Re-arrangement  – or as she likes to put it: ‘D’rangement’ – comes naturally to Janette Mason. The musical director of London jazz and soul venue The Hideaway (which I sincerely hope […]

Sy Smith’s rendering of jazz standard ‘Feeling Good’ is the perfect tonic to usher in the New Year. First performed on stage by Cy Grant in musical The Roar of the […]

Well. Joss Stone is lucky she managed her ‘Total World Tour’ (ending with an abrupt deportation from Iran) prior to this global pandemic. A few months ago, the 33 year-old […]

Christmas meets Coronavirus in ‘My Christmas Tree’, the latest single from ‘Black Bohemian’ Alex Parvenu. Alex, a British musician of Nigerian background, released his Motowny debut single ‘It Wasn’t Me‘ back […]

Beverley Knight provides the theme to new comedy film The Loss Adjuster with her first Christmas single ‘A Christmas Wish’. Knight says: “It’s great to be part of a Christmas […]

Producer, singer-songwriter, and vocalist Bashiyra began her career delivering backing vocals for big-hitters such as Michael Bolton, Patti Labelle, and Diana Ross. She has worked with esteemed songwriters such as […]

Judith Hill’s latest single ‘Americana’ is a stomping funk groove that calls for women of colour in the US to challenge their oppressors. “We are living in a time where […]

On her approach to songwriting, Caribbean-American artist TALIA explains: “I am a storyteller, everything I create is made with a focus on black, brown, and queer lives.” The classically trained artist […]

An alumna of The Voice (US), Jessica Childress has opened for the likes of Charles Bradley, The Family Stone, Patti LaBelle, and Allen Stone. The LA-based singer-songwriter released her debut album DAYS in 2018. […]

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Acantha Lang is now a formidable presence within London’s live music scene. Her concert at the Pizza Express Jazz Club landed at #2 in The […]

Louisville, Kentucky based collaborators Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff share soulful R&B/hip-hop jam ‘When It’s Sweet’ from their upcoming EP Rising With It, released on Jakarta Records. “We all know what’s it like […]

‘Turn Away From Darkness’, passionately sung by Joyce Dunn, was originally released on Mercury Records back in 1969. Composer and lyricist Jane McNealy has re-released the song on her new […]

It is surprising that a singer as clearly gifted as Amber Riley is only now releasing original music. But one shan’t complain. New music is here and the artist in […]

Titus Makin aka Butterfly Ali has starred in TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars, The Rookie, and Glee. Over the past year, the Los Angeles-based creative has made forays into the […]