By Mathew Masinge To some it may be too soon to mention but the hype for the biggest ‘Africa Now’ Show scheduled for the Apollo Theatre in New York on March 26, 2016 is growing by the second with Zimbabwean group Mokoomba set to perform at the iconic event.
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Mokoomba set to perform at the Apollo, Harlem
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August 20th, 2015 Administrator By Mathew Masinge Multi Award winning Nigerian star David Adedeji Adeleke, better known as Davido by his legion of fans, is expected to perform in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital on August 29th.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: Ash Stylez, Back When, Belgravia Sports Club Harare, Channel O, Chipaz Promotions, Dami Duro, David Adedeji Adeleke, Davido, Fans Mi, Garry Bee, Harare, HKN Music, Ice Prince, Jay C Freeman, Mathew Masinge, Matt Masinge, Meek Mill, MTV Base, Naeto C, Nigerian hip hop, NPZ, O.B.O. Genesis, Olamide, Ottis ‘The Flow’ Fraser, Raxx, Raydizz, Roki, Skales, Skelewu, Soul Afrika, Stavo, Trace, Trevor D, Tuface, Zimbabwe No Comments »Music – Tsuki
August 14th, 2015 Administrator Fort Records, London’s latest label, are pretty pumped to present the debut video from five-piece psychedelic superstars-in-the-making Tsuki. Combining a hypnotic guitar swirl with a catchy synthpop edge, Tsuki have been turning heads on stages all over the UK for the past six months and are set to conquer the continent (or die trying) […]
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: Ada Jusic, Fort Records, Gavin Bowers, hypnotic guitar, New music, On The Sand, Owl, psych-pop, psychedelic dreamscape, Simple Pleasures, synthpop, Tsuki No Comments »The Greatest Beats Of Your Heart: Tony Prince
July 29th, 2015 Administrator New, Old, Undiscovered or World Renowned, The Five Records You Can Always Turn To Continuing the series of music articles in which individuals select five records particularly special to them, we today feature Tony Prince’s own selections and present the latest instalment of Tuck Magazine’s ‘The Greatest Beats of Your Heart’.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: Beatlemania, Bob Dylan, Brunswick Records, Chas Chandler, Columbia Records, Deep Purple, Disco Mix Club, Discs-a-Gogo, DJ, DMC, Elvis Presley, Epic Records, Greatest Beats Of Your Heart, Heartbreak Hotel, James Brown, Jan Sestak, Jimi Hendrix, Kentish Town, Led Zeppelin, Making Waves, Maurice Kinn, Megamix, Members Only Megamix, Mixmag, Music, My Generation, NME, Online DJ Championships, Parlophone, Paul McCartney, Pirate Radio, Please Please Me, Radio Caroline, Radio Luxembourg 208, Radio Luxembourg RTL, RCA Records, Record collection, Ringo Starr, Royal Albert Hall, Spellbinding Media, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Forum, The Jasons, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Them, Tony Prince, Top Rank Organisation, Tuck Magazine, vinyl, World DJ Championships, Your Royal Ruler 1 Comment »Mbaqanga maestro David Masondo’s final goodbye
July 10th, 2015 Administrator By Constance van Niekerk It is amazing how Soul Brothers lead singer and co-founder the late David Mbuso Masondo has died twice! According to an article in one blog dated February 26 2008, David committed suicide in his “home in Soweto” “he was 56”.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM, OPINION Tags: Amaphutha, Constance van Niekerk, David Masondo, Hammersdale-KZN, Isigqebhezana, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mbaqanga Kings, Moses Ngwenya, Soul Brothers, South Africa, Thandaza, Themba American Zulu, Ugruva Nobani, Umshado, Zenzele Israel Mchunu No Comments »The Greatest Beats Of Your Heart: Pete Marriott
