Soul Strutter: 05/03/24

Friday, 3 May 2024

MATOYA [2024] - Street Light [Self Released]

The second single, "Street Light", from a new neo soul band MATOYA is released today. Their debut single, "R U Mine" released in Jan '24, is very good as well so we've included it below.

The band is from Groningen, The Netherlands and consists of Sofiya Astapiuk (vocals), Christian Rockeman (drums), Joost van der Bijl (bass), Marnick Postma (guitar) and JT Hwang (keys).

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Key/BPM:	3B/60
Price:	£1

Jordanna Maria [2024] - Rescue Me [Self Released]

Jordanna Maria French is a singer/songwriter from Lincoln, NE, who has released five singles in the last four years since May '21.

Her latest "Rescue Me" follows "I Apologise" released just last Friday (26 Apr) which is more pop/country oriented, so her new soulful R&B oriented single is not typical of her material but we like it.

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soulful R&B
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Key/BPM:	3A/71
Price:	£1

Shanté & Hokage Simon [2024] - Trials [Self Released]

Shanté (Ford) has only featured here once before with a single, "Wait.", in Aug '22.

She released her second album, "I Chose To Keep Going", on 1 Jan this year and follows it with an excellent new single "Trial" not included on the album. It features Filipino-American producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, Hokage Simon (Simon Ajero) from Vallejo, CA.

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Key/BPM:	2A/70
Price:	£1

Ayanna [2024] - Pressure [Weslock Entertainment]

Actress, model, vocalist and journalist, Jazmine Ayanna Scroggins was born and raised in Atlanta, GA and graduated from Georgia State University with a BA in Journalism along with a dual degree in Music and minor in Spanish.

Her talents don't rest there as she also has an MA in International Communications and has also won several beauty pageants winning the title for Miss Black and Gold 2011-2012, Miss Fulton County 2012 and Miss Capital City 2013.

She made her acting debut in "Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay Part I".

Her latest single is "Pressure" is released today (3 May).

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Weslock Entertainment
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Key/BPM:	7A/70
Price:	£1

Noa Lauryn & Maddy Moreah feat. DAVIES [2024] - Ringing with Love [Vokall Records]

Noa Lauryn (Noa Hugas) is from Amsterdam and debuted with a five track EP "Colin Street" in 2020 from which she released three singles "No Hurries", "Bino" and "Care".

She first featured here on a single "Clouds" with fellow Dutch artist .multibeat in Jun 2021. Her last release was her debut album "coin collection" in March '23.

Her latest single "Ringing with Love" features fellow Amsterdam artists Maddy Moreah (Madeleine Moreah Ruijter) and producer/multi-instrumentalist DAVIES (Davy Lourenburg).

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Vokall Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Key/BPM:	11B/85
Price:	£1

Jorja Smith [2024] - falling or flying (Reimagined) [FAMM] (Full Album)

Double BRIT award winner Jorja Smith released her sophomore album "falling or flying" last Sep which consisted of 16 tracks. Today 8 of those tracks have been reimagined for an album titled "falling or flying (Reimagined)".

We'd highlight the title track along with "feelings - reimagined" as our choice cuts. We've include the music video for the original version of "falling or flying" to show the contracts, as we feel taht the new version has more rhythm and depth.

Smith from Walsall, West Midlands, rose to fame with her very first single in 2016 which received 400k streams in its first month, Her second single was favoured by Drake which catapulted her career and she has gone on to win two BRIT awards in 2018 and 2019.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	FAMM
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Price:	£7.92

SAYGRACE [2024] - Tragic [Self Released]

SAYGRACE is 26 yr old, Grammy nominated, multiple platinum selling L.A. based, Australian (Brisbane) born singer/songwriter Grace Sewell.

She began working with Quincy Jones at 16 and recorded her debut single, a cover of the Madara/White song "You Don't Own Me", a signature song for 17 yr old Lesley Gore in 1963. It went multiple (3x) platinum and was used in the UK for House Of Fraser's Christmas TV commercial.

She is due to release an 18 track project this year, with "twentyfourseven" in March being the first song from it, followed by "Daydreaming" (5 Apr) and now the third single "Tragic".

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Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/01/2024
Key/BPM:	3B/60
Price:	£1