Editorial STUFF

We get fresh this April as we show off our bumper crop of sweet up-to-the-minute interviews from some of the best talent in the universe! Our in-depth interview/cover this issue is retro R&B king RAPHAEL SAADIQ. We persuade CHIPMUNK to spill the beans on his new material. JONATHAN JEREMIAH on achieving a perfect mix of soulful folk, or is that folk filled soul? Anyway!? We use our IMAGINATION as SHARON DAVIS talks to LEEE JOHN ahead of BRIT FUNK @INDIGO.. It's then girl power all the way as ASA keeps a cool head whilst keeping us up-to-date on her busy schedule. We have mega talented girl group SOUNDGIRL vying for world dominance, and not one, but two female artists who are on their way to top - FEFE DOBSON AND ELISHA LA'VERNE talk the talk. We go live at the RESTLESS NATIVES - NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY concert, drop in at SMOOVE & TURRELL's live date and THE SOUL IMMIGRANTS show us how to bring the house down @JAZZ CAFE. It's business as usual for our resident musical experts as our columnist lend their own slant to their chosen genres. World renowned MOTOWN expert Sharon Davis gives you the latest MOTOWN happenings... The guv'nor Snowboy casts his eye over all things jazz... And be one step ahead with club news/essential dance tunes all care of Ben Lovett in his must-read GROOVEYARD. ...Just time to mention that you can follow the news behind the music and as it happens @TWITTER/BLUESANDSOUL + please feel free to follow us on FACEBOOK @BLUES AND SOUL II & like us @BLUES & SOUL - Till next time!;)B&S