July 9th, 2015 Administrator New, Old, Undiscovered or World Renowned, The Five Records You Can Always Turn To Continuing the series of music articles in which individuals select their own personal choices particularly special to them, we today feature Pete Marriott and present the latest installment of Tuck Magazine’s ‘The Greatest Beats of Your Heart’.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: #RealHipHop, 4th & Broadway, 7669, A Tribe Called Quest, Afrocop, Ari Up, ATCQ, Beat Hollow Records, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Benz, Big Pete, Breaking Point (WBCR), Busta Rhymes, Carys Matic, Cheryl Pepsi Riley, Christopher Lenyon, Chubb Rock, Common, Da Lord Supreme, Da’ Bush Babees, DNA/Hank Love, Doug Money, Dredknotz, DVS Jackson Esq, E-Dot, Easy Mo Bee, Elektra, Eric B & Rakim, Erykah Badu, Ex-Girlfriend, Full Force, G-Man, Grammys, H20, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Producer, Howie Tee, Idlers, Illogical Industries, J Dilla, Jam Master Jay, jazz, Jermiside, Jive Records, Junclassic, Jungle Brothers, Killah Trakz, LaVeda Davis, Like Water For Chocolate, Marley Marl, MCA Records, Midnight Marauders, Moby, Monsta Island Czars, Mr Man, Mr. Magic's Rap Attack, New York, Oldschool Hip Hop, Otomatik, Paid In Full, Pete Marriott, Phife Dawg, Photek, Planet Brooklyn, Q-Tip, Random, Remix, Romance, Seattle, Select Records, Soultronica, Special Ed, Statesmen, The Boogie Boys, The BRKLYN Collection, The Choice MCs, The Coming, The Hip-Hop Cafe (WKRB), The Tool Shed, This is the B Side, Us Plus One, WBLS, Whistle, WMWK 105.9FM No Comments »Soul Brother passes on
July 7th, 2015 Administrator By Constance van Niekerk Earlier this week Soul Brothers lead singer David Masondo bade the world farewell. He passed on at the Garden City Hospital in Mayfair, Johannesburg, SA. He was 67-years-old.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM, OPINION Tags: Amanikiniki, Constance van Niekerk, David Masondo, Idlozi, Intombi Yami, Isigqebhezana, Isiphithiphithi, KwaZulu Natal, Louis Mhlanga, mbaqanga, Mbaqanga Kings, Moses Ngwenya, Mvengemvenge, Nilindeni, Soul Brothers, The Chronicles of Constance, Themba American Zulu, Ugruva Nobani, Zenzele Israel Mchunu, Zimbabwe 2 Comments »Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of
May 5th, 2015 Administrator OLDSCHOOL HIP HOP – PART THREE If a poll was taken in any country of the best records from a certain musical genre then more often than not it would contain roughly the same selections. Don’t get me wrong, this is by no means a bad thing as it is always worthwhile to highlight […]
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: 11-A Records, 4th & Broadway, 80s hip hop, Afrika Bambaataa, Album, Angie ‘Mahogany’ Williams, answer record, Baltimore Hip Hop, bassline, battle record, BDP, beatbox, Beauty and the Beat Records, Billy Idol ‘Flesh for Fantasy’, Biz Markie, Bo Diddley, Bobby Byrd, Bootleg, Bozo Meko, braggadocio, Brand Nubian, Brandon ‘B-Doggs’ Mitchell, Britcore, Bronx Hip Hop, Bronx River Community Centre, Bronx-Queens wars, Capital Radio, Carlton ‘Lovin C’ Burrell, cassette, Chris ‘DJ 357’ Andes, Darryl ‘Junie Jam’ Mims, Dave ‘VJ’ Morrissey, David ‘Redhead Kingpin’ Guppy, Davy D, Def Jam, Detroit Hip Hop, DJ Antron, DJ Brother Bee’s, DJ Cash Money, DJ Noel ‘Rockwell’ Orlando, DJ Shabazz, DMX drum machine, Don Baron, Don't Believe The Hype, Double Def Fresh’, Drum Machine, Duke Bootee, Ed ‘Duke Bootee’ Fletcher, Elaweser, Electro Motive Force, Elizabeth New Jersey Hip Hop, Eric ‘Cowboy’ Bonds, ESG UFO, Fat