MELONYX is the sound of modern black-British Soul. A duo hailing from Nottingham, these two Sisters of the Soul are amultifaceted harmonic force, embodying contrast and compliment, ebb and flow, balance. Follow the sultry songstresses on Facebook and Instagram @melonyxmusic to stay up to date with everything Melonyx.  

Singer and songwriter Hailey Knox first built a following with acoustic guitar-and-loop-pedal meditations on hits by artists including Adele, the Weeknd, and Justin Bieber in the mid-2010s. Accompanying her guitar performances was a soulful voice that quickly drew comparisons to artists like Sheryl Crow and Ingrid Michaelson. She released her debut EP, A Little Awkward, in 2016 as she formulated a more sophisticated, full-band sound for her full-length debut, 2018's Hardwired Mixtape. She collected millions of streams for single "A Boy Named Pluto" in 2020, and singles like the next year's "Gucci Prada Balenciaga" and 2022's "Waiting on You" kept…

After such a long absence, one of my favorite rap music groups, De La Soul has finally won the rights to their masters and now uploaded their catalog to streaming services for all to enjoy. With almost 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, and 12 million streams already registered in their first week of streaming, let's hope that the group can earn the money they deserve. Unfortunately, we lost Dave "Trugoy The Dove" right before all of this happened. Kinda makes it bittersweet. But it's dope how the world is showing love for the group and giving them the…

Horace Bray is a guitarist and singer based in NYC. A graduate of the University of North Texas Jazz Program, Horace now spends his time exploring jazz-adjacent genres and teaching.

He projects a widescreen vision of R&B. His full-spectrum view encompasses everything from the explosive funky bombast to the soulful croon of seventies favorites and the turn-of-the-century swagger inherent in mid-to-late nineties classics. As a result, he emerges with a signature sound of his own that stretches from soulfully smoked out to enigmatically energetic. Lucky has an unbelievable story from growing up in a cult, surviving Hurricane Katrina, making music in Atlanta, road-tripping across the country to Los Angeles, and finally linking up with producer and partner D'Mile to make Painted, Table For Two, and his upcoming 2nd full-length project.

Elijah Fox is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. He grew up in Durham, NC and studied piano at Oberlin Conservatory. His piano composition "East Village" was sampled by Drake and 21 Savage on "Major Distribution" reaching number 3 on the Billboard Charts. Fox has also recorded/produced for Masego, YG, ScHoolboy Q, Denzel Curry, Tate McCrae, Musiq Soulchild, Kali Uchis, Rod Wave, Ab-Soul, J Cole, and many others as well as releasing his own original compositions and sample packs. He is also the touring keyboardist for UK drummer Yussef Days and has performed throughout the world.…

I've always been a fairweather fan of Logic. I've always recognized his skills, but it wasn't until his latest release, College Park that I really got to see how dope he really is. And his dopeness is on full showcase with Self Motivation, where his flows over a Statik Selektah beat with the assist from Redman and, believe it or not, Seth MacFarlane (doing his best Sinatra impression, or The Peddlers' On A Clear Day You Can See Forever).

I think I first heard Sevdaliza in the background of a tv show. I just know the song "The Darkest Hour" was extremely haunting and atmospheric. I loved it. Not my usual speed, but dope none the less. Sevda Alizadeh, known professionally as Sevdaliza, is an Iranian-Dutch singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and director. In 2015, she released two EPs, The Suspended Kid and Children of Silk.

Building off of my last music release, Lo Quality Theory, I decided to stay in the lo-fi space with this upcoming 2023 album, Kneel Before Todd. Lo-fi has always been my space, even when I was in the boom-bap vibe. So this feels like I'm in my element. I was planning on releasing this on February 23rd, but I need to add a couple more tracks and fine-tune what I already have. The cool thing about not being beholden to anyone for music is I can change things at will. Hopefully, I can get this out in early March. And if…