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Album Review: “Motherland Journey” Blue Lab Beats. Words: Del Osei-Owusu

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Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey Sky Reflections  The first track on this opens with with an instrumental, you could just imagine this as a concert entry music… The way that this starts off is uplifting, and I love it. I love the the synth chords start out, and I really need to find out …

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Single Review: “Somewhere In Between” – Feds

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This has such a smooth jazz feel to it.. the groove is trippy, and that’s the thing I like about it, Feds, comes in with a total buttery vocal and I like it, she’s having fun on this and I appreciate that… “Let’s take this day by day, don’t wanna say the words that I’ve …

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Live Review: Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt Roy, Dylan Howe with John Otway. Words: Sammy Stein

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Wilko Johnson/Norman Watt-Roy/Dylan Howe with John Otway  The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, was the setting for this, one of the first nights of an extensive tour Wilko Johnson and his band is undertaking – the return to normality after Covid tour. It was the first concert for over two years I had been where masks …

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Live Review: Rhodes MK8 Launch, Ronnie Scott’s

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Rhodes MK8 launch – Ronnie Scott’s.  My old friend Liam Narrie was the one that sent me a message about this event, and when I heard Dan Goldman was hosting it… I had to be there.  Dan is a killer keyboard player, more specifically Rhodes, and it was just a joy to hear him play. …

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Single Review: “Satisfy You” – The Heavy North

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The Heavy North – Satisfy You Straight out of the box, this track comes out swinging, with growling guitars full of attitude, Hammond organ glissando into the intro… I like it!  The drums power through leading the band into a blues laden track, Kenny Stuart bringing vocals that really bring it together. He leads the …

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Blog interview: Blue Lab Beats

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Congratulations on the release of “Motherland Journey” how does it feel?   Honestly it feels like a dream come true to have the legendary Fela Kuti featuring on this track! We would’ve never expected to ever have the chance to use his acappella but his publishers and Nigerian and European teams made it happen.   …