Boys, Flash It To The Beat (Live), Flip Side Records, Foster ‘MC Fosty’ Mayes, Funk Army, Girl You Know Its True’, Grand Puba Maxwell, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Greedy Beat Records, H Anthony Williams, Hardrock Soul Movement, Herman Kelly, Hip Hop, Human Beatbox, Icey J, Import record, Intelligent Hoodlum, Jacksonville Florida Hip Hop, Jam Off Take It Off’, Jazzy Jay, JDTR Just Down To Rap, Jerry ‘Pookey Blow’ Pearson, John ‘DJ I-Knight’ Paige, Juan Gibson, Juice Crew, Kevin Liles, Kiss FM, KRS One, Lee Dorsey, Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of, LL Cool J, London Hip Hop, LP, lyrics, M-Low label, Mandrill Fencewalk, Marley Marl, Mastermind DJ Roadshow, Masters Of Ceremony, Masters of the Scratch’, Max LX, MC Cardi, MC Cooley C, MC Fosty & Lovin C, MC K Rock G, MC Rockwale, MC Shan, Melle Mel, Michael Organ, Mike Allen, Mike Moore producer, Milli Vanilli, Mixed Image Records, New Haven Connecticut Hip Hop, New Jack Swing, New Rochelle New York, Noel Rockwell, Norwalk California, Numarx, Octopus Breaks, Ok I’m Loosin Up’, Oldschool Hip Hop, On The Spot Records, Percy ‘Tragedy’ Chapman, Philadelphia Hip Hop, Poetry is the language of imagination, Point Blank MCs, Pookey Blow, Power Track Records, Queens Hip Hop, Radiance, Rap, Rappers Rapp Disco Co Records, RC La Rock, Record, Renita (Icey J) Johnson, Rich Cason, Richmond Virginia Hip Hop, Rob Base, Rob Black, Rod ‘Kool Rod’ Holloman, Roland 808, Roland 909, Roxanne Shante, Run DMC, Sacramento California Hip Hop, Sample, Sean ‘DJ Spen’ Spencer, Shimrock, South London, Speedball ‘MC Crush’ Jordan, Spoonie Gee, Stones Throw, Strong City label, Stunt of the Block’, Style Records And Tapes, Sugar Hill Records, Super Kids Live At Hip Hop USA, Swingbeat, Sylvia Robinson, Synthetic Substitution, Techni Crew, Techni Crew Danger Island, Technics SL 1200, Teddy Riley, Tha Swami, The Brothers Supreme, The Fedz Taking U Out, The Micstro, The Poet PHD, The Third Unheard, The Tragedy (Don’t Do It), Tony Mr Magic Pearson, Tragedy Khadafi, transformer scratch, Tri State Records, Tuck Magazine, Tuff City, turntablism, Twelve inch, Two Freesh, UK Hip Hop, Uncle Louie, vinyl, Vox Percussion King, Was Dog A Doughnut’, WBLS, West Coast electro hip hop, What the Party Needs’, Whodini, Wilbur ‘Poet’ Bass, ‘Hot Day’ Dante Franklin 1 Comment »Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of
April 15th, 2015 Administrator OLDSCHOOL HIP HOP – PART TWO Beats and rhymes come in many shapes and forms, the forgotten more often than not those that sound fresher when rediscovered. In the second part of Tuck Magazine’s alternative Hip Hop compilation we revisit a further twenty important gems that just itch to be scratched and heard.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: 4 Sight Records, 45 King, 80s hip hop, Aaron Fuchs, Afrika Bambaataa, Akiem The Rhythm Maker, Ann Marie Copeland, Apex Records, Aston Harvey, B-Boy Records, B.A.D. Rep, Baby Biggs, Bad Breath, Beauty and the Beat Records, Blapps Posse, Bob James, Bomb Squad, Boogie Breeze, Boogie Down Productions, Boston Hip Hop, Britcore, Bronx Hip Hop, Capital Radio, Capo Records, Cat Stevens 'Was dog a doughnut', Christine Leveridge, Coast To Coast, Cold Crush Brothers, Cosmic Force, Cosmic Punk Jam, Cracker J, Curtis Mayfield 'Freddie's Dead', Cutmaster DC, Dave Pearce, Davy DMX, Dazzle Dee, Def Boyz, Def Rhythm Productions – Back To The Lab, Diamond Records, Discogs, Dizzy Dee, DJ Cheese, DJ Ice Mike, DJ Johnny Juice, Doctor Ice, Dope Folks Records, Double D, Drum Machine, Duke Bootee, Dynamic Guvnors, Elite Records, Eric B & Rakim, Eric Vietnam Sadler, Faze One, Flash it