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Track/Video: Jazz/afrobeat fusionists TC & The Groove Family announce new EP with the dynamic ‘Stand Strong’.
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from TC & The Groove Family but you can’t keep a good collective down. Led by drummer Tim Cook (TC) and based around players who originally crossed paths in Leeds, the band’s 2022 debut ‘First Home’ (reviewed in BSM HERE) made a sizeable dent in the listening schedules. …
Live Review: Oliver Tree – o2 Apollo, Manchester 08/11/23
As part of a 5 date UK run with support from Super Computer and Tommy Cash, Oliver Tree is in Manchester tonight on his ‘Oliver Tree Presents Alone In A Crowd’ tour promoting his third album released a couple of months ago. Anyone who has attended an Oliver Tree show before will know he is …
Live Gallery: Sampa the Great at the Art Gallery of NSW 22.09.2023
Sampa the Great – urban beats meet contemporary art.
Live Review: Outbreak Festival 2023 – Day 1
Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography Wow, what can I say about Outbreak Festival? Now right from the start I have to fess up and admit to never having heard of it before this year. Looking at the line-up in advance of the festival, there were only a handful of bands I’d heard of, but I’d …
Live Gallery: Rising Festival – Liv.e and Obongjayar, Forum Theatre, Melbourne, 15.06.2023
Feature photograph: Ian Bickerstaff
Live Review: K.Flay – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, Wa – 23.06.2023
Seattle was on fire this past Friday evening as K.Flay took the stage at the iconic Showbox SoDo. With a mixture of rock, hip-hop and electronic-pop music, K.Flay delivered a mesmerizing performance, she had the crowd in the palm of her hand from the opening beat. The audience hanging on every note, were not disappointed …
Album Review: Nickodemus – Soul & Science: flowing global beats for moving and messaging.
New York based sonic traveller, producer and DJ Nickodemus is one of those global beats’ touchstones. Motivating dancefloors across the continents since the mid nineties and founder of the world rhythm epicentre that is Wonderwheel Recordings, he is a devoted fusionist with a deep feel for all his influences. Latin, disco, Arabic, funk, soul, afrobeat, …
Gallery and Setlist: Macklemore/Tones and I/ Charlieonafriday, 3Arena, 03/04/23
Macklemore opened his BEN tour in Dublin’s 3Arena on the 3rd of April 2023 with support from Charlieonafriday and Tones and I. Macklemore brought the energy in bucket loads and it is certainly a tour worth checking out! Charlieonafriday and Tones and I gallery: Macklemore Gallery and Setlist:
Gallery: Snoop Dogg / Versatile / D12 – 3Arena, Dublin 26.03.2023
Last night the 3Arena was taken over! by gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg! with support slots falling on Dublin rappers Casper & Eskimo Supreme who make up the rap due Versatile and opening the night were American hip hop collective D 12. D 12 Photos & Set-list: Rap GamePistol PistolGit UpLoyaltyNasty MindPimp Like MeU R The OneGurls …
News: Mount Westmore release new single ‘Motto’
Today, MOUNT WESTMORE, the legends of West Coast rap, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40, and Too $hort, are pleased to announce the release of their newest single, “MOTTO,” taken from their December 9. 2022 studio album release, ‘“Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort”. The single is available across all DSPs via the group’s label Mount Westmore, LLC. with MNRK Music …