TKorStretch – ‘Flamenco Dance’ Release June 11th After a fire start to 2021, TKorStretch came out the blocks hitting the scene with precision and aiming to put Bristol on the map 😊 2020 saw TkorStretch make immense impressions in the scene, a link up with Block 6’s iconic ‘GhostFace600’ on the track ‘Cali Buds’. His manager / producer, ‘Rockizm’ hollared me towards the end of 2020 and told […]
The Brits… UK Rap Aaah what a positive run we got poppin out here for UK rap.. Tuesday May 9th in UK is the prestigious award music ceremony of the year. The UK Brit Awards, it has a similar prestige to the much celebrated Grammy Awards across the pond. Staring in 1977 and going annually from 1982 it is the single most important event of the calendric […]
Hymna - 'Mentiras' Hmyna (Hannah to her friends) is an emerging and mercurial talent with an impulse to experiment and try out fresh ideas. London-based for the last 5 years but with a lifetime of living in other places including France and Barcelona and with a strong family connection to Salvador de Bahia (the most Africanised part of Brazil) she first appeared as a featured vocalist on releases for […]
It’s a completely different look as to what IS pop radio in the last 5/6 years… (haha) !! ..Radio DJ/ Video DJ / Club DJ.. My lane has always been to represent what is popular black music culture, be it as a DJ, artist manager or working in the record labels as A&R. The last couple years has definitely seen a truer reflection of what is popular youth culture, […]
You gotta recognise that the mixtape has been around since the mid 80’s, a pivotal part of US Hip Hop culture. For years’ the major labels and distribution entities were not committing financially to the rap world and participants creatively compiled their body of works and put it on cassette tapes. A promo method even bypassing unsupportive radio, over the decades this has been the backbone of independent rap artists […]
Well… what can I say… the calendric year 2020 has certainly been an eventful one in more ways than one. Biblical health issues have gripped every continent with Covid 19 at the start of the year and ironically it has returned with a similar ferocity at the end of the year. Historical social issues affecting black people and equality are still shown to be prevalent in western policing with the […]
The NOLA Resistance is a New Orleanian music collective composed of noted Blues, Jazz and Funk musicians, each with years of experience and success in their own right. Their sound features big horns and funky rhythms accented with smooth vocals and follows in the tradition of bands like Cool Enterprise, the Meter's and Chocolate Milk. These musicians know plenty about camaraderie and creativity, they've worked with musical royalty :- Dr. […]
It is fair to say that 2020 has been a year like NO other !!!!!! For the first time in its 54 year history, there will not be the annual west London open air celebration of Caribbean culture mingling in the streets encompassing over 1 million people during the August bank holiday weekend. This Covid 19 menace has certainly affected every aspect of life since its arrival to the […]
Booooooyy, so literally since the middle of March the music industry has seen some unprecedented abnormalities. The immediate closure of Live music venues, night clubs, music festivals, carnivals from a global reach has left many a participant financially implicated for the duration of Covid 19. This turn of events has for obvious reasons engaged a large percentage of music lovers to pursue with numerous streaming services available to them at […]
