Category: Features
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Gregory Porter: “People who listen to soul driven music should look for it in all genres”
To be quite honest, I’d never heard of Gregory Porter before. Although he was tipped by UK pianist Jamie Cullum, I just figured that it was another weightless promotion by the industry in order to sell records. However, after listening to his debut album Water, and watching Gregory Porter perform live, I was proved wrong. …
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Heavy D: A Legend Gone Too Soon (May 24, 1967 – Nov 8, 2011)
The legendary Dwight “Heavy D” Myers passed away on the afternoon of November 8, 2011 in Los Angeles, California around 1pm PST at an LA Hospital. The loss of Myers signaled another painful reminder that popular culture is losing our legends at an alarming rate. Numerous current and past entertainers expressed their sentiments via Twitter…
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Mz Bratt: Blessed, Cursed & Teaching Truth
Cleopatra Humphrey, better known as Mz Bratt is an electro-grime emcee hailing from London. Currently working on her debut album, her name – an acronym for ‘be real and teach truth’ – is a familiar one. Her story, not so much.
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Ben Westbeech: “It’s important to think about the bad shit that’s going on sometimes”
It was a hot Autumn afternoon for my meeting with Ben Westbeech; a gifted young musician whose confident nature preyed on my interviewing techniques. “Fucking hell that’s a lot of questions there,” – his eyes bulged out upon witnessing the thick amount of my question cards. Nevertheless, as he sat in the sun’s heat next…
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The Family Stone: “It won’t get any better than this”
With careers spanning over 40 years, Sly and the Family Stone have become undoubtedly one of the most influential, game-changing bands to have graced the world of music. Chart-topping singles such as “Dance to the Music,” “Everyday People” and “Hot Fun in the Summertime”, and groundbreaking albums such as Stand (1969) and There’s a Riot…
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Cherri V: Success Is About The Journey
London born Cherri V has been tipped by some as the female NeYo, describing her sound as “R&B–pop.” Writing all her own tracks the young songstress has been on the scene since as far back as 2005 when she was part of R&B trio Trinity Stone. Although music was always a part of her family,…
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MeLo-X: Be The God Of Your Destiny
Mustafa, better known as MeLo-X, hails from Brooklyn, New York “by way of Jamaica.” An emcee, DJ, music producer and laptop musician, all we know of him so far is what he’s chosen to share with us through his music; mixtapes the likes of More Merch and Mustafa The GodKing: Rise of the Merch Album…
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Joel Culpepper: Everyone Loves An Underdog
Born and raised in South East London, Joel Culpepper has been working on his music for as long as he can remember. Hip Hop/Soul is the type of genre you would fit him in, although he gravitates more towards ‘alternative’ and ‘anything that is heartfelt’. The emerging singer/songwriter put out his first mixtape The Adventures…
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Shaggy: “Reggae artists need to start handling themselves like business people”
Former US marine Orville Burrell, known to most by his dancehall moniker Shaggy, has reached mainstream heights no other dancehall artist has in terms of mainstream success. Chart-topping singles and album all over the world with a career spanning near 20 years, most notably 2001’s diamond-selling Hot Shot which boasted singles “It Wasn’t Me” and…