JALEN NGONDA: Come Round And Love Me (Daptone)
At the risk of repetition, 2023 has been a vintage year for contemporary soul albums. We’ve been treated to a plethora of wonderful long players from people like Paulette McWilliams, Joe Leavy, Kevin Fingier,...
THAT‘S ALL WE WANT FROM JALEN!
New boy on the soul block, JALEN NGONDA (above) has made quite a name for himself with the singles he’s released over the last 12 months or so. Based on the quality of those...
PLEASE COME AROUND … AND LOVE ME!
The Daptone people know a great soul stylist when they hear one; thus they quickly snapped up young JALEN NGONDA and with a set of acclaimed singles behind him and an eagerly anticipated album...
IF YOU DON’T WANT JALEN’S LOVE…
We first came across (and quickly fell in love with) JALEN NGONDA last autumn via his delicious Daptone single, ‘Just Like You Used To’/‘What A Difference’. Both proffered that lovely retro soul flavour and...
LIKE WE USED TO BE
JALEN NGONDA is a new and hotly tipped member of the famed Daptone stable of stars. We’ve learned that Jalen grew up just outside of Washington D.C. where his father introduced him to all...
