Raised in Stockholm but currently based in Los Angeles, Persian R&B singer Snoh Aalegra has given us some of the most emotionally available, haunting vocals of the year. Formally releasing music since her poppy 2014 EP, There Will Be Sunshine, Aalegra made waves in 2016, with Don’t Explain, an album which summoned neo-soul influences and showed off her breadth of talent. In just three years, the singer-songwriter has worked with both Common and No I.D., and found her voice sampled on Drake’s “Do Not Disturb.”Aalegra describes her music as “cinematic soul,” and on her debut album, FEELS, she follows that blueprint to a T, with a cinematic element marking the difference between Aalegra as just another songstress and a creative force in R&B.
