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It’s probably about time that you’re introduced to Femi Temowo. The Nigerian-born guitarist (and producer) is amongst the most talented jazz musicians currently residing in the UK. Fittingly, he’s just been nominated for a MOBO in the Best Jazz Act category. [...]

In the overly populated musical genre of Hip-Hop, making your presence known as an up-and-coming emcee can be a hard task.  With artists slotting into existing positions of conscious rap, hipster rap, non-lyrical rap etc, finding your lane can come with disappointing outcomes, and working extra hard to get your music out. For Florida born [...]

Back in the early/mid 2000s, Houston’s rap scene gave us the likes of Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Slim Thug and Chamillionaire, who came from the Swishahouse movement. Highly touted newcomer Travi$ Scott is stylistically way different to the Swishahouse boys, instead bearing a flow similar flow to MMG’s Wale paired with an audiovisual skillset reminiscent [...]

Soulful R&B crooner Luke James may be familiar to some due to his brilliant performance on the BET Honors of his debut single “I Want You.” Luke’s production has not been great for the last couple of years, but he definitely has the talent to spark a trend and help bring true soul singers with [...]

Last month we took a trip to Los Angeles, California and whilst having lunch poolside at the Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood (Asia De Cuba FTW by the way), we were introduced to the music of this beautiful new talent by the name of Danielle Parente and HAD to share it with you guys. [...]

We just can’t get enough of that Motown sound. From the late, great Amy Winehouse‘s Back To Black — a journey through ’60s pop — to Plan B‘s reinvention as a soul man for his sophmore effort The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, we can’t help but consume this music with wild abandon. We love it. How has [...]

As an avid listener of R&B and Soul music, I’ve found that over the last couple of years the sudden swoop of electro-pop has taken over and left the genre to slowly but surely come to an end. On a quest to reignite my hope, I stumbled across London-based Scandinavian R&B, Soul and Jazz singer [...]

Bridging the gap between Hip Hop, Gospel and Poetry comes budding talent, 19 year old Franklyn Music. Born Franklyn Addo, the East London Ghanaian is beginning to establish himself as one of the most promising young rappers in the UK, thanks to the engaging content finely crafted with impressive vocabulary into every verse. [...]

Tempa T‘s “Next Hype” was literally a next hype when the tune dropped in clubs up and down the country and came at a time when grime music was at its peak in the UK. The producer behind the track, South London spitter turned beatmaker Darq E Freaker was little known then – but his [...]

Just under a year ago I came across Vonny Del Fresco on Tumblr with his cover of Childish Gambino‘s “Do Ya Like,” sampling Adele‘s “Melt My Heart To Stone.” His chilled flow and voice, that to me was similar [in a complimentary sort of way, as opposed to ripping him off] to that of Lupe [...]