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. [...]
May 8, 2012
Andy Bustard
Arts News, Hip Hop, London, Music
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.” [...]
May 8, 2012
Karen Nyame-Gyamfi
London, Music Videos, New Music, Remixes, UK
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. [...]
May 8, 2012
Cheyenne Davis
Event Listings, Hip Hop, London, Music
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. [...]
May 7, 2012
Karen Nyame-Gyamfi
New Music, Remixes, UK, US
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 [...]
May 7, 2012
Cheyenne Davis
Event Listings, Jazz, Music, Previews, UK
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 [...]
May 4, 2012
Andy Bustard
Arts News, Hip Hop, London, Music
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 [...]
April 30, 2012
Nura Abdela
Event Listings, London, Style
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. [...]
April 27, 2012
Max-El
Festivals, London
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 [...]