R&B

Prince Purple Rain

Treble 100: No. 3, Prince – Purple Rain

A career defining masterpiece from an artist who refused to be pinned down

Sault Acts of Faith

Sault release new, one-track album, Acts of Faith

Hear the group’s latest surprise release

Stevie Wonder Innervisions - Treble 100

Treble 100, No. 8: Stevie Wonder – Innervisions

A game-changing, socially conscious album from a singular musician and songwriter

Yaya Bey Ten Fold review

Yaya Bey : Ten Fold

A career best from the R&B artist that runs deep with grief and feeling

Fabiana Palladino review

Fabiana Palladino : Fabiana Palladino

A masterful debut that draws influence from ’80s sophisti-pop and Minneapolis funk and R&B.

Marvin Gaye What's Going On - Treble 100

Treble 100, No. 20: Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On

A masterpiece of soul, discovered through Christian rock

Norah Jones Visions review

Norah Jones : Visions

The veteran singer/songwriter delivers her big little indie record

Frank Ocean Blonde

Treble 100, No. 23: Frank Ocean – Blonde

Ocean’s last album to date comprises a scrapbook of emotional resonance

Nina Simone Pastel Blues

Treble 100, No. 28: Nina Simone – Pastel Blues

A landmark album of powerful protest music, Simone at her most emotionally exposed

R.I.P. Amp Fiddler

Detroit soul legend and former member of Parliament/Funkadelic has died at 65.

Thundercat

Thundercat announces 10th anniversary reissue of Apocalypse

New version features two bonus tracks

Jamila Woods Water Made Us review

Jamila Woods : Water Made Us

On her third album, Woods looks at relationships through a mature and thoughtful lens

Sampha Lahai review

Sampha : Lahai

The sophomore album from the London artist is a sophisticated and warm fusion

D'Angelo Voodoo

Treble 100: No. 41, D’Angelo – Voodoo

Michael Eugene Archer’s soul masterpiece, an act that took 15 years to follow

Jamila Woods

Hear a new song from Jamila Woods, “Boomerang”

Hear the latest from ‘Water Made Us’

anohni my back was a bridge for you to cross review

ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was a Bridge For You to Cross

ANOHNI’s most deeply soulful set of songs to date

Budos Band

Hear a new psychedelic funk song from The Budos Band, “Crescent Blade”

‘Frontier’s Edge’ out July 28

Janelle Monáe Age of Pleasure review

Janelle Monáe : The Age of Pleasure

A proper summer pop album from the R&B conceptualist

The Budos Band Frontier's Edge

Budos Band announce new EP, Frontier’s Edge

Hear the title track

Harrison Birds, Bees, The Clouds, The Trees review

Harrison : Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees

Toronto-based artist Harrison Robinson summoned the vibration, harnessed the chi, for his third album by…