Welcome to your Sunday iPod add.
For a few weeks now I have shared some of my favorite neo soul and jazz artist in an effort to reveal what I call good music–part of my endeavor to listen to good music this year. So far I’ve only shared female artists who embody the elements of what I call good music. Exposed in my search for good music, I’ve found female soul artists are simply more abundant and fill every nook and cranny of the soul genre. But the Men are not lost in this crowd.
With that being said we switch gender. Below is the first of many men to follow who are deeply committed to creating various styles of good music from soul to R&B to jazz.
Lorenzo Ferguson, better known as Zo! to his fans, latest album ManMade was released a year ago and is a shining example of well thought out fun and conscious soul. Zo!, who hails from the Foreign Exchange (+FE) camp of talented singers, songwriters, and musicians, has orchestrated, as usual, a great collaborative effort. Zo! recorded this album with familiar, amazing and capable voices like underground neo-soul artist-soon-to-be-legend Gwen Bunn on bouncy cut “Count To Five”; Erro Soul himself: Eric Roberson on the retro 80s jam “We Are On The Move; and duets by Choklate with Phonte (“Making Time”) and Anthony David with Carmen Rogers (“Show Me The Way”) bang out some awesomeness that you must to hear.
Overall the album is couched in the modernity of astutely assembled soul. It fills the genre of “synth soul.” Zo!’s release is polished yet grooves in a raw organic way. The music and lyrics are straightforward and positive. They have substance! Also Zo! has a talent for crafting strong and catchy choruses, which make the album highly listenable from beginning to end.
Enough said! If you are craving some good modern soul to make your head bop and you weren’t sure where to look for it, here it is! Take a listen and enjoy it’s not too late!
Add Zo!’s ManMade to your iPod. You will thank me later!
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