Music Editor Mahnoor Imam talks with Maya Delilah on jazz, vocal style and her new release of Harvest Moon on Blue Note II.
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Single Review: Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out the Window
Mahnoor Imam reviews the new Silk Sonic single, ‘Smokin’ Out the Window’.
Album Review: Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant
George Ward reviews Hiatus Kaiyote’s latest album, Mood Valiant.
Review: Soul
Online screen editor, Jim Norman, finds a real joy in the latest Pixar release
Frank Ocean – Cayendo Single Review
Joshua Fundafunda reviews one of Frank Ocean’s latest singles
Marvin Gaye’s lost album
Agnes Chapman-Wills looks at Marvin Gaye’s ‘lost album’.
Album Review: Anderson .Paak – Ventura
A true return to form for Breezy Lovejoy Anderson .Paak and his boys. ‘Yes LAWD!’. I have been a die-hard Paak fanboy since Malibu and was enamoured with the electric chemistry between Paak and The Free Nationals, the gospel influences, the bells and chimes, the syrupy basslines and Anderson’s untouchable talent. I went into Oxnard with high […]
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 Orange from 2012, which features an amalgamation of soul, hip hop and R&B, Ocean provides the listeners with the painful processes that are attached to drug taking; what it is like to […]
An Interview with Desi Valentine
It’s 10pm on a drizzly Friday in the heart of Devon, but for Desi Valentine “It’s another beautiful day in LA”. So much so, that later on in our interview, he’d be placing his phone in the freezer after it overheats in the beaming 3pm sun. From the outset, Desi’s optimistic and good-natured zest shines […]
Exeposé Music’s Top Albums of 2018: 25-20
25 Joy as an Act of REsistance by idles Joy as an Act of Resistance beats with a pulse that proves punk isn’t dead. IDLES stack their sophomore album with humour, honesty and angry bangers. Their post-punk sound is so smart it’s as woke and witty as Kanye West thinks he is. Lead singer Joe Talbot […]