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R&B crooner, Ol’ June’s “I Tried” surpasses 100K streams!

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New and up and coming soul music artist, Ol’ June, recently released his new single with the heartfelt song called, “I Tried”. On “I Tried”, Ol’ June’s voice is pure vibrant brilliance. His tone and ability to hold beautiful notes is only matched by his vocal range and seemingly effortless breath control. This song is co-written by Ol’ June, whose given name is Julian Wilcoxson, along with Reginald Troutman; with music production provided by Trent Becknell. All musicians involved with the creation of “I tried” have done an impeccable job at bringing an old school feeling back to modern day soul music. His vocal performance is haunting as he ponders what went wrong in this failed relationship. He sings about how hard he tried to make things work between he and the woman he loves. In a world where today’s R&B music I lacking in heart and soul, “I Tried” delivers what true love should sound like. Ol’ June is the beginning of a resurgence of pure soul music.

I Tried” is a beautiful love song about a relationship gone wrong and both parties involved have seemingly given up on the relationship. Ol’ June sings about his sorrow for being the one who did try to save the relationship. This song expresses his regret for letting the love die. “I Tried” is an R&B song with a soulful vocal arrangement. It fits into the category of Adult Contemporary, Rhythm & Blues and Soul music. As of this week, “I Tried” has surpassed 20,000 organic streams on Spotify! It is also gaining tremendous traction on other services as well. A music video for the song is now available for viewing on YouTube.

Follow him on IG: @oljunemusic

Official Music Video: “I Tried”

I Tried” is the follow up to his debut single titled, “Violets”; which has received critical and commercial praise. “Violets” has been a breakout under the radar hit with over 15,000 streams and consistent college, Internet and satellite radio spins.

About the Artist:

Ol’ June is a soul singer from the Midwest. His childhood was punctuated by back of the school bus commutes immersed in the comfort of songwriting escape. Hours spent writing, singing and arranging…all to himself. As a shy kid, he concentrated his talents on music production, opting to hold back his true gift of singing and songwriting.

Things changed when he joined the church choir and found his voice. The heartbeat of his personal music journey was marked by long family car rides, sound tracked by the songs of Commissioned and The Winans. He later found himself discovering artists such as Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye. Their music had feeling. Taken by the emotion in their lyrics and the tone of their voices, he found his passion.

Since stepping out of his shyness and into the public arena, collaborators consistently take note on the ease of which he composes, crafting stories about love, God and the state of humanity through song.

And now, he’s ready to share his offerings with the rest of the world.

Contacts:

Management & Booking:
Julian Wilcoxson
[email protected]

Marketing & Distribution:
Powerblast Worldwide
[email protected]

www.oljunemusic.com

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Babé Sila returns with ‘Forever (Bhebbak)’, a soulful meditation on intercultural love

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Budapest-born, London-based singer-songwriter Babé Sila is back with a luminous new single, Forever (Bhebbak), now available on all platforms. With this track, she proves her ability to turn deeply personal moments into something universal. Rooted in a timeless Middle Eastern folk melody made famous by Fairuz, Forever (Bhebbak) (which means “I love you” in Lebanese dialect) is both a love letter and a reflection, on intimacy, memory and the quiet hope that love can outlast the moment it’s born in.

The song takes us on a cross-continental journey, musically and emotionally. From its bossa nova rhythms and Spanish guitar to the hypnotic jazz piano and floating flutes, the soundscape carries the weight of shared heritage and fragile longing. Babé Sila explains how the melody’s legacy, heard across Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Andalusian households, mirrors her own experience of loving across cultures and identities. “As someone with ties to parts of this heritage, in love with someone who shares parts of it too, I felt an instinctive pull towards it… It carries a legacy that has connected communities for generations—just as it connected us, despite our different backgrounds. It’s a shared melody that could act as a reminder how music and culture can build bridges, bringing us back to the common human experiences we all share” she says, and it shows.

Familiar yet foreign, delicate & magnetic, Forever (Bhebbak) feels like a delicious memory you haven’t lived yet. Succeeding to Summer Sings, it continues to introduce us to Babé Sila’s upcoming EP, I Told The Sun About You, dropping June 20. If this single is any indication, the project promises to be an intimate exploration of love in all its emotional complexity.

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