New band of the day – No 1,171: Jhameel

This pop polymath offers a bold, sometimes brassy, but always classy collection of tunes that recall Prince and George MichaelHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: Jhameel (vocals, instruments).The background: Jhameel (it means "beautiful" in Arabic) is a breathy-voiced Prince/George Michael of a pop polymath. Still only 20, the son of a master violinist (who apparently appeared in the original Fame movie), he spent his childhood surrounded by instruments. As a consequence, on his recent album The...

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