Hot Half Dozen: Retrofocus, BINX, Crimson Calamity, Doris Anahi Muñoz, Shenseea, Sha’Leah Nikole

Happy Tune, single by Retrofocus. Singapore based melodic alternative pop-rock with a soft killer bass beat influenced by jazz fusion and funk, a full of R&B grooves. Cool, relaxing, addictive. Download/stream on Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes.

Vowels, single by BINX. An upbeat love song for the South African pop artist, celebrating moving into a new home with her beau. As usual, so much fun, but with an addictive cadence and lots of hooks.  Love it!  Stream/download on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube.

 Wild Card, single by Crimson Calamity The Nashville duo – Lauren Harding and Mallory Trunnell – have done it again: merged Americana and folk-rock into a song that grabs you and makes you dance and sing and smile and sway.  Genius songwriting, arranging, delivery. Check out the full EP with 6 killer songs like this one.  Stream/download on Spotify.

Que Surfas by Doris Anahi Muñoz.   Blues to make your heartache with a voice that floats like a  feather but carries the weight of deep emotion in a sound fused with soft Latin beats and empathetic trumpets.  This bilingual songbird is at the beginning of her career and I see much success.  Stream on Spotify, Soundcloud. Video on Vevo.

R U That, single by Shenseea. Explicit, powerful songwriting by one of the best singer/rappers out there, she gets down and dirty while moving notes and rhymes with perfection. Shenseea is taking off and this song will carry you along. Stream on Spotify or wait for the album, Alpha on March 11.

Mahagony, single and video by Sha’Leah Nikole.  This musical tribute to Black beauty, life and culture is a masterpiece of lyrical genius, powerful message and musical arrangement by an R&B queen. Streaming on all major platforms.

BONUS: Our Lady of Radium,  new album by Charming Disaster celebrates Madame Curie with post-post abandon

 

Patrick O Heffernan
Patrick O Heffernan
Patrick O’Heffernan, PhD. Is a radio host and music critic based in Mexico where he covers music in the US, UK, Latin America and Canada. He hosts the weekly radio program Music Sin Fronteras and publishes review articles on numerous sites including his weekly Hot Half Dozen reviews of the best songs and albums released each week.

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