UK

Now this is the kind of news we needed to hear today. The ever impressive rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T. has just announced his first ever UK concert date. The Mississippi-bred rapper will be playing a one-off show at XOYO, London on Thursday, August 23rd, to mark his premiere performance in the United Kingdom. [...]

Following the recent release of UK singer/songwriter Emma Blakk’s “Breakdown” freestyle, here’s another addition to her portfolio with her take on UK rapper Bashy‘s “Heart of Stone.” [...]

Combining the sounds of Jazz, Hip-Hop and Soul bringing a modern twist to the experimental sounds of the UK urban scene, eight piece live UK band Lazy Habits are on the way to releasing their self titled debut LP – and celebrating by taking over the stage at east London venue XOYO on May 12. [...]

Explosive Birmingham MC Lady Leshurr has unleashed her lyrical bag of tricks jumping on the exclusive UK remix of R&B boyband Mindless Behavior’s track ‘Girls Talkin’ Bout.’ Fusing uptempo singing with sarcastic humour within her rap verses, Leshurr manages to blend in quite nicely over the original song structure. [...]

Having just released their new album Surreal, loved British jazz band Incognito will be making appearances around the world on a new tour. Established in 1979, the band have seen a great response since starting off their musical journey in 1981 with their debut album Jazz Funk. With years (and 14 albums) behind them, Surreal [...]

Yasiin Bey will be heading to London to play a one-off show at the HMV Forum on Saturday, 26th May. It will mark the Brooklyn-born emcee’s, formerly known as Mos Def, first appearance in the UK capital since May 10th last year, where he performed alongside his long-time partner in rhyme and other half of [...]

While we gear up for and salivate at the thought of the forthcoming summer festival season, the xx helps tide us over with a recently-announced host of shows. The Mercury Prize winners have unveiled a string of European and UK tour dates, including three intimate London shows. The Guardian reports that the band’s latest songs [...]

Back in January there was talk of London hosting its first men’s fashion weekend, rather than the menswear collections all fighting it out to fit into the 1-day schedule they had to make do with at the end of women’s Fashion Week. A provisional schedule of Friday June 15th to Sunday June 17th has now [...]

BBC Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend 2012 just got a whole lot cooler. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Rihanna has been added as a headlining act alongside Jay-Z for this year’s edition of the popular London music festival. [...]

Pulling from a wide pool of influences from Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway to Bjork, Sade and Pink Floyd – even literature greats Shakespeare and Langston Hughes - New York based singer/songwriter Jesse Boykins III first began to establish his international global fanbase with his 2008 debut EPDopamine: My Life On My Back [...]