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PRINCE: 21 NIGHTS OVER LONDON
Prince announces 21 Nights in London for his only European shows of 2007.
THE BIG CHILL FESTIVAL
Isaac Hayes, Norman Jay, Aaron Ross, Karizma, Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge, The Bays, Cymande, Ben Westbeech, DJ Marky, Hexstatic, Crazy P, Jose Padilla, Daddy G, Loefah, Mr Scruff... Just some of the names appearing at this year's Chill...
LAURYN HILL: UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
Eight-times Grammy award-winning recording artist, Lauryn Hill, has announced three UK live dates for this July.
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD: CAPITAL GAINS
Natasha burst in to our speakers in 2004 with her contagious, soul-drenched, credible brand of pop. Since then she’s conquered the US and hit international star status. Back with a new 'NB' album, Ms B talks beats, boys and babies with B
JUST JACK: IT DONT MEAN JACK
It happens every year! Just when you think you’ve settled comfortably into a new sound or genre, along comes someone who refuses to let you relax too much, and challenges you with something that manages to be different.
MUSIQ SOULCHILD: LIFE, LOVE & MUSIQ
The acclaimed Philadelphia singer-songwriter talks to B&S about his music, his new album, relationships and the negative practise of pigeon-holing music makers.
MILESTONES: ISAAC HAYES
The 1972 Oscars proved a real milestone for black music. In that year, the statuette for Best Original Song went to Isaac Hayes' 'Theme From Shaft. And as history shows, the floodgates were opened. B&S looks back to one of soul’
R. KELLY: I’m A Flirt
No matter what you think about Mr. Kelly, you can’t deny he has a knack of consistently coming up with catchy contemporary ditties.
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY: I TRIED
This new single from Cleveland’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony could easily have been on any of their mid-’90s albums. Before Nelly, Fiddy and Akon started rhyming harmoniously on hip-hop tracks, these guys had already been there and got the t-shir
