayal of Johnny Gill in the TV biopic The New Edition Story.

(January 18, 2022) “Summer Madness” is a song that represents the diversity of soul and funk music. An instrumental by Kool and the Gang, “Summer Madness” was not handicapped by the fact that it had no vocals. These days, it would be rare for an instrumental to get play on radio stations that play R&B, pop or rock music. However, this was a regular occurrence in the 1970s when the “Summer Madness” shared the R&B airwaves with the songs like “Sun Goddess” and “Outta Space.”

(January 17, 2022) Canadian-born Sandra-Mae Lux gained considerable notice in the UK during 2020 with the release of her debut album, Happily Ever Now, and the dreamy midtempo soul nugget, “I’m Still Here.” The singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist, who has a degree in Music in Jazz Studies, is starting out her next chapter with the warm and retro-coated slow groove, “You Me and Tomorrow.” Her distinctive vocal phrasing is at once comforting and sleekly stylish, lending just the right mixture of conviction and gentleness to the lyric’s quest for long-lasting romant

(January 17, 2022) Over the past few years, longtime R&B favorite Hilary Mwelwa (aka Hil St Soul) and producer Regi Myrix have proved to be a potent combination. With hits “One Life” and “No Worries” (ft. Noel Gourdin), the production and singing team have found their way to the top of the soul music charts and reintroduced Mwelwa’s powerful vocals to new fans around the world.

(January 16, 2022) George Benson’s “Give Me The Night” was one of the most memorable R&B crossover singles of the early 80s, and is considered a Yacht Soul classic. It came in the middle of Benson’s Imperial Period, where everything he touched seemed to connect, and his collaboration with producer Quincy Jones and legendary songwriter Rod Temperton created a moment of absolute greatness.