Originally from West London, the Hertfordshire based soul singer cites a diverse array of artists as some of his biggest influences including everyone from Nat King Cole to Tank, Jasmine Sullivan to Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder to D'Angelo.
D'Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer on 11 February 1974 in Richmond, Virginia, United States) is a neo-soul singer and keyboardist. He has released two albums, "Brown Sugar" (1995) and "Voodoo" (2000), with a third, "James River", due for release in 2012. D'Angelo signed a publishing deal with EMI Music in 1991 after catching the attention of record executives with a demo tape. He penned the hit song "U Will Know" on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack.
Bilal (born Bilal Sayeed Oliver on August 23, 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is a soul musician and member of the musical collective known as Soulquarians. In 2001, his debut album — 1st Born Second — was released on the Interscope record label. Bilal's classical training at the Mannes Music Conservatory in New York was instrumental to his conversance with Jazz, voice, and big band arrangements. It has also been reported that he is capable of performing opera in seven languages and writes both music and lyrics.
A gritty, veteran boogie-blues band from Texas, Omar and the Howlers have been delivering their soulful, original songs to dedicated fans in Europe and the U.S. South for more than a generation.
http://www.myspace.com/othellowoolf http://twitter.com/othello_woolf “Post-Penate and Golden Silvers, London’s new neo-soul hopeful Othello Woolf has picked up the white boy soul mantle. Already championed by the latter, ‘Stand’ sees Woolf partying like a young David Byrne, soundtracked by a 70’s Quincy Jones record.” Abeano (XL Recordings)
There are at least three artists known as The Internet: 1. The Internet is a hip-hop/soul duo and one of many sub-groups within the Los Angeles, California hip-hop collective OFWGKTA. It consists of Odd Future's sound engineer, audio mixer, and live DJ Syd Tha Kyd on vocals and Matt Martian of The Jet Age Of Tomorrow on production. The duo released their debut LP, Purple Naked Ladies, digitally on December 20, 2011.