Tagged Soul

Jamila Woods will be saturating the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on December 6 with her sweet and soulful R&B groove to promote the re-release of her popular debut LP, HEAVN (2016) presented ...

I had been a fan of Fête Records (pronounced 'fet') since I discovered them earlier this year. So when they announced their debut event in the Bay Area featuring a full lineup at the New Parish in Oakland, I ...

“ANDREA, WHERE YOU AT?” “What does DM stand for?” “Damn, I am old.” The New Parish is confusing. Upon entering the venue, there’s a hallway that leads towards an outdoor courtyard of sort...

Moses Sumney is talented, majorly talented. If the first minute of his show couldn’t tell you that, his features on tracks of big name artists like Flume (“Weekend”) and Solange (“Mad”) should.  With...

You may recognize her as the singer of the national anthem before Hillary Clinton’s speech accepting the official presidential nomination for the Democratic National Party in June 2016. You also may recall th...

Kaleo, or as the internet appears to regard them, "Jökull Júlíusson and some other guys," carved a permanent spot for themselves in the heart of San Francisco Thursday night. There were your usual declar...

Kevin Garrett is an authentic young/old soul, incredibly talented, and a little bit of a dork. His music (just two EPs so far) is a modern  iteration of Sam Cooke, Robert Johnson-era soul beats and vocal dexte...

Walking up the stairs of a historic venue, it’s surreal realizing how many famous artists have walked the same steps. The walls of the Fillmore in San Francisco are lined with action shots of music’s most p...

For most of us, Disney and Pixar animated movies take us back to our childhood. For Jon Bellion, these movies represent more than just that -- they are the core of his inspiration and his artistic evolution. Th...

If you and yours are tired of studying/chilling/euphemism-ing to Top 40 R&B, try some neo-soul. It's a good time to get into it, considering artists like Solange, Xenia Rubinos, and Frank Ocean have release...

Con Brio's music is a dynamic collaboration of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz elements, elements that appear in infectiously groovy compilations of tracks on both their EP Kiss the Sun (2015) and newly released...

Earl St. Clair’s Southern charm can't help but make us feel like we were lounging out on a sunny Saturday afternoon in the Alabama countryside. Last Tuesday, The B-Side had the opportunity to interview Earl ...

After much anticipation, the singer-songwriter who has enraptured possibly every last person who is not completely tone deaf has finally come out of her four year long sabbatical with her third studio album, 25...

Stringing together all of the most desirable elements of Appalachian Folk, 90's Hip-Hop, Southern Soul, and World Music, Rising Appalachia had the New Parish howling (literally) for more on Friday night. ...

Impossibly tall, wavy hair in its distinctive bun, and bewilderedly shy as if he couldn't believe the throngs of screaming girls were waiting for him, Andrew Hozier-Byrne - known by his stage name Hozier�...