Idalis [2022] - Introspective [Healthy Records]

A debut six track EP from Idalis "Introspective" from which a single "Feelings" was released on 27 Apr 2022. The opening track "You" is yet another that uses 'that' recurring sample and is the best  on the EP which is mainly R&B, but I've posted the whole EP.

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Rating:	7.4
Explicit:	Y Tracks 2 & 5
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / R&B
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Healthy Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/04/2022
Value:	£5.94

Lydia Persaud [2022] Moody31 [Next Door Records] (Full Album)

Toronto's Lydia Persaud has featured a couple of times on the blog in recent months with her single "Good For Us" and her follow up  "I Got You". She released her sophomore solo album yesterday "Moody31".  It's possibly not going to be everyone's 'cup of tea' as her folk roots are in evidence (she was a member of folk trio The O' Pears) but she has a lovely, soothing, tone to her voice. Besides the 'killer' cut "Good For Us" and her last single "I Got You", my choice cuts would be "Unsung" and "Let Me Be There For You" which has hints of "Good For Us".

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Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Next Door Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/04/2022
Value:	£7.92

Lenora [2022] - homebody [Fulfeeled]

Chelsea Lenora White is a singer from Houston, TX, who has released around a dozen singles since 2018 and an album "Girls" last year. 

Her current single "homebody" was released two weeks ago on 14 Apr 2002 and is another featured on last night's New Music Hour by Franklin Sinclair.

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Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Fulfeeled
Cat No:	None
Date:	14/04/2022
Key/BPM:	11A/73
Value:	£1

Raheem DeVaughn [2022] - If I Don't / Wait On Me (Pt. 2 / Remix) Feat. Georgia Reign [SoNo Recording Group]

The second single pre-released from Raheem Devaughn's forthcoming album "From Lust Til Dawn" (due next Friday 6 May) is "If I Don't" released yesterday (29 Apr 2022). The first was "Wait On Me (Pt. 2 / Remix)" with Georgia Reign released just last Friday (22 Apr) which wasn't posted so will post it here as well.

Raheem is another prolific artist (like Alex Isley) as he is also featured on a single with Sanura "Chocolate Love" also released last Friday.

"If I Don't" is a real grower and has that 70s retro feel in the melody ala Silk Sonic.

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Rating:	8.3 // 8.1
Explicit:	Y both
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	SoNo Recording Group
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/04/2022 // 22/04/22
Key/BPM:	2A/92 // 6A/88
Value:	£1

Melody & The Soulbirds [2022] - Smells funky [Self Released] (Full EP)

A debut six track EP from Melody & The Soulbirds "Smells funky" from which the lead single "My body's your instrument" was released on 11 Mar which seems to have passed by unnoticed but it's a good jazzy, neo soul tune.

Sadly, nothing else on the EP comes near to it. It's a mixed bag of retro soul and funk and gets a bit rock oriented on some tracks (i.e "Kiss The Wine"). "It's Alright" is one of the neo Northern Soul type tunes with the incessant beat.

I can't find much about them but they are blue-eyed and appear to be from Montreal with Mélodie Vanier being the lead singer.

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Rating:	7.8 (8.2 for "My body's your instrument")
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Funk
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/04/2022
Value:	£4.99