Legendary poet, musician and spoken word artist
Gil Scott-Heron is to have his memoirs published on January 16, 2012. The late great artist's memoirs will be titled "The Last Holiday" and is set for release through publishers Canongate. The release date falls on the same day as
Martin Luther King day, which is fitting because the memoir does document the singer's civil rights activism and a tour he embarked on with
Stevie Wonder in 1980-81 to establish the national holiday. Canongate will also release an audio extract of the book where Heron will be heard reading about the murder of Beatles icon,
John Lennon.
Listen to Heron reading the Lennon chapter below.
Hip Hop legend-in-action [and seemingly the modern blueprint for every other new emcee that emerges] 
The debut album from UK sensation 
Roxanne Tataei’s musical journey began in church, encouraged by the choirmaster (“He’d make me go at the forefront [to sing] every week and I’d be shaking… It was the best thing that he could have done”). Primary school performances soon led to tours around England with the National Youth Music Theatre, which she describes as a “grounding” experience, before putting it all to the side in favour of writing her own music and experimenting with sounds.
Following an extended trip to Mexico she formed an acoustic jazz trio and gigged around London, which brought the A&Rs her way. Then last year, in stepped Rough Trade records and ROX's solo quest began.