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T-PAIN RULING THE WAVES STATESIDE
25/4: Konvict/Jive Records recording artist T-Pain is currently dominating the music airplay and ringtone charts with his break out single 'Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)' from his upcoming sophomore release 'Epiphany'.
GORILLAZ WILL BE MISSED
Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn has confirmed he is killing off his cartoon group later in the year with a movie-length send off.
NATHAN: SINGING FOR MISS BLACK BRITAIN
Singer Nathan is special guest at this year's Miss Black Britain contest to be held at Manchester United FC on Saturday July 14.
OMAR: NIGHTS AT THE JAZZ CAFE
UK soul icon, Omar, returns to Camden's Jazz Cafe for a three night stint on May 25, 26 and 27.
MARK RONSON: GROUNDBREAKER
Huge! Gigantic! Mahusive! Mark Ronson has proved, with his spectacular new album, he’s running with the big boys. Scrap that. He’s miles ahead. B&S spends time chatting hybrid beats, celebrity parties and UK v US with the all-new l
MILESTONES: THE SUPREMES
Unless you’ve been on another planet, you’ll know that a key theme of the DREAMGIRLS musical was, allegedly, based on the sacking of Florence Ballard from the Supremes. It was 40 years ago that the deed was done. B&S tries to unrav
MACY GRAY: BIG TINGS!
It's 4 years since 'The Trouble With Being Myself' and this time Macy's handed over the lion's share of the production to Will.i.am. They go way back, Macy having toured with the Black Eyed Peas and featuring on their 2001 single
THE SOUND OF STYLE
One of the biggest producers of library music is a company called Bruton. In 2002 they assembled some key British soul, jazz and funk players to cut some tunes. Now part of funk folklore, the album is being made commercially available for the first time.
NOSTALGIA 77: EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
Brighton-based Ben Lamdin is the power behind Nostalgia 77 and his belief that jazz is essentially an emotional music won him recognition at last year’s Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards.
JOE: IF I WAS YOUR MAN
Able to paint a picture with words better than any other R&B artist, Joe is back and it sounds like he means business this time around.
