DaVinche’s back with ‘Jay-Z Money,’ the lead single to his long awaited debut album Open Minded. This one features the beautiful Sofie Sof and all her attitude, as well as, a rap verse from DaVinche himself.
I’ve rated this guy for a long time, he’s contributed a lot to the UK scene as a producer so I’m looking forward to the album.
The 10 piece super group Asheber and The Afrikan Revolution will launch their acclaimed EP Roots Renaissance on the night. Their extraordinary line up of musicians includes master drummer Adesose Wallace (also renowned for his organic West African art work). www.nu-mcs.com
Mobo Award winning self proclaimed vegan, Akala will be blessing the event with his cerebral brand of conscious rap, touching on subjects as wide ranging as gun crime, colonialism and the congestion charge. www.akalamusic.com
United Vibrations will bring their trademark and distinctive melting pot sound, blending West African, Jazz and Roots. Their sound sits alongside their key objective: the promotion and execution of self sustainable living. All proceeds from their album Ghettos not Galaxies goes towards their self sufficient Community Land Trust entitled RUSS (Rural Urban Synthesis Society). www.russ.org
Floetic Lara, who produces her own range of natural beauty products, is a queen of spoken word and live music, combining profoundly woven poetry and sensational song. www.floeticlara.com
El Crisis, a vibrant poet, musician, writer and mentor who also works within schools, PRU’s, libraries, colleges, community centers and mental health institutions, practices raw diet – a lifestyle of consuming uncooked, unprocessed and often organic foods. www.elcrisis.org
Make sure you tune into Ronnie Herel on Radio 1 / 1Xtra tomorrow early morning from 01.00am (Sunday 30th Oct) … big tunes and news from the world of R&B and Soul…
J Cole replaces Andre 3000 on the new version of ‘Party’.
And 2 videos on from ‘Countdown’, just when you thought all the plagiarism hype was over, Khia takes to Twitter to claim that B “swagger jacked” her video concept for ‘My Neck My Back’.
Check out a snippet of KOF’s forthcoming single ‘Be Like You’…
This follows the superb ‘Looking At Me’ and is another self-produced record. Have a listen and drop a comment
Also featured on Ronnie’s RnB Show this past Monday, SoulCulture.TV kicked off The Takeoff – the latest in their original series’ which focuses on highlighting new, exciting and talented artists who are destined for greatness.
Clarity is a new talent out of Liverpool. A singer-songwriter she has something slightly different about her which makes her standout amongst a lot of the over produced pop styled R&B. I really like the jazz-styled vocals, which remind me a little bit of Corinne Bailey Rae. Anyway check two of her tracks out below