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News: Charles Bradley cancels tour dates amid health fears
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires have spent much of the year out on the road, following int he success of his recent album Changes. However, upon getting the news that Charles’s doctors have discovered a cancerous tumour in his stomach, Bradley has cancelled his upcoming tour dates as the 67 year old begins his treatment …
Track: Tameca Jones – Sandman
After a (at least artistic) lifetime writing songs and performing covers across her native Texas, Austin’s Tameca Jones has stepped up to the plate – duetting with Gary Clark Jr on his latest long player The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, and is about to release an EP of her own. Titled naked, its due …
News: Corinne Bailey Rae announces autumn tour
On the back of the release of her new album The Heart Speaks In Whispers, Leeds songstress Corinne Bailey Rae has announced her first UK tour for five years. She’s already performed highly regarded sets at Glastonbury, a support slot with Stevie Wonder at British Summer Time, as well as supporting Lionel Ritchie on his …
See: Izo FitzRoy releases new video for debut single Reckoning
Taken from her forthcoming debut album Skyline, due out on Jalapeno Records early next year, Reckoning is the debut single from London based soul singer Izo FitzRoy. She’s certainly earned her stripes though, touring her gospel choir and working with the Grammy award winning Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen in New Orleans before …
Meet: The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
Vancouver duo The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer are fresh from a handful of European dates, in support of their recent record Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To. Although the name suggests something of the extremes (I had dutch happy hardcore, or Swedish death metal in mind) they actually make this rather intoxicating mix …
EP: Jasmine Power – Stories & Rhymes EP
Out now is Stories & Rhymes, the debut EP from London based (via the lake district and Wales) singer songwriter Jasmine Power. Already her Jazz stylings have attracted the interest of the likes of Gilles Peterson, and on the evidence of the record, the increasing hype is totally justified. Comparisons inevitably can be drawn to …
Playlist: R.I.P. Muhammad Ali – 10 songs
And so the champion made his exit, and the man born Cassius Clay, the ‘Louisville lip’, the three time Heavyweight champion of the world left us, surrounded by his family at the age of 74. Ever since winning Olympic gold medal at the 1960 games and turning professional he told us he was the greatest, …
Track: NEEDTOBREATHE – No Excuses
So we know that Charleston, SC quartet NEEDTOBREATHE have a new album out on July 15th through Atlantic Records. We also know it’s called H A R D L O V E, (yeah, that gap thing going on again) and we know the band can turn their hands to, well, virtually anything following the previous …
Track: Marcus Alan Ward – Little Sunshine
Cleveland Ohio singer songwriter Marcus Alan Ward has just released a new slab of future funk in the shape of his new track Little Sunshine. After releasing music under the Freeze-Tag moniker, he’s reverted to his own name, and mixes up soid funk cuts with Ward’s gospel soul infused vocals and a healthy dose of …
Album Review: White Denim – Stiff
White Denim are one of those kinds of bands that just make you want to drive insanely fast and punch the air with your fists. They make this kind of uptempo, good time rock and roll that is a little more caffeinated than your average fun time rock band. Another thing about White Denim is …