Music News, Reviews and Interviews
This year I was back at one of my favourite festivals, doing what I do best, the Reggae Sun Ska interviews! [Check out my blog post on 5 Things I Love About Reggae Sun Ska Festival] It was super fun jumping back into my role of interviewer for the English speaking artists after a two year […]
I can honestly say Afropunk and I go way back. Way back in fact, to the days of Myspace. Those days where it was the ultimate privilege to appear on someone’s home page and I remember Afropunk having one of the coveted places on mine. I was in a band at the time. A noisy, […]
When I met The Travelling Band at their London gig in October, I got the impression that they are one of the hardest working bands out there. Relentless touring, Pledge campaigning to fund their latest album, hosting a night in Manchester, all the while managing to be one of the tightest live bands I’ve seen…ever. So when I heard […]
It’s my huge privilege to be involved with this the 5th instalment of Clit Rock – a music event aimed to raise awareness of FGM (female genital mutilation), and support charities such as The Girl Generation and Daughters of Eve who are campaigning against FGM. The event also celebrates female musicians and some of my favourites were in top […]
I wanted to interview The Bots when they came to London recently and played at The Old Blue Last. Alas I didn’t get to chat with them then, but I did get to enjoy their set which got pretty MENTAL in the head banging, glass smashing kinda way! Shout out to The Connectors who did a great job […]
A friend of mine said to me outside a gig, “If you like [insert band name here], then you’ll love Skinny Girl Diet!” I can’t remember the name of the first band she mentioned – let’s just say I was pretty tipsy at the time – but thankfully I did have some of my wits about […]
I am a huge fan of Haze. She has a unique, effortlessly soothing voice that wraps itself around the stories in her songs. It’ll make you drift away, forgetting where you are – lost in her beautiful melodies. Fans of Joni Mitchell and Joanna Newsom would definitely love Haze as much as I do! I actually […]
This young lady is doing it for me right now! Girl better WERRRRRKK! FEMME is making the kind of music I want to get down to and I’m not ashamed to say, I’ve had her music on repeat for quite some time now. She’ll be hitting a few festivals this summer so make sure you make […]
I met Danny from The Connectors randomly. I was in Camden hanging out at my friend’s café, when this Jimi Hendrix look-alike (that’s Danny) bounds up to the door and asks to leave his flyers there promoting his forthcoming gig at the Barfly down the road. I was obviously taken by his look (all leather […]
Gentle Mystics are just one of those bands that you HAVE to see live at least once in your life. They have that infectious energy, that party vibe, a spontaneous combustion of sounds that can make even the most unwilling movers, jump and dance with abandon. Their gigs are always raucous and FUN! That’s why […]