New York soul singer Sophia Bastian has released an alluring new video for “Gloryboxed”. Inspired by mixtape culture, Sophia wanted to pay homage to Portishead’s classic “Glory Box” and took the instrumental to a new place. “I used to listen to ‘Glory Box’ as a kid a lot and was always mesmerized by the melancholy …
Meet Sophia Bastian. She sings because she loves Ray Charles and Tupac Shakur, or at least that what she says at the end of “Ways to Take it Easy.” She puts a jazzy spin on classic soul with tasty organ riffs and brawny horn stabs that sound as full as vintage Morphine to punctuate her …