Soul Noel @ The SouthBank Centre, London [Event Review]

Friday evening was the opening night at London’s Southbank Centre for Soul Noel- a specially commissioned project that sees producers and event organisers ‘Serious’ (London Jazz Festival pioneers) combine forces with ‘Black Routes’ a touring network of African and Caribbean music. The premise is simple- Christmas carols and seasonal songs remixed in the style of [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Speak’ by MICHAEL OLATUJA featuring Various Artists.

I find it increasingly difficult to be impressed by new music these days. Even once fail-safe, automatically credible sub-genres such as Neo-Soul aren’t immune. They too seem to have been blighted by the same malaise of boredom that has been the bane of the mainstream for a good while. There are too many artists out [...]