Artists like Yaw
Kindred artists that sit next to Yaw on the star chart — same era, adjacent sound, or overlapping influence. Tap any card to open its full page.
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Jordan RakeiartistJordan Rakei is a New Zealand–Australian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer currently based in London, United Kingdom. Rakei has also released and performed under the moniker Dan Kye.
José JamesartistJosé James is an American composer, baritone singer, guitar player and vocalist who combines contemporary jazz and hip hop.
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Poppy AjudhaartistPoppy Ajudha is an English singer-songwriter and producer. She released her debut and second EPs Femme and Patience and collaborated with the likes of Kojey Radical and Tom Misch. She won Soul Act of the Year at the 2019 Jazz FM Awards. She has since released the albums The Power in Us (2022) and Poppy (2024).
Pete JosefartistRoni Size & Reprazent are a British drum and bass group fronted by Roni Size. Their debut album New Forms won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Their follow-up album In the Mode featured artists including Rahzel, Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and Method Man.
Jalen NgondaartistJalen N'Gonda is an American musician based in England. He came to prominence with the release of his debut studio album Come Around and Love Me (2023), and is known for his Motown-inspired soul music. N'Gonda is primarily a singer, but also plays various instruments during live performances.
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Donny HathawayartistDonny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include "The Ghetto", "This Christmas", "Someday We'll All Be Free", and "Little Ghetto Boy". Hathaway is also renowned for his renditions of "A Song for You", "For All We Know", "Jealous Guy" and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", along with "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. He has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations. Hathaway was also posthumously honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Dutch director David Kleijwegt made a documentary called Mister Soul – A Story About Donny Hathaway, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28, 2020.
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Kadhja BonetartistKadhja Bonet is an American singer and songwriter. In 2014, she released her debut single, "Tears for Lamont". Later that year, she self-released her debut EP, The Visitor EP (2015), and in 2016 she re-released it as an album under Fat Possum Records and Fresh Selects, which received critical appraisal. Her second album, Childqueen (2018), charted in US Billboard's Independent Albums and Heatseekers Albums. The same year, she released her second EP, Childqueen Outtakes (2018). Her third EP, California Holiday (2022), was released. She also collaborated with many musicians.
Lady BlackbirdartistMarley Munroe, known professionally as Lady Blackbird, is an American-born jazz and soul singer-songwriter, working primarily in the United Kingdom. She has been described as "the Grace Jones of jazz".
Andreya TrianaartistAndreya Triana is a British singer and songwriter, Red Bull Music Academy alumna and MOBO nominated artist hailing from South East London, Her debut album, Lost Where I Belong released in September 2010 on London based record label Ninja Tune and featured singles such as "A Town Called Obsolete", "Far Closer" and the title track "Lost where I belong". The album was produced by British musician, DJ Simon Green a.k.a. Bonobo. The album was later labelled as "Best Album of 2010" by Charles Aaron of Spin.
Tom MischartistThomas Abraham Misch is an English musician and producer. He began releasing music on SoundCloud in 2012 and released his debut studio album Geography in 2018. In 2020, he released his second studio album What Kinda Music in collaboration with English jazz drummer Yussef Dayes, distributed through Blue Note Records and Caroline. The Album was nominated for the Best Album Ivor Novello Award in 2021. In 2023 he released his third studio album Happy Music, in "collaboration" with his alter-ego, Supershy.
Charlotte dos Santosartist
Son LittleartistAaron Earl Livingston, also known by his stage name Son Little, is an American rhythm & blues musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Nick HakimartistNicolas Hakim is an American musician based in Queens, New York, United States. His first EP, Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2, was self-released in 2014. He released three albums with ATO: Green Twins (2017), Will This Make Me Good (2020), and Cometa (2022).
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Alice RussellartistAlice Russell is a British soul singer.
Aaron FrazerartistDurand Jones & The Indications is an American contemporary R&B and soul group founded by the core songwriting trio of singer Durand Jones, singer/drummer Aaron Frazer, and guitarist Blake Rhein. Formed in 2012, the band came to prominence as part of the soul revivalist movement around the time of the reissue of their debut album in 2018. Their second album American Love Call was released in March 2019, followed by Private Space in July 2021. Their fourth studio album, Flowers, was released in 2025.