to the beat, Fresh Start To The Week, Funk Inc, G-Force Crew, Golden Age Hip Hop, Grandmaster Flash, Greensboro North Carolina Hip Hop, Greg Wilson, Heartbeat Brothers, Heatwave Ain't no half steppin, Hip Hop, hip hop 1973, Human Beatbox, Iceman Ja, Intellectuals Of Rhyme, Jackson Mississippi Hip Hop, JaRee presents the All-Stars of Nu-City, Jason Carter, Joey Juggaknotts, John Hamilton, Kickin Live Productions, King A, King Kut, Kings Of Pressure, Kiss AMC, KMC, Knight Rider, Kraftwerk 'Numbers', KSB Fresh, LaJam Records, Lakim Shabazz, Layin Down A Beat, Lee ‘Stepski’ Bennett, Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of, Let's Go Records, Limited Edition, Lisa Lee, Long Island Hip Hop, Longview Texas Hip Hop, Marley Marl, MC Kool Gee, MC Sabu, MC Untouchable, Miami Bass, Michael McDonald, Mike Allen, Mr Magic, Murdertone Records, Narkim, Nasty Rock & DJ G-Man, New Jack Swing, New Orleans Bounce music, New York Hip Hop, Next Plateau Records, Nite FM, Nu-City Records, Odell ‘Genio’ Johnson’s, Oldschool Hip Hop, Original G, Over Due Records, Paul C, Payroll Records, Philly hip hop, Pleasure Bouncy Lady, Prince EZE, Profile Records, Promo, Public Enemy, Pumpkin, Radio London, Random Rap, Rap, Rhythm Street Records, Ripple 'A funky song', Rita Lane, Roland TB 303, Roland TR 808, Roland TR 909, Ruthless Rap Assassins, Sam 'MC Holiday' Jacobs, Samopl, Sample, scratch, Sean Blaylock, Slang Teacher, Spoonie Gee, Starchild, Streetsounds, Strong Island Troop In Effect, Sweet Tee, TDS Mob, The Boogaloo, The Brothers Akiem & Narkim, The Maniacs, The Party's Live, Tim Westwood, Tommy Boy Records, Traedonya, transformer scratch, Tremil, Trouble Funk, Tuck Magazine, Tuff City, Turnin' Tables, Twelve inch, UK Hip Hop, V the Viper, Vandy C & Bill Blast, Vox Percussion King, West Coast Hip Hop, Westside Records, Whop Records, Wilmington Delaware Hip Hop, Word Of Mouth, You Know How To Reach Us, Zakia Records 1 Comment »Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of
April 8th, 2015 Administrator OLDSCHOOL HIP HOP – PART ONE Not even the most gifted of fortune tellers or prophets could have predicted just how popular Hip Hop would become at the time of its birth way back in 1973 at block parties and jams in old New York.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: 8 Ball Records, 80s hip hop, Ain't We Funky Now, Amherst Records, Atlantis Records, B-52s, B-Boy Records, Baby K, Bass Force Records, BDP, block party, Bobby Deemo, Bobby Demo, Britcore, Brooklyn Crew, Camden Palace, Capital Radio, Carroll Brothers, CD III Get Tough, Cerrone, Class A Felony, Cookie Crew, Cooltempo, Craze Fraze Records, Cutting Records, Daddy O, Darling Dear, Dave Pearce, DBC, Debbie Cookie Pryce, Dion D, Divine Force, DJ Elliot Ness & The Untouchables, DJ Kool Herc, DJ MATE & the Latin MCs, Doug E Fresh, Drag Rap, Dragnet, Dynamic Force, Eric B & Rakim, Fabian Stephenson, Fred Schneider, Fresh Start To The Week, Fresh To Rock, Golden Age Hip Hop, Grandmaster Flash, Greek Street Soho, Groove Records, GTI Records, Hanway Street, Hip Hop, hip hop 1973, Human Beatbox, Hype Records, I'm a greedy man, Ice T, Jackson Five, James Brown, Joeski Love, Jorge Ben, Juice Catch a Groove, Kid Seville, Killer Bz, Kool and the Gang, Kraftwerk, Krossover Records, Kurtis Blow, LA Dream Team, Lady Nefertiti, Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of, Ligit, Linn Drum, Little Cezar, LL Cool J, London FFrr, Mad Professor, MC Jewel, MC Martay, MC Remedee, Mi Price Records Croydon, Miami Bass, Mike Allen, N.V. Records, Nastee Boyz, New Foundation Records, New Jersey Queens and Friends, New Orleans Bounce music, New York, Newark, Notorious