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Sam Smith has released the new theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie titled “Spectre”. The track “Writing’s On The Wall” brings us the best of Sam Smith as a singer and songwriter as it can’t get bigger than singing and co-writing theme song for a James Bond film. The track was first premiered […]
PBS’s Austin City Limits succeeded in bringing in Sam Smith on January 17. The British singer-songwriter performed for 25 minutes on set entertaining the audience with his powerful vocals. He started the show with “Together” which is his collaboration with Nile Rodgers and Disclosure. He then sang Whitney Houston’s “How Will I know”. But the […]
2014 was a great year for music. We listened to some of the most beautiful tracks this year and enjoyed commercial as well as critically acclaimed albums. But still there is only one artist who succeeded in selling one million album copies this year – the artist name is Sam Smith. Now with this kind […]
Sam Smith has become a household name with release of his debut album “In The Lonely Hour”. After a successful year, he has finally announced his first theater/arena tour to North America where he will kick off things with a theater performance at Fox Theatre in Atlanta on 9 January. He will close his tour […]
Sam Smith and Freddy Verano have collaborated for “Moments”, yet another track released from Sam’s unreleased album. “Moments” heats up right from the beginning with Freddy’s ‘Sunshine Style’ of production and Sam’s soulful vocals. Sam Smith was an unknown singer from London in 2010 when Kosmo Records signed a deal with him. Sam’s first single […]
Sam Smith has been enjoying success as number one pop artist in the UK time ever since he gained No.1 spot with Naughty Boys for ‘La La La’. He has never looked back from there, winning BBC’s Sound of 2014, following it with British Critics Choice Award. Considering that Sam Smith was working in a […]
Kasabian’s stellar year will continue with a headline slot at this years iTunes Festival at London’s Roundhouse. The Leicester band, who have a number one album, a huge homecoming show, a Glastonbury headline slot and a sold-out UK tour to their name so far in 2014, will play the iTunes Festival on 5 September. Joining […]
My A-Z round up of the new singles available for digital download this week.
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – ‘Say Something’
Here’s a slow-paced piano-led ballad that is programmed to pull at your heart-strings and certainly feels like the post-Valentines come down. ‘Say Something’ is a song that you really want to go somewhere but it doesn’t quite build on its initial concept; a huge chorus never really appears. The verse is touching and well balanced between the vocals of the main singer and guest artist Aguilera over some swelling strings and it finally brings a bit more power in the final third. It’ll fit nicely over the touching end of a television drama but not sure how strong it is on its own, but it’s a well meaning tear-jerker if you’re in the right frame of mind. (6.5/10)
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Sam Smith has been revealed as the winner of the BBC Sound Of 2o14 poll – beating out competition from the likes of Banks, Ella Eyre and Sampha. Previous winners of the BBC’s annual ‘Sound Of’ poll include Adele, Ellie Goulding, Little Boots, Jessie J and Haim. Throughout this week the BBC have been whittling […]
December is traditionally a quiet month, so I was surprised at the amount of quality new music showing up in my Soundcloud ‘Likes’ as I put this playlist together. From the return of Doves’ Jimi Goodwin to brand new Drake, Warpaint, Sam Smith and Broken Bells – December has provided us with some great new […]