Omar Is Back With Can We Go Out? New Album Coming

Omar has returned with “Can We Go Out” and the announcement of his ninth album, Brighter The Days. The UK soul legend delivers with his customary warm vocal layers within a mix of clock chimes, spiffy horns, light snares, and a dulcet-toned guitar. India.Arie, Raheem DeVaughn, Eric Roberson, Jeru The Damaja, Ledisi, Don E, Paul Weller, and his brother, the Scratch Professor, have guest appearances on Brighter The Days. It was seven years ago when Omar released the deluxe version of Love In Beats, which was his last album of new songs. Fans made it through the pandemic with the release of The Anthology. “Lovey Dovey” feat. DeVaughn and Roberson was the first single to emerge from BTD. Omar is making sure that fans have a good summer because Brighter The Days comes out on June 6th. 

Brighter The Days by Omar




Moses Sumney Collabs With Syd & Meshell Ndegeocello For Hey Girl(s)

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Moses Sumney links with Syd and Meshell Ndegeocello for an updated rendition of “Hey Girl,” retooled as “Hey Girl (s).”Hey Girl (s)” connects two generations of R&B outliers in a promise to wait for love in an arrangement of coy rhythm, space, and a saxophone blowing jazz phrases. Sumney’s Sophcore EP came out in 2024, and this remix is his first release of 2025. He fulfilled a dream by working with Ndegeocello, who he cites as a major influence. The R&B/Funk legend who just won another Grammy for Best Alternative Jazz Album was honored to work with Sumney. Syd ended 2024 with the “I Need It” duet with Tank. Sumney’s Sophcore showed up last August after releasing his double album, grae, in 2020. The singer has a busy year planned with the recent announcement that he is the face of Rabanne’s Million Gold fragrance and his role as Feste in Public Theatre’s TWELFTH NIGHT. He will join the cast, which includes Lupita Ny’ongo, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and runs from August 21 until September 14th. Last summer he starred in the horror movie MaXXXine

 




BeMyFiasco Performs Free With The Misha Band

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BeMyFiasco performed “Free” with the Misha Band in Finland and has shared a video of their version. The single is from her current album, Pretty Little Love. The tribute to self-autonomy and possibilities is in deep head nod mode with Misha Band’s chill rhythms. The album recording boasts an opening verse from Katori Walker, but the absence of it on the live version is noticeable, but they still keep the groove. The video shows them creating a vibe together with ease. She says, “This song has always been about liberation and wanting to be comfortable in my own skin. Performing it live with Misha Band in Finland was a surreal moment, bringing new life to the song in ways I never imagined.” Watch BeMyFiasco give “Free” another lifeline and check out Pretty Little Love, which was a much-awaited sophomore album after the release of her critically acclaimed Where I Left You in 2021. 

 




Listen: Goya Gumbani: Firefly Feat. Fatima

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Goya Gumbani collaborates with singer Fatima for the groovy “Firefly.” The London-by-way-of-Brooklyn rapper blends his experiences as a wordsmith and a figure on the current jazz scene abroad to create “Firefly.” The single is the second preview from his upcoming album, Warlord of the Weejuns; the title is inspired by Miles Davis for his staunch individuality. Gumbani started releasing music in 2018 when he released his Morta & Mora Doves EP dedicated to his late sister. A series of projects and his performance for A COLORS SHOW upped his visibility and led to him working with the late Virgil Abloh. “Chase The Sunrise” was the last single he released in 2024, and it is also included on Warlord of the Weejuns. He will celebrate the album’s release with two shows in New York at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art on March 22nd and at the Jazz Café in London on April 17th. Warlord of the Weejuns comes out March 21st.