Cardi B Grammy Superstar Did you know Cardi B is an American female rapper breaking boundaries in all the best of ways. In 2018 she won best new artist at the iHeartRadio music awards. She is as quirky as she is talented. Her rapping skills are a nod to when rappers took the time to write out music for the love of music and not just for the money. Grammy fame The bizarreness doesn’t just stop with Cardi’s personality. Her real…
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Ask two people about the state of the music industry and you’ll get three answers. It’s certainly true that music has faced some real challenges with the rise of the internet. However, it hasn’t all been a disaster! Far more people are producing and composing music than ever before. Music and sound design are collectively pushing to the fringes of artistic expression. So, we have some helpful musician tips to get your music heard. The internet, whilst the nightmare of…
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Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson Or simply Anne-Marie to her fans, was born on the 7th of April 1991 in Somerset, England . After touring with Rudimental for two years as one of their vocalists. Because of this, her own voice was recognised resulting in her fame. She is actually a three-time world champion in karate and has therefore named her current album after the sport. Similarly, there is even a segment on her YouTube channel called Karate with Anne-Marie. Anne is currently…
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The 1975 kicked off their UK & Ireland Tour in Belfast last night emblazoning the SSE Hydro Arena in everything neon. The tour supports their critically acclaimed third album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. Pale Waves and No Rome accompanied the band on the first leg of their tour. The night debuted a collaborative performance of ‘Narcissist’ by No Rome and the headliners themselves. Matt Healy opened the night with the first single released…
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DID YOU KNOW??? George Kyriacos Panayiotou Michael (known as George Michael on stage) was born 25th June 1963. His beautiful, silky voice oozed its way into the hearts of everyone who heard his music. It was impossible to find someone who didn’t (or still doesn’t) like him. He spoke volumes to large audiences and was the person behind those famous choose life tees; that paved the way for slogan fashion besides giving us his classic ‘Last Christmas’…
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Ask two people about the state of the music industry and you’ll get three answers. It’s certainly true that music has faced some real challenges with the rise of the internet. However, it hasn’t all been a disaster! Far more people are producing and composing music than ever before. Music and sound design are collectively pushing to the fringes of artistic expression. So, we have some helpful musician tips to get your music heard. The internet, whilst the nightmare of…
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I Am > I Was is the latest release from rapper and producer, 21 Savage. The album consists of 15 tracks and features the likes of Post Malone, Offset and Childish Gambino. It comes one year after his debut album ‘Issa Album’ and was due to be released on December 7 but fans were left waiting and a tweet was published saying “Dam I forgot to drop my album my bad y’all.” The opening track…
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This has been an entertaining year for hip hop. We have been treated to surprise albums. We have felt underwhelmed by failed projects. And, we have definitely been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of new releases. Thankfully, we have been able to gorge on Beef served up from all angles. We’re talking subs, snubs, diss tracks and downright disrespectful behaviour. Earlier this year, I covered aspects of the surprising Eminem Vs Everybody tirade. That resulted…
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Fun fact: The word Carol actually means dance or a song of praise and joy. Today in church the nursery children from our local school all gathered together during mass to sing some Christmas songs for the congregation. They were undoubtedly cute and all sang their little hearts out. It got me thinking however, why don’t we sing carols as feverently as we used to? Carols were believed to have been first sung in Europe…
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It looks like The Killers are back in the studio recording new music after the release of their 2017 album Wonderful Wonderful. It was a five year wait for that album but it looks like we won’t be kept waiting that long again as the band shared a photo on their twitter page of a studio set up. The band had already hinted towards new music when Ronni Vannucci who is the bands’ drummer spoke…
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Calvin Harris, George Ezra, The 1975 and Ariana Grande are among the