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Inside: Issue 13

Choklate: ‘Life writes the best songs. Not people.’

Soul/r&b singer-songwriter sensation Choklate has taken the underground scene by storm since her excellent debut album Volume 1 was released nearly four years ago.  The Seattle native took some time out recently to answer a few questions for us at Catch a Vibe.
Catch a Vibe: This month you played a couple of dates in the [...]

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Inside: Issue 12, The Vault

Music Reviews: Sade, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jose James, Krystle Warren

Sade
Soldier of Love (Sony)
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Sade’s sixth album is a welcome return for those who know and love the reclusive one’s breathy and sensuous style – this is the first release since the classic Lovers Rock from 2000. Those yet to get acquainted are treated to a concise 10-track suite of calm and serene melodies, [...]

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Inside: Issue 10, The Vault

Afrobeat No Go Die!

We meet at Cafe Otto in Dalston. Dele’s already there, taking a call. He waves me over with a welcoming smile, and then chastises me for coming late. Apologies fly like bacon at a food fight; I offer a drink in compensation, he accepts a cappuccino, but we have less than an hour, Mr Sosimi [...]

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Inside: Issue 13

2010 – The year of Rox-Soul

2010 is set to be a big year for young London soulstress Rox.  Releasing her debut single ‘No Going Back’ this month, Catchavibe.co.uk recently caught up with this busy lady as she made time out of her hectic schedule to talk about her  musical roots harmonising in church, Sade, and being heavily in demand.
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Inside: Issue 9, The Vault

Music: the 2010 hot list

Out with 2009 and in with 2010. We’ve scanned the calendar of music releases for 2010 and plucked out the highlights. We’ve listed the artist, the album name  and the release date (if known) along with the producers and any (rumoured) collaborations. If you think other albums should have been included in the list, then [...]

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Inside: Issue 8, The Vault

Jazzmo’thology at Bernie Grant Arts Centre

The Bernie Grant Arts Centre (BGAC) will be presenting a fantastic line-up – live on stage! – on December 29, 30 and 31(New Year’s Eve)!

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Inside: Issue 8, The Vault

Good Times are back! With Norman Jay

A local West London pub is not the place where you’d expect to meet a DJ who has received a MBE from the Queen and played for Will Smith, Prince or Bruce Springsteen. And yet, after a few minutes chatting with Norman Jay, the choice of place for this interview becomes obvious. For the pioneering DJ, music needs no pretense, glitz nor glamour. His Good Times NYE party will be a celebration to music and old school partying; a trip to back to the roots of Djing, where anything goes. Read on.

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Inside: Issue 8, The Vault

2009: A Year in Soul Music

The spirit of independent soul music is stronger and louder than ever. Artists who do not fit in the restrictive radio format are breaking through to a hungry soulful public and winning support of fans, media and tastemakers alike. There are five artists that I have personally appreciated this year 2009 and I’d like to [...]

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Inside: Entertainment News

Haiti’s Wyclef And Lauryn Hill Set To Perform Together

It will be a reunion of sorts in New Zealand early in the new year for former Fugees members, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill. The Haitian Grammy winner and Hill are slated to perform on Jan. 23 at the Ragamuffin Music Festival, in Rotorua, organizers say. It will be the first time in years that [...]

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The Lady Can Sang: an interview with Jazmine Sullivan

Catching Up with Jazmine Sullivan… We’ve been following Ms Sullivan’s career ever since she appeared on Gilles Peterson’s The BBC Sessions (2005) where she sang the magnificent Braid Your Hair. Fast forward September 2009 and Jazmine Sullivan is performing at the Jazz Cafe. We met her on the eve of the gig. She broke it [...]

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