All posts by Ayodele Adepoju

This South London native describes himself as a singer, songwriter, troubadour and wordsmith who makes classic song writing look absolutely effortless. Judging by his first two singles – last year’s “Redemption Days” featuring Ghostface Killah and “Giants” featuring Childish Gambino – the above description is a pretty accurate one. His name is Josh Osho. [...]

Michael Kiwanuka is an unbelievably talented 24 year-old, this much cannot be denied. The three EPs he released in 2011 were among the best pieces of music to come out of the UK that year and it is no surprise that a major label came calling just in time to sign him as the year [...]

The official press release we received to inform us of a forthcoming concert at New York City’s Irving Plaza on Sunday, February 19 presented by Live Nation described the headline artist as “Kanye West’s Newest Protégée” and while much of that statement may be more PR jargon than truth [I mean this “protégée” is one [...]

Let me introduce you to one very exceptional 19-year old Miami-based singer, songwriter and musician by the name of Cris Cab, who describes himself as a Reggae/Pop artist. [...]

G.R.E.Ed.S (Generating Rhymes to Engage the Enlightened Soul) is a British Nigerian Spoken Word artist from London. Quite well known and well loved within London’s underground live music and poetry circuits, G.R.E.Ed.S has been creating and performing glorious spoken word/music for over three years and it is simply about time this music reaches the masses. [...]

Whilst not a fan of the recent BBC Sound of 2012 list, for criminally omitting the likes of Daughter and Lucy Rose, what it did do is introduce me – and now you – to 21-year old Salford, Manchester singer and songwriter Ren Harvieu. [...]

Singer-songwriter Tracey Duodu and producer Tom Barber are 14th – a new and upcoming London-based duo who, while describing themselves and their sound as an “underwater space party,” have their roots firmly in UK Garage and ’90s dance music. [...]

23-year old North London Soul singer, songwriter and musician Michael Kiwanuka – with his beautiful blend of Vintage Soul, Jazz elements, real heartfelt lyrics, captivating vocals that he describes as “hitting straight to the core” and acoustic guitar – landed firmly on my radar far back in April of this year with his amazing debut [...]

You will take one look at that name above and immediately think, Deptford Goth? Since when does SoulCulture feature “Goth” music? Alas you’d be wrong in that assertion because while that name might conjure up ideas of bands like Bauhaus, The Cure and Southern Death Cult, the music on the other hand is as far [...]

Having been highlighted as one of the “20 hottest producers in music right now” by the good folks at NME, nominated amongst The Guardian’s “10 of the next generation of young music producers” and worked with massive stars such as Tinie Tempah, Frankmusik, Olly Murs, The Wanted and The Saturdays (he co-wrote and co-produced their [...]