Coultrain

Left-of-center R&B songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Coultrain (born Aaron Michael Frison) is from St. Louis, Missouri. He appeared on releases from the likes of the One (via a <a href="spotify:artist:4dXRZcf1AdzvwZ9AiRIsmT">Waajeed</a> remix) and <a href="spotify:artist:3stbLCXqiOn6sgcA9MKqli">Nato Caliph</a> prior to releasing his conceptual and cerebral first album, The Adventures of Seymour Liberty, in January 2008. Additional featured roles on material from <a href="spotify:artist:4z9bhBAn3LVmCkEEUxwx3g">Gotta Be Karim</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:09xn2eFG4gacYKIIIB30oK">I, Ced</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3qPd8HE5viLPxwQsfMptSz">PPP</a>, and J-1 aka the Deer, along with full-length projects such as Mugpush and <a href="spotify:artist:4OXQQ9oLzTH5Dm6NzJZbip">Hawthorne Headhunters</a>, preceded his second album. That release, titled Jungle Mumbo Jumbo, was issued on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Plug+Research%22">Plug Research</a> label -- home to <a href="spotify:artist:4OXQQ9oLzTH5Dm6NzJZbip">Hawthorne Headhunters</a>, as well as fellow soul-rooted, boundary-pushing artists <a href="spotify:artist:0XzVyZOZF7FIsQ7VbBZ9Yy">Shafiq Husayn</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4jCbgl5Dmt3uOh8WRQfpPs">Bilal</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1q6CJpl89vkfPuYnRqKl5H">Anthony Valadez</a> -- in April 2013. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi