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Help Musicians and Drake Yolanda Award backed future soul vocalist and songwriter B-ahwe marks the change of the seasons with a jazz-tinged vocal performance on her new single 'Next Spring'.
Cowritten with producer Lewis Moody (30/70, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange), the track uses the changing seasons to reflect on a past relationship. Starting out mournfully, B-ahwe sets the scene with loss and discontent before taking the listener on a journey towards self-love and gratification.
She weaves a story around the hopefulness of spring and the empowerment of choosing to love herself. The musicality reflects her internal journey - lush string arrangements and brooding piano act as the canvas for a stunning jazz vocal performance, as shades of Sarah Vaughan melt seamlessly into B-ahwe's trademark melodic rap flow, akin to contemporaries Joy Crookes and Noname.
"The song started out as my own jazz standard, but working together with Lewis brought a fresh sound to the story, bridging together influences old and new. It's about using hindsight to reflect in a healthy way, rather than giving in to negativity."
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released October 13, 2022
Performers:
B-ahwe – vocals
Lewis Moody – keyboards, synthesisers
Liam Detar – guitar
Jed Bevington – violins
Composed by B-ahwe and Lewis Moody
Produced and Mixed by Lewis Moody
Mastered by Pete Maher
The vibrant debut album from the London hip-hop and R&B artist features other London heavy-hitters like Ego Ella May and Joe Armon-Jones. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 28, 2020
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell