22 Oct 2014:
Tempest has awards for her poetry but with hip-hop album Everybody Down she has moved towards the mainstream – and the Mercury judges love a female MC …
16 Oct 2014:
Lust is the driving force of this impressive, bass-driven collection of songs from the determinedly direct Merrisa Campbell, writes Paul MacInnes
15 Oct 2014:
Merrisa Campbell returns with an album full of late-night, lo-fi bedroom music – ahead of its release on 20 October, listen to the album here
10 Oct 2014:
Adam Briggs thinks