Queens, Oldschool Hip Hop, Omar Santana, Party And Don’t Worry About It, Party Rap, Philly hip hop, Pick Up On This, Pleasure Bouncy Lady, Ponta De Lança Africano, Profile Records, Public Enemy, Radio London, Rap, Rap The Night Away, Rap West Records, Rasheed Miller, Rhythm Heritage, Rhythm King, Richmond California, Rockberry Jam, Roland TR 808, Run DMC, San Diego, Schoolly D, Seaweed, Seville & Jazzy Jay, Simon Harris, Sir Ibu, SL Troopers, Slick Rick, South London, Stargard, Stetsasonic, Streetsounds, Susie Q, Sweet Pea, T La Rock, Tall Dark & Handsome, TB 303, Technics SL 1200, The Bronx, The Invasions, The Meters Live Wire, The Mighty Key Gang, The Showboys, Tim Westwood, Time To Make The Donuts, TR 909, transformer scratch, Travis Blaque, Tuck Magazine, Vincent Davis, Vintertainment, West Coast Hip Hop, Westside Records, Yamak-Ka Records, Yard Beat Is Fine, Zulu Nation 2 Comments »Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of
March 25th, 2015 Administrator ROCK AND ROLL Rock and Roll has been described as anything from the music of gods to the devil’s music. Despite it originating from country, blues, jazz and gospel, to name but a few, in the late 1940s, it truly came into its own and the conscience of the mainstream the following decade.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: Alan Freed, Aretha Franklin, Art Neville, Arthur Gunter, Atomic H Records, Bill Haley, Bill Johnson and the Four Steps of Rhythm, Bill Reeder, Billie Holiday, Billy the Kid Emerson, Blues, Bo Dudley, Bon Ton Roulet, boogie woogie, Buddy Holly, Caddy Records, Cajun, Calvert Records, Cecil Gant, Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry, Chuck Higgins, Clarence Garlow, Clear Waters, Combo Records, Count Basie, Country Blues, Country Boogie, Country music, Cub Records, Decca Records, Derrell Felts, Dig Records, Dixie Records, Don Ruby, Dr John, Earl Gaines, Eddy Clearwater, Elvis Presley, F-M Records, Fats Domino, Flair Records, Floyd Cramer, Freddie Roulette, Georgia, Gospel, Gunter Lee Carr, Hi Records, If Loving Is Believing, Ike Turner, It's A Great Big Day, Janis Joplin, jazz, Jerry Byrne, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jesse James, Jimmy Edwards, Jimmy Haggett, Jimmy Lloyd, Jimmy Logsdon, Joe Poovey, Johnny B Goode, Johnny Big Moose Walker, Johnny Flamingo, Johnny Moore, Kent Records, Lee Denson, Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of, Lights Out, Little Richard, Little Shy Guy, Louisiana, Love Bug Crawl, Mac Rebennack, Marvin Gaye, Memphis, Mercury Records, MGM Records, Michael Organ, Moose On The Loose, Music, Musical Linn Twinns, New Orleans, Novelty Records, Okeh, Oscar Coleman, Pachuko Hop, Piano rock and roll, Preston Love, Ray Charles, Red Hot, rock and roll, Rockabilly, Rocket In My Pocket, Rockin Piano Outta Tune Guitar, Roddy Jackson, Roulette Records, Route 90, Sam Phillips, Saxophone, scat, seven inch single, Shotgun Rider, Shy Guy Douglas, South's Gonna Rise Again, Specialty Records, Stevie Wonder, Sun Records, Talos Records, Ten Long Fingers, The Blacksmith Blues, The Devil's Music, The Juke Jumpers, Till I Waltz Again With You, Tuck Magazine, Vaden Records, Voll Para Records, We're Gonna Rock, When It Rains It Really Pours, Wild Bill Moore, You Better Dig It No Comments »Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of
March 18th, 2015 Administrator BREAKBEATS A lot has been said of what constitutes a ‘Breakbeat’. Some say it is the portion of a record that can be used and looped as a beat, either for live DJing or sampled as part of a record, others as a whole new genre of illuminating electronic beats. This writer however embraces […]
