Soul Strutter: 04/25/24

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Kemi Sulola [2024] - T.I.M.Y [Self Released]

Kemi Sulola was born and raised in East London growing up with the sounds of reggae and afrobeats from her parents, mixed with gospel, Motown and jazz, as well as the sounds of hiphop and RnB introduced to her by her brothers. Inevitably her music is influenced by, and blends and extrapolates from, many of these styles.

She debuted in 2015 with an album "Fallen For You" which was championed by BBC radio's Trevor Nelson. she followed it with the highly rated "Nothing Compares" in 2018.

Her latest single, and first of 2024, is "T.I.M.Y" (which translates to 'til I met you') released today (25 Apr).

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	25/04/2024
Key/BPM:	3B/76
Price:	£1

Simone Torres [2024] - Breathin [Self Released]

Simone Torres is a Grammy Nominated (for Cardi B "I Like It" (2018)), engineer, vocal producer and artist from Long Island, NY, who graduated from Berklee College of Music. Last year she was honoured by the Latin Recording Academy as one of their Leading Ladies of Entertainment (2023).

She appeared in the third season of X Factor in 2013 aged 19 and was complemented by Simon Cowell for her audition singing "Mustang Sally" (Wilson Pickett) which he stated was the best audition of the day and she progressed to the live shows.

Up until last year she has focused on working on others' material but now steps into the spotlight and has released her fifth single in a year with a deep soul ballad "Breathin".

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/04/2024
Key/BPM:	7B/70
Price:	£1

Tomea [2024] - L.O.V.E. Letters [Mea Muziq Productions] (Full Album)

Tomea Coleman is a vocalist from Dallas who's voice has been compared with Shirley Murdock, Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin. She has shared the stage with the likes of Yarbrough & Peoples, Christopher Williams, Chante Moore, Montell Jordan, Silk, Dave Hollister, Tony Terry, The Bar-Kays.

Her debut seven track EP/album, "L.O.V.E. Letters", has just been released which includes new versions of her two singles to date, "I Love You (Made Me Change)" (John's Version) and "Somebody Lied" (Soulful Mix) both released in July 2019.

The new song picking up attention is "All Night".

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Mea Muziq Productions
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/04/2024
Price:	£6.93

Shanti Lorence [2024] - Talk to me [Self Released]

Shanti Lorence is 19 yr old Ashanti Morgan from Sheffield who has been posting covers on TikTok and YouTube since Nov 2017.

She now has three official singles listed on DSPs with the latest ,"Talk to me", currently at #3 on Amazon (UK) Hot New Releases as this goes to press. Interestingly, three of our recent posts this week also now feature in the Top 10, i.e. John Houston (#2), Rodney Stith (#7) and Dabeull (#9). NOTE the listing changes hourly.

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Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	18/04/2024
Key/BPM:	12A/86
Price:	£1

Sarah Isabella [2024] - Intuition [Self Released]

Up and coming neo soul / jazz singer Sarah Isabella Robinson is from Newham, East London, raised in the shadows of grime music.

She has just released "Intuition", her sixth single since 2018 and first since "Pressure" in 2021, ahead on a forthcoming debut EP.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	11/04/2024
Key/BPM:	5A/90
Price:	£1