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Beyonce has gifted her fans with “The Lion King: The Gift.” The album came out on 19th along with the music video for “Spirit” and a couple of days later, Beyonce expanded on the music video, making it even better and fancier by adding “Bigger” to it. It’s a true gift from the iconic singer […]
With The Verve’s reunion a thing of the past and his appeal as a solo artist steadily decreasing, front-man Richard Ashcroft is back with a new band and what looks to be a new approach… Back in those heady Britpop days of the 90’s, Richard Ashcroft was hailed by many as the greatest front-man of […]
The Horrors – Skying After their first album failed to live up to all that ‘most exciting new band’ hype, The Horrors kind of dropped off the radar as everyone looked elsewhere for trendy, big-haired, skinny jeaned rockers to provide the next new exciting sound. The ironic thing is, if everyone had stuck around […]
Nas – Life Is Good [rating:4/5] Buy: Life Is Good Now hip-hop is not exactly my specialist subject, but I am quite a big fan of Mr Nasir Jones so I felt I had to give his new album the once over. I’m not a total hip-hop noob though, I know enough to get by […]
Big Boi new solo album reviewed As one half of absurdly successful rap duo OutKast, Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton was the quiet man of hip-hop. Now with his long awaited debut solo album, his voice is loud and proud…
Paul Cook and The Chronicles – Volume 1 [rating:4/5] I don’t usually bother too much with acoustic singer-songwriter types – mostly because they tend to be a bit dull and try so hard to strike an emotional chord they forget to actually write good tunes. Not so with this guy. I featured his single ‘Candlelight’ […]
Lil Wayne’s project “Free Weezy Album” is complete and out now. This much-anticipated album from New Oreleans singer was premiered on TIDAL last week. The project includes 15 different tracks, featuring various top artists such as Wiz Khalifa, Cory Gunz and Jeezy. The project is produced by Cool & Dre, Develop, Beats, Jake Throth and […]
After all the spoken-word promo videos and then the controversy of his various tour cancellations, it’s finally time for us to hear Morrissey’s brand new album in full. The former Smiths front-man is streaming his new solo effort World Peace Is None Of Your Business ahead of its release next week. You can hear it […]
In the five years since she released her debut album ‘Arular’, Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam has gradually carved a niche for herself as the music scene’s foremost political artist. To be fair, though, she hasn’t got much mainstream competition for that particular title, unless I’m missing the subtle socio-political subtext in the works of Katy Perry […]
Willie Nelson Returns With ‘First Rose Of Spring’NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Willie Nelson about the release of his latest album, First Rose of Spring, and about how he’s faring during the pandemic.