My Taste in Music

Songs of the day, albums of the month, and why I like them

neo soul

  • Kerosene! – Yves Tumor Electronic psychedelic? I think this is probably the best way to describe Yves Tumor‘s track “Kerosene!” I am giving it a real listen for the first time at the time of writing and am a bit awestruck. It tickles my brain in an almost perfect way. Neo-Soul vocals with production that Read more

  • Lady – D’Angelo In today’s age, there are a lot of artists, but not a lot of vocalists. My friend made this comment to me at work today, and while there are plenty of new and amazing vocalists out there, in terms of the charts today, I think that is a great hot take. Even Read more

  • In a previous post, I talked about Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and how much I enjoy his projects. He has cited Alabama Shakes as an influence before and even covered one of Brittany’s solo songs, “Stay High“. I say all this to point out the similarities (or in this case, influence) between the Shakes’ song Read more

  • Miss You – Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are/were one of the best groups to come out of the South, ever, regardless of their current lack of catalog. Southern rock n soul will forever have my heart. I remember the first time hearing Brittany Howard‘s voice; I believe it was a performance of their song “Hold Read more

  • God Speed vs. Godspeed

    Thoughts on two songs by two artists that are both very important to me I know that I have mentioned Zach Bryan in posts before, but I believe I have yet to dedicate a post to him. The same goes for Frank Ocean. There are certain artists that are somewhat difficult for me to write Read more

  • paralyzed – Souly Had I love a good falsetto. I love neosoul music. This is a perfect song for me to enjoy. I’ll admit, I don’t know any others by Souly Had, but I really dig the vibe and sound of this one. It’s one that I listen to a lot of times in the Read more

  • Me and Your Mama (Let Me Into Your Heart) – Childish Gambino Today’s song is by one of my favorite creators of art of all time, Donald Glover. His body of work is absolutely incredible. Growing up in Stone Mountain, GA, and starting out as a writer for 30 Rock, he then went on to Read more