This track starts off with a jazzy gospel part that’s just two chords over some lush strings. When Andy Kettle sent me this, he had me from the chord progression. But this is not where I was invested. Oh no. No no no. The hard hitting drums? Nope. The lack of bassline? Oh yeah I …
Congratulations on the release of “The Rock Cried Out” how does it feel? Everything around returning to releasing music and touring feels very strange and surreal right now. Also, this collection of songs is highly personal to me, and was made during a very private isolated time. Dealing with the onslaught of emotions attached …
Speech Debelle just dropped a beauty of an album, “Sunday Dinner On A Monday” and one of my favourite tracks on it is this one for many reasons. The warped record playing the chords sets the tone, especially with the crackle. The beat drops in borrowing from afrobeat with the rimshot, kick and shakers. It’s …
Hello, Ellis, how are you? I’m good, man! Busy but all good. Congratulations on the release of “Lipstick.” How does it feel? Thank you, It’s been a pretty crazy week or so. It’s nice to have so many people resonating with it. It’s surreal for me as well that it’s a track with Ezra Bell. …
To Ghana – the motherland – we go for this, and it’s got the taste of suya, jollof rice and an ice cold Fanta in the summer sun with ice dripping down the sides. In other words this song deserves the chef’s kiss. Gabrielle Sey and Brapurple join forces on this Gabrielle bringing the soulful …
Congratulations on the release of “Self Love (Re-Up)” how does it feel? It feels absolutely amazing. It feels like the equivalent of being suffocated then being allowed to breathe again. The installation of R&B singer/actress Hayzell B, is nothing short of a wonderful gift from the universe, as she totally exceeded expectations with her …
Hello NX Panther how are you? Hi Del I’m really well thank you, how are you? The weather really switched up today didn’t it! I’m good! Thanks for asking! Congratulations on the release of “Home” how does it feel? Thank you so much, especially for playing it first on your show last week. …
Lizzie is back! Catchy guitar riffs, half rapped half sung lyrics with the usual fire…. Lizzie was one of my predictions for big things in 2022, and I’m glad she’s not lost any of that passion in her music since I first heard her with “Bitter Weather”. So, what’s this? Well this song is a …
Koncept – Leather The first thing that strikes me about this track is the beat…. Dusty, lazy, chilled, stabs from a piano loop, and it just bounces…. Koncept’s bars are at home over this, and he goes from top range of his voice, to dropping down to quiet lines, and it works so well. The …
Hello Sun Deep how are you? I am doing wonderful. Just taking life one day at a time. Congratulations on the release of “Sifnos” how does it feel? Thank you! It feels good to release a piece of art. The feeling of releasing something new never changes. Or it hasn’t changed for me so far. …