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: 12", 45 King, 7", Aaj Mera Dil, Alan Hawkshaw, Amofen, Amphonic Music Ltd, Anyway You Do It, Artistes Africains Associes, Asha Bhasle, Baby Rice, Bad Meaning Good, Beat Collector, Beggars Banquet Records, Bobby Cash Redd, Breakbeats, Bruton Music, Cadet Records, Capital Radio, Chor Police, Cookie Crew, Cracklin Bread, Crate Digger, Creole Records, Daddy O, Dave Hamilton, David Fathead Newman, DBC, Denise LaSalle, Dick Walter, DJ, DJ Fingers, Doug Anderson, Duval Records, Eddie Bo, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, FFrr Records, Fire Weaver, Fuel Injection, Funk, Gary Numan, George Benson, Get Up Off My Mind, Good Times, Harvey Mason, Herbie Hancock, Hey Mama Here Comes The Preacher, Hip Hop, HMV, Italian library music, Janus Records, jazz, jazz funk, Kool Herc, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lenny Roberts, Less Obvious: An Alternative Best Of, Library funk, Library music, Liquid Gold, Lizard Records, Lonely Avenue, Louis Flores, LP, Magnet Records, Marching In The Street, Marlin, Miami Vice, Michael Organ, Mike Allen, Mike Longo, Never Can Say Goodbye, New Jersey Queens and Friends, Octopus Breaks, Overground, Pablo Records, Party And Don’t Worry About It, Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists, Paul Winley, Pepita Records, Phil Upchurch, Pick Up On This, Ralph MacDaniels, RD Burman, Roy Ayers, Sample, Sandro Brugnolini, Sicro Edizioni Musicali, Skate Party People, Skorpio, Slick Eddie, Sonny Stitt, soul, soundtrack, Special Assignment, Starsky and Hutch, Stetsasonic, Street Beat Records, Super Disco Brakes, Sweet Sunday, T.K. Records, Takl With The Spirits, Tangerine Dream, TCB Records, The King With Shred Legs, The Mohawks, Tim Westwood, Tuck Magazine, Ultimate Breaks and Beats, Unnepnap, Vinyl Junkies, Westbound Records, Yaffa Ho, Yaffa Seydou, Zaratnay Sarolta 3 Comments »The Greatest Beats of Your Heart
March 11th, 2015 Administrator New, Old, Undiscovered or World Renowned, The Five Records You Can Always Turn To We often read of ‘greatest’ records and how one ranks higher than another in year end or all time lists, but rarely do we talk of what is close to the heart and special to the individual.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: A Pound of Pickled Pork, Action Man, Always Echoes, Andy Miller, Angel, Ballin’The Jack, Barefoot Days, BBC Radio One Top Forty, Beanos Croydon, Beastie Boys, Beggars Banquet Records, Bells In My Heart, Bernie Simpson, Big Mac, Billy Green, Blondie, blues piano, Bob Fish, boogie woogie, Britrock, Brooke Rogers, Capitol Records, cassette, Charlie Gillett, Chas & Dave, Chas Hodges, Citysong, Claire Sturgess, Claude Feaster, Clean Cuts, Clueless, Come Back My Love, Cover It Over Quick Jemima, Crusin’ Down The River, Daddy Cool, Danny Baker, Dart Attack, Darts, Darts 1977, Dave Peacock, Dead Letter Chorus, Deep Shag, Delicado, Demon Records, Den Hegarty, Doc Pomus, Dorothy, Dr John, Ed Levine, Edmonton, El Toppo, EMI, Empty Head, Energy Sucker, Enjoy Yourself, Everyone Plays Darts, Fairfield Halls Croydon, Fancy Man, Fats Domino, Fierce Panda, Find Your Mind, Framed, Gabby Glaser, Gary Crowley, Gavin Wright Orchestra, George Currie, Gertcha, Gladys Knight and the Pips - On and On, Grand Royal, Griff Fender, Hammy Howell, Harry Champion, Hello ol’Whatsname, Henry the Eighth, Here, Honey Dripper, Horatio Hornblower, I Get The Blues When It Rains, I Got The Sweetest Mammy In Tennessee, I Wonder In Whose Arms, I'm A Rocker, I'm Mad, I'm Ready, Iain Thomson, Ian Camfield, Ian Collier, In Search of Manny, It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie, Jack