Tag: R&B
Songs with Soul – Channel Orange
The lyrical genius that is Frank Ocean has never been one to shy away from confronting world issues. In his debut studio album, Channel...
Jorja Smith @ O2 Academy Bristol
After a flurry of Summer festival performances, boasting tour dates across the globe in the coming months, Jorja Smith brought her “Lost & Found”...
Album Review: Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer could not have been released at a better time. A complex and genuinely enjoyable synthesis of pop, R&B, funk, and...
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer Review
Wow, this album was long. Long to the point of being difficult, long to the point of having its saggy middle blur into one...
Album Review: Craig David – Following My Intuition
If you know anything about Craig David pre-2015, you’ll know that the nation has been swept by an alarming common error in thinking that...
Homecoming: An interview with Rosie Lowe
With a succession of critically adored tracks to her name, the London-based, Devon-born musician Rosie Lowe has emerged as one of the most hotly tipped artists around. Now Lowe is set...
“I want to be reaching everyone”: An evening with Kwabs
Kwabs first entered my radar in 2010, in the BBC 2 series Goldie’s Band - By Royal Appointment, which followed the drum and bass...
Album Review: The Neighbourhood – Wiped Out!
The Neighbourhood
Wiped Out
30th October 2015
Wiped Out! is The Neighbourhood’s second full-length album, released two years after their particularly successful debut ‘I Love You’. An...
Album Review: Samm Henshaw – The Sound Experiment
Samm Henshaw
The Sound Experiment
25 September 2015, Sony
Before I could write anything, I had one question about Samm Henshaw that needed to be resolved. Why...
Percy Sledge Remembered
American soul and R&B legend, Percy Sledge, has died from liver cancer aged 74.
It is rare, said his agent Steve Green from talent agency...
