Zara Larsson　

Swedish vocalist and songwriter Zara Larsson has a penchant for crafting soulful electropop that falls somewhere between Rihanna, Lorde, and Robyn. Born in Solna (a suburb of Stockholm), s ..more

Sampha　

Sampha Sisay is a singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and producer whose artful and emotive mix of pop, R＆B, and electronic music isn’t easily categorized. He started making music early in his teenage ..more

Doja Cat　

Aaron Frazer　

Schoolboy Q　

Mixing bud smokers’ anthems with socially conscious numbers, rapper ScHoolboy Q spent three years in the mixtape underground before launching his career properly in 2011. The first mixtape, the aut ..more

Jess Glynne　

The deep and soulful vocal tone of London-based Jess Glynne became widely known when streams of My Love, her collaboration with Route 94 -- the house-focused alias of dubstep producer Dream ..more

Ledisi　

Ledisi Young (her given name meaning to bring forth in Nigerian) was born in the Big Easy, where she sang with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra when she was eight years old and spent many ad ..more

Beth Gibbons　

Beth Gibbons, lead singer of the important British alternative band Portishead, is not so much mysterious as intensely private. Born in 1965 into an Exeter farm family, she embraced rural life f ..more

Peggy Gou　

Peggy Gou seemed to appear out of nowhere in 2016, releasing no less than four 12 EPs of bright, slightly hazy house tracks during the course of the year. In actuality, the Seoul-born artist had b ..more

Travis Scott　

Skrillex　

Sonny Moore found club and mainstream stardom beginning in 2008, when he swapped his gig as the frontman in post-hardcore band From First to Last for the dancefloor-oriented project Skrillex. ..more

Alva Noto +Ruyichi Sakamoto　

Sheila E　

During the mid-’80s, Sheila E. was the biggest and brightest of Prince’s protegees, unique in seeming that she could stand toe to toe with the Purple One. Certainly during his post-Revoluti ..more

Maurice White　

Singer/drummer/songwriter/producer Maurice White founded the ’70s supergroup Earth, Wind ＆ Fire. White, a former session drummer for legendary Chicago-based labels OKeh Records and {@Chess ..more

Jordan Rakei　

A soul-rooted alternative R＆B artist who sings, writes, produces, and plays keyboards, Australian Jordan Rakei debuted in 2013 with Franklin’s Room, a self-released six-track EP. A remarkably ma ..more

Meshell Ndegeocello　

Although Meshell Ndegeocello scored a few hits early in her career, the bassist, singer, and songwriter later opted to concentrate on more challenging material by exploring the politics of race and ..more

haruka nakamura　

Tyler the Creator　

The RZA and maybe even GZA of Odd Future, Tyler, The Creator is the alternative rap crew’s main rapper, producer, and source of inspiration. Tyler Okonma got his first taste of fame whe ..more

Eric Benet　

Eric Benet is a contemporary R＆B singer with mild hip-hop and strong adult contemporary influences. As a teenager, he performed in a family vocal group (appropriately named Benet) with ..more

FKJ (French Kiwi Juice)