Editorial
Catch us if you can this month as we bring you more super fine interviews than you can shake a well aimed stick at! Including good friend to B&S and Neo Soul God MAXWELL. SHARON DAVIS delivers in style with a supremely blessed interview form a F.L.O.S (former lady of the Supremes) Ms Lynda Lawrence. TINCHY STRYDER is feeling generous as he leads the pack with a charity tune and VANESSA WILLIAMS stops things from getting too ugly, as she talks to B&S' PETE LEWIS. We're on red alert as DANIEL MERRIWEATHER drops by to shoot the breeze with LAWRENCE GICHIGI and SWAY in in the house as he talks to ALI RAYMOND. MORE! I hear you say... Ok, as you've been good - how about one star interviewing another star as super talented DJ SPEN interviews the voice of Baltimore (and B&S favourite) MARC EVANS. We go competition nuts!! With tickets to MAXWELL, MOTOWN SESSIONS, ULTIMATE MOTOWN, UB40 & EDDIE GRANT to name a few. We also have CD's galore to give away with DIVAS OF MOTOWN topping the list. We go on the hunt to track down the best shows to review including going to the Netherlands to catch DIANA ROSS. We urge you to try our resident expert columnists who bring you comprehensive updates in their respective genres - please feel free to contact them with news that you feel will benefit others. The Guv'nor SNOWBOY looks at all things jazz in his monthly column, SHARON DAVIS gives you all the MOTOWN news as it happens, in MOTOWN TRACKING And BEN LOVETT continues to bring you the best dance column IN THE WORLD! With THE GROOVE YARD. So why go anywhere else ladies and gentlemen! Catch you again next month.B&S
Win a copy of 'Divas Of Motown'
Has there ever been a more magisterial roll call of soul sirens than at Motown? Continuing a year-long celebration of Motown’s 50th anniversary, Universal Music is proud to present the First Ever All-Diva Motown album.... And you can win it!
Maxwell: Soul sharing
Pete Lewis Shows Respect To The Max!! As critically-acclaimed contemporary soul singer/songwriter Maxwell tells ‘B&S’ of his long-overdue return to the top of the US charts
Lynda Laurence: Supremely Blessed
It’s not been easy tracking down this lady because with her group The Former Ladies of the Supremes as she’s been touring extensively, but Sharon Davis catches up Lynda Laurence just before she pops to London next month.
Tinchy Stryder: Charity begins at homeboy
Lee Tyler sits down to have a chat with Grimeminister Tinchy Stryder during rehearsals for Warchild single 'I Got Soul'. It's here that Stryder leads a chart topping line-up with this well timed charity effort...
Vanessa Williams: In Vogue
Most famous these days for playing power-hungry Wilhelmina Slater in TV sitcom ‘Ugly Betty’, multi-award-winning singer/actress Vanessa Williams tells Pete Lewis about her return to music with her latest, 13th LP The Real Thing
N’Dea Davenport: Feelin Brand New
When N’Dea Davenport joined the Brand New Heavies in 1990 it was never meant to be a permanent position. But after releasing their brilliant self-titled debut the following year on Delicious Vinyl, a musical separation became unthinkable...
Laura White: Back by popular demand
Pete Lewis chats to former ‘X Factor’ contestant Laura White about the contemporary pop/R&B flavours of her UK Top 40 debut single ‘You Should Have Known’
Harry Connick, Jr: Connick Timing
Pete Lewis enjoys morning drinks in Mayfair with iconic New Orleans jazz singer/pianist/arranger Harry Connick, Jr., whose international Top 10 LP ‘Your Songs’ now attains its UK release...
The Terence Blanchard Group: The Right Choice
Pete Lewis calls up multi-Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter/arranger/composer Terence Blanchard, to discuss the thinking behind the influential New Orleans musician’s new album ‘Choices’
Yolanda Quartey: Whole lotta Diva
I was lucky enough to catch Phantom Limb's lead singer Yolanda Quartey whilst on a trip to Bristol recently. With the re-release of their first critically acclaimed album and a mighty fine new single (Draw the Line) causing waves...
Prince Sampson: Guitar Hero
The life of a session musician is a thankless task, mutually appreciated by all but never fully applauded. So, as we start to clap, Kevin Angel rights that wrong with an interview with Prince Sampson- session guitarist making a break for the big time.
Brand New Heavies: 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 04/11/09
The Brand New Heavies play their home turf on the second date of their 2009 UK tour to a packed out O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in support of the release of their Greatest Hits live release- Live in London.
Diana Ross: Symphonica In Rosso; Gelredome, Arhnem, The Netherlands 16/10/09
It was the most spectacular show I have ever seen. The Arena was packed with thirty five thousand fans, with a massive stage holding a grand staircase, and huge video screens showing images from Diana's career...
MICHAEL JACKSON: THIS IS IT
Compiled from 100 or so hours of rehearsal footage at the request of Michael himself for his personal use, this film which is showing for two weeks only, took over 12 million worldwide on its first day!













