{"id":3492,"date":"2024-07-20T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:21:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:21:03","slug":"trending-performances-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/trending-performances-july-2024","title":{"rendered":"Trending Sofar performances: July 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking for a new source of new music? The Sofar YouTube channel has your back. We\u2019re constantly adding videos taken from shows all over the world. The five performances below have been gaining traction and rising the ranks in the past few months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give them a view! Or stay ahead of the trends with a ticket to the next Sofar show in your city. When you see it live, you see it first!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angelina Jordan &amp; Toby Gad &#8211; If I Were a Boy (Beyonc\u00e9 Cover) | Sofar London<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes a lot of guts to cover Queen Bey, but <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/0iQDOaYEA5i9RAF0Z73iXb?si=UiAtg7CUTYCfuJRPwgSEow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angelina Jordan<\/a> is more than cut out for the task. The Norwegian singer had the whole crowd mesmerized at a Sofar London show in June, where she hit every note with power and grace. She covered \u201cIf I Were A Boy\u201d, the first single off Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s 2008 album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Am\u2026 Sasha Fierce<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a song which coincidentally was co-written and produced by the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/toby-gad\">Toby Gad<\/a>, who accompanied Jordan at the keys. That\u2019s about as official a cover as you can get.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angelina Jordan &amp; Toby Gad - If I Were a Boy (Beyonc\u00e9 Cover) | Sofar London\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQio4yGGTOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M&#8217;Lynn I Valerie | Back to Black Sofar x Focus Features<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in May, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/amy-winehouse-back-to-black\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we partnered with Focus Features<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to throw a Sofar in celebration of the new Amy Winehouse biopic, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back to Black<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. All three artists on the lineup performed a cover of one of Winehouse\u2019s most iconic songs, which is actually a cover of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2LuJkoxMlLQshNTVa8oCXW?si=c34572d590eb4f62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Zutons song<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s just one of the breathtaking renditions from that night, featuring singer and pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/m-lynn\">M\u2019Lynn<\/a>. Even after all these years since Winehouse\u2019s passing, her influence is everywhere in popular music:\u00a0M\u2019Lynn\u2019s performance (soulful, captivating) sounds like it\u2019s right out of the Winehouse book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M&#039;Lynn I Valerie | Back to Black Sofar x Focus Features\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3L8o7a60h0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neffy I Wait Up | Live at Sofar NYC x AFAR &amp; washington.org<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also in May, we brought a group of D.C.-based artists to NYC for a special collab show with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/washington.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington\u2019s tourism board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the experiential travel publication <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFAR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Among the many highlights from that show was this performance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/neffy\">Neffy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her song \u201cWait Up\u201d is a masterclass in vocal technique, a soul-stirring story of longing in the face of heartbreak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neffy I Wait Up | Live at Sofar NYC x AFAR &amp; washington.org\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QuSHPyPpNi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ric Wilson I We Aight | Sony Summer Series<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This high-energy show got the crowd <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moving <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Sofar Chicago, in partnership with Sony for their Summer Series. Our camera operator even struggled to keep up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/ric-wilson\">Windy City\u2019s hottest rapper<\/a> as he paced back and forth, working the crowd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ric Wilson &quot;We Aight&quot; SOFAR x SONY Summer Series Performance\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fuEjemryka4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teddy Swims &#8211; The Door | Sofar London<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swims appeared in our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/noteworthy-artists-who-have-played-a-sofar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNoteworthy Artists\u201d article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from earlier this year, and has blown up even more since then, his song \u201cLose Control\u201d playing on radio stations around the world. This is the third video performance from <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump?si=YtRmRYrER4e69Nnu-SCYYg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teddy Swims<\/a>\u2019s Sofar London show, and it\u2019s just as gripping and emotive as the others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teddy Swims - The Door | Sofar London\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ExYOz3Pclv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to witness a trending performance IRL? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See a Sofar show near you and witness the magic live!\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a new source of new music? 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