Heyrmah, Jackie Lynton, Jamboree Bag, Jeff Daly, Jennie Simpson, Jill Cunniff, John Dummer, John Kennedy, Julian Standen, Kate Schellenbach, Kenny Andrews, Knees Up, Leiber and Stoller, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Little Richard, Liza It’s A Beautiful Starry Night, Llama Farmers, London, Louisiana blues, Lovin Up A Storm, LP, Luscious Jackson, Mac Rebennack, Mac's Boogie, Magnet Records, Mammy O’Mine, Mark Lamarr, medley, Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland, Melody Maker, Memories Of Professor Longhair, Michael Organ, Mickey Jupp, Micky Burt, Mike Deacon, Millbrook Sound Studios, music hall, Natural Ingredients, New Island Midnight, New Orleans, New York, Nick Payne, Nigel Brook Harte, Nigel Trubridge, Night Tripper, NING 49, NME, Nosmo King, Old Time Boogie, oldschool poetics, Ol’Muvver Lee, On the Mississippi, Our Old Lodger, P.V.C., Paper Eyes, Pardon Me Pretty Baby, Paul Orofino, Paul's Boutique, Pelé Merengue, Pet Sounds, Phil Chapman, Pinetop, Portland Studios, Rabbit, Record Collector, Record Mirror, Richard Hartley, Ricky Gervais, Riot In Cell Block No. 9, Rita Ray, rock and roll, Rock Freak, Rockney, Rocky films, Rocky Sharpe and the Razors, Rollin, Roy Wood, Saints, seven inch single, Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream), Shotgun, Sid Phillips, singalong, Sometime Lately, songbook, Sound Suite, Sounds, Star Wars, Stay Away, Strongman, Surprise, The Bronx, The Coasters, The Girl Can't Help It, The Nearness Of You, The Old Iron Cross, The Rays, The Superfreaks, The Wrens, There’s a lump of sugar down in Dixie, Thump Thompson, Tommy Boyce, Tony Hall, Tony Mangurian, Too Hot In The Kitchen, Top Of The Pops, Towerbell, Trouble, Tuck Magazine, Tuta Aquino, Twenty Flight Rock, vinyl, Vivian Trimble, Waltz, What’d I Say, Where The Blackeyed Susans Grow, William Briggs, Willie Mabon, XFM, Yes Sir That’s my baby, Young Blood, Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart 2 Comments »Meeting Lucky Dube: The South African Reggae Legend
January 7th, 2015 Administrator By Joel Savage The fully air-conditioned bus carrying Lucky Dube, the famous South African born reggae star, his manager David Jacobs and the entire musical group arrived at the premises of the festival at Linkeroever-Antwerp.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM, OPINION Tags: Abathakathi, Afrikaans, AIDS and Ebola': The Greatest Crime in Medical History Against Mankind, Antwerp, Belgium, Crazy World, Dave Segal, David Jacobs, Different Colours One People, Dub, Ermelo, Flame Tree, Gallo Record Company, Jimmy Cliff, Joel Savage, Johannesburg, Kudala Ngikuncenga, Kukuwe, Kwasa, Lengane Ngeyethu, Linkeroever-Antwerp, Lucky Dube, Lucky Dube and the Supersoul., Lucky Dube meets Rwanda 's souve souve, Lucky Dube meets Uganda's Buka Buka, Lucky Philip Dube, mbaqanga, Money Money Money, Motown, music festival, Ngikwethembe Na?, October 18 2007, OKTV Awards, Oom Hansie, Peter Tosh, Pole Pole Festival, Rastafarian, Rastas Never Die, Reggae, Reggae Sunsplash, Richard Siluma, Rosettenville, S, Serious Reggae Business, Shanachie, Soldier, Soul Taker, South Africa, Tabu Records, Teal Record Company, The Love Brothers, The Other Side, The Passion of Reggae and African Music, The Skyway Band, Think About The Children, Tuck Magazine, Umadakeni, Voice In The Dark, War and Crime, Zulu No Comments »Interview With Andrew Tosh And Julian Marley
December 19th, 2014 Administrator By Joel Savage I never had the opportunity to see Peter Tosh and Bob Marley performing live in concert, so when their sons Andrew and Julian came to Antwerp, I tried my best to see them.
