L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Raphael Saadiq was born in 1966 but sounds like he entered his prime that same year. The subtlest of shape-shifters, his resume includes stints playing bass on tour for Prince, fronting New Jack swing stars Tony! Toni! Tone!, forming hip-hop... more info

USA Today Music — The musician's musician has a new album, and lots of newfound fame. more info

USA Today Music — Raphael Saadiq's Stone Rollin' weaves his soul music with inventiveness. more info

KEXP Seattle — 44-year-old Charles Ray Wiggins, better known by his stage name Raphael Saadiq, has spent his life bearing the standard of old-school R&B, producing such artists as D’Angelo, Mary J. Blige, and John Legend before venturing into his own with his 200... more info

Nialler9 — The best of the last week’s album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. Alessi’s Ark  - Time Travel Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends Aux Raus - All Creeping Things Stopped Creeping Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Commit... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Raphael Saadiq's fourth studio album, Stone Rollin', comes out May 10. Last month at the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas, Raphael Saadiq visited our pop-up studio for a spirited performance of songs from his new album, Stone Rollin'. It was... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThe sharply dressed man finger-snapping onstage toured with Prince as a teenager, became a pop star in the US in his 20s, produced a handful of classic records in his 30s and is now settling smoothly into his role of ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Local rock royalty Brendan Benson and Ben Blackwell welcomed musical kin Dierks Bentley, Raphael Saadiq and Dhani Harrison to Detroit for Esquire magazine's second annual Songwriter Challenge. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Raphael Saadiq had a lot working against him for his performance in the Gobi tent Saturday night. A sparse crowd dotted the tent minutes before he was set to start, but, then, he was competing with not one but two... more info

KEXP Seattle — Raphael Saadiq‘s energy is so infectious that when he shouts “Seattle put your hands together!” to clap along to his warm and celebratory brand of vintage soul and r’n'b, absolutely no-one in the audience self-consciously looks around or star... more info