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Music Reviews: Sade, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jose James, Krystle Warren
Sade Soldier of Love (Sony) Buy on Amazon 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 [...]
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Introducing the next Nina Simone
The UK has been slow to cotton on to Kansas City-born singer/songwriter and former busker Krystle Warren. Her sublime soul and jazz influenced folk music has received ample attention in both France (where she now resides) and the US for quite some time. However, it wasn’t until she performed a highly memorable set on ‘The [...]
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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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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. Catch [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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What’s in a name? Jazz musician Soweto Kinch talks to Catch a Vibe
Soweto – a Johannesburg area that made the world pay attention to the issues South Africans were facing at the time. In 1976 Soweto witnessed its people stand up against Apartheid and change the way the government was dictating things. Two years on and the name of such a revolutionary town was given to jazz [...]
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Roberto Fonseca, ‘a musical experience not to be missed’
We interviewed virtuoso Jazz pianist, Roberto Fonseca, in May before his gig at the ICA. Fonseca is back in London for the London Jazz Festival. He will be performing at the Southbank Centre on Sat 14 Nov, sharing the stage with Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade. We’re giving you another opportunity to get better acquainted [...]
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This Is It: review
The rumours and controversy surrounding the release of This Is It were as wild as those surrounding Michael Jackson’s life and death. Body doubles were used in the film! The movie is a blatant way of making money from Michael Jackson’s death! Fans are staging a boycott because the film fails to address MJ’s health [...]
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Maxwell
Six days of Maxwell, Day 3: Pretty Wings live Maxwell will be live at Hammersmith Apollo London this Sat 31st Oct
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Larry McDonald: ‘You were not just looking in my direction before’
Larry McDonald released his remarkable debut album ‘Drumquestra’ after 40 years making a crucial percussive difference to others’ records, notably Gil Scott Heron, The Skatalites, Manu Dibango, Peter Tosh …. The lyrics are uplifting and the tracks feature artists as diverse as Bob Andy and Mutabaruka alongside Sly Dunbar and traditional drummers. Debbie Golt aka [...]
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P Square: No One Like You
P-Square, winner of Best Group Award at the MTV African Music Awards 2009. Video: No One Like ou
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