Posted in INTERVIEWS, MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM Tags: A Time And Place, AIDS and Ebola': The Greatest Crime in Medical History Against Mankind, Andrew Sings Peter Tosh, Andrew Tosh, Andrew Tosh 'Focus', Angola, Anthony B, Antwerp, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Babylon Cookie Jar, Babylon System, Belgium, Blossoming And Blooming, Bob Marley, Boom Draw, Bunny Wailer, Carlton Barrett, Cedella Marley, Chant Down Babylon, Charlie Chaplin, Come Together, Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder Songs, Damian Marley, Duhaney Park, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Earl "Wire" Lindo, Equal Rights, Femi Kuti, Forgive Them Father, Fully Fullwood, Ghetto Youth International, Gorgon, Gregory Isaacs, Handel Tucker, interview, IRAWMA, Jah Guide, Jamaica Reggae Girls, Joel Savage, Joseph Hill, Jr. Gong, Ju Ju, Julian Marley, Julian Marley 'Awake', Junior Murvin, Keith Sterling, Kingston Jamaica, Kymani Marley, Lauryn Hill, Lightyear, Lion In The Morning, Lion's Den Miami, Luciano, Lucky Dube, Lucy Pounder, Make Place For The Youth, Manu Dibango, Master Blaster, Mawazine, Message From Jah, Miami For Haiti, Mr Cheeks, Neville Lee, Original Man, Owen "Dreddie" Reid, Peter Tosh, Rastafarian, Reggae, Santa Davis, Set Up Shop, Seun Kuti, Sharon Marley, Skateland, South Africa, Stephen Marley, The Congos, The Melody Makers, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, The Passion of Reggae & African Music, The Uprising, The Wailers, The Wailers Reunion Band, Tuck Magazine, Tuff Gong, Tutu Poane, Tyrone Downie, Vanity Love, What They Did Wrong, Winston Holness, Word Sound and Power, Ziggy Marley 1 Comment »Close Up with a Champion of World Music
December 2nd, 2014 Administrator By Mbizo Chirasha Who is Dorothy Johnson-Laird? Dorothy comes from a family of musicians and is passionate about African music, working as a journalist for ‘Afropop Worldwide‘ and ‘World Music Central‘.
Posted in MUSIC, MUSIC/FILM, OPINION Tags: African music, Afropop Worldwide, Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Dorothy Johnson-Laird, For Women and the Nation, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Harriet Tubman, Mbizo Chirasha, mbizotheblackpoet, Muhammad Ali, New York city, Poetry, Sarah Lawrence College, Tuck Magazine, Warrior woman, Women Warriors, women's rights, World Music Central, Zimbabwe No Comments »PERSIAN DIVA: THE LIFE OF HAYEDEH
March 3rd, 2014 Administrator By Emily Boulter Mention the name Hayedeh to an Iranian and many will say she is one of the greatest singers of all time. Even Iran’s former queen or Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi called her the ‘Persian Maria Callas’.
JUNE FEATURE INTERVIEW: MUSIC ICON AND PIONEER CAROLE POPE
June 1st, 2012 Administrator In all areas of endeavour, but most especially in the arts there are pioneers who embrace the daunting task of fearlessly laying the foundation of creative change. Carole Pope is one of these pioneers.
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FEBRUARY 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW: SINGER/SONGWRITER TARYN LARONGE
February 1st, 2012 Administrator Singer/songwriter Taryn Laronge is not only walking the musical footsteps of pioneers like Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan and Joni Mitchell, but she is also making some big ones of her own.
NOVEMBER 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW
November 1st, 2011 Administrator Dave Carroll is what one might call a rennaisance man. He is a songwriter, accomplished performer, consumer activist and indie artist. His song “United Breaks Guitars” is well known for its tongue in cheek take on the unsatisfied customer standing up to the big business Goliath, but as you will read, his […]
