BBC Music Sound of 2017

January 6, 2017 — Leave a comment

And the winner is London gal Ray BLK (Building, Loving Knowing) who’s been described as the British equivalent of Lauryn Hill and by going by the sound of her two singles My Hood and Chill Out f.t SG Lewis. Both are incredible and great listening pleasure. Other runners up from this year are…

2. Rag ‘n’ Bone Man

3. Raye

4. Jorja Smith

5. Nadia Rose

AJ Tracey

Anderson .Paak

Cabbage

Dave

Declan McKenna

Maggie Rogers

Stefflon Don

The Amazons

The Japanese House

Tom Grennan

Well done for getting this far in the poll and look forward to hearing from you this year. Other winners have included Sam Smith, Jessie J, Adele and Michael Kiwanuka are previous winner

Robbie Williams Rocks Big Ben Live

January 1, 2017 — Leave a comment

Not long been watching the ever-talented cheeky chappie that is Robbie Williams perform in the lead up to the Big Ben countdown to the London firework display on BBC1. Good’ol Robbie performed some of his hit tracks including Angels, Let Me Entertain You and last years’ release Party Like a Russian and Come Undone. Best of all he’s still on now if you want to watch. All that’s left to say now is

                         Goodbye 2016

               HELLO 2017!!!!

Pete Tong on The Graham Norton Show

January 1, 2017 — Leave a comment

Watched the legendary Radio 1 DJ that is non other than Pete Tong himself play and amazing set on The Graham Norton Show on BBC1 earlier (just last year). A perfect mix of dance and classical and even had the singer Cookie (guest singer from The Shapeshifters) to perform the hit ‘Lola’s Theme’. Absolutely amazing and a perfect reminder of why the songs are great and why Pete Tong’s a LEGEND!!!

 

The Singles Review

December 29, 2016 — Leave a comment
Alex Adair
“Make Me Feel Better”
No actual explanation need for this other than it’s an amazing dance tune and was released in March 2015 and still sounds great now. This is one of those songs that could easily go into your summer playlist and you’d probably not get bored of it. The video itself was made in L.A and features 3 young women dancing in front of an ever-changing screen in various locations.
Paradis
“Toi Et Moi”
This was released this year and is by French duo Paradis, is 3 minutes 42 seconds long and is sung entirely in French. It’s actually quite a good dance track which has an good ambient sound to it. The video to this uses red lighting and shows people dancing including the duo, Paradis, themselves performing in a disco setting. It’s a perfect mix of dance and ambient.
Stromae
“Alors On Danse” (Eng tran: Then We Dance)
Originally released in 2009 by Rwandan/Belgian artist/producer Stromae, is a great dance track that’s just under 4 minutes and is sung entirely in Belgian. The song itself is great and the video is done a in single-person perspective; it basically begins with a man who finishes work and goes out to forget his problems, ends up in a bar, sing before a crowd before passing out and is dragged back to work.

 

George Michael Is Dead

December 26, 2016 — Leave a comment

The British singer George Michael who shot to fame in the 80’s as part of the group Wham! died on the 25th December 2016 at the age of 53. RIP George Michael, you’ll be sorely missed by many, many people and we’ll always remember you and your music.

                   RIP

         GEORGE MICHAEL

              1963-2016

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2016 — Leave a comment

Just leaving a post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, hope you all have a great day no whatever happens and eat, drink and get merry. Seasons greetings to all. 😉

              Merry Christmas

                      2016

Katie Melua on The Graham Norton Show

December 23, 2016 — Leave a comment

Just watching Katie Melua perform her new single ‘The Little Swallow’ with The Gori Women’s Choir on BBC1 at the moment. Granted it starts off on a slow pace before Katie’s voice gradually seeps through, ironically it doesn’t so much as cut through and dominate the other voices but just goes alongside them. A very gospel performance and surprisingly short. The singe’s from her new album In Winter. Though she’s got a great voice can’t say I thought that much of it I’m afraid.

And everyone posed for a selfie, courtesy of Hollywood legend Will Smith at the end.

 

Christmas All Dayer @TheMaze, Nottingham 17/12/16

December 21, 2016 — Leave a comment

A review I wrote for the Christmas All Dayer festival for the Nottingham Post, courtesy of IKE Promotions. Wolves Don’t Sleep, Carcer City and The Parallax Method were some of the bands that appeared on the day. Have a read and enjoy.

http://www.nottinghampost.com/christmas-all-dayer-at-the-maze-was-a-festive-treat/story-29996946-detail/story.html
A musical feast was hosted at The Maze in Mansfield Road at the weekend, it was an all-day event which began at 3pm and went on till the early hours of Sunday morning, 2am. The Christmas All-Dayer…

 

60 Seconds With… Wolves Don’t Sleep

December 19, 2016 — Leave a comment

A small interview I did with Wolves Don’t Sleep for the Nottingham Post in the run up to the Christmas All Dayer on the 17/12/2016. For the full interview go to the Published Pieces page

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Photo by Caitlin Staley

Jack Savoretti on The Graham Norton Show

December 16, 2016 — Leave a comment

Watching Jack Savoretti perform his latest single, ‘Only You’, before the audience on The Graham Norton Show on BBC1, and I’ve completely fallen under this guy’s musical spell. This guy’s got an amazing voice which sounds a little bit throaty but when you’ve got a voice like his who actually cares. Lyric-wise the song is incredible to say the least, completely soothing and packed with folk. This new song is from his latest album Sleep No More.