The festiveness is over, even though I'm still seeing remnants of discarded Christmas trees outsde buildings.. The homie and birthday boy DJ Shortee Blitz hollared to invite me to a legendary event of Jay Electronica at the prestigious Jazz Cafe on one of his sold out nights from his 'A Written Testimony Tour' UK tour.. My last Jay Elec performance was pre Covid times in Stoke Newington at a […]
A couple of days ago I ventured into central, Soho to be precise.. once the centrifugal point of club and vinyl world for many of us DJ folk... the talk was about photos being exhibited from my long time bredren... Teemax ! During the 90's and much of the noughties my peoples like Paul H, Jennie Baptiste, Eddie Otchere, Teemax etc were capturing and collating much imagery in […]
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 […]
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 […]
