Ty – Special Kind of Fool [EPK]

“International hip hop artist hailing from the UK, Ty hits us in Spring 2010 with his fourth studio album Special Kind of Fool, on BBE Records.
Special Kind of Fool is Ty’s story. The tale of an artist who after ten years, three critically acclaimed albums (Awkward 2001, Upwards 2003, Closer 2006), collaborations with the likes [...]

LIVE REVIEW – Michael Olatuja album launch @ Jazz Café, London

There are lovers of music and there are lovers of music. There are those who harbour a healthy interest and others who embody music as an entity, oozing its essence from every pore. I suspect Michael Olatuja belongs to the latter group. One only has to observe the way he is completely [...]

8 DEC: MICHAEL OLATUJA Album Launch Party at Jazz Cafe, London

MICHAEL OLATUJA
ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY with special guests Ty & Terri Walker
Venue: Jazz Cafe (5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG )
Date: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Time: Doors 7pm
Tickets: Adv £15 – click here to buy tickets
At age 11, Olatuja picked up a bass guitar for the first time, and within five years, he was playing [...]

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 [...]

17 NOV: REBIRTH OF THE COOL @ London Jazz Festival

Rebirth of the Cool is a new youth music project from RollingSound, in collaboration with Trinity College of Music and supported by the Arts Council England.
Eric Lau, Finn Peters and Ty have been working with some of London’s finest young musicians to create six original pieces for this London Jazz Festival performance at Blackheath Halls.
Date: [...]

Paving The Way: Speech Debelle Interview

South London’s Speech Debelle snuck in the back door this year with alternative Hip Hop album Speech Therapy. This time last year, many of us had never heard of her. Then in September, having developing a media buzz surrounding the album’s June 1st release on Big Dada (British home to Hip Hop from the likes [...]

SoulCulture.TV presents… Dear Mama – The Mother's Day Special

As Mother’s Day approaches this weekend, we took the focus away from flowers and chocolates to talk about the intricacies of our relationships with our mothers. Featuring: renowned poet Taalam Acey, soul artists Jesse Boykins III, Tawiah, Ra-Re Valverde and Chestor Gregory, and UK rapper TY.

What’s the most embarrassing thing your mother’s ever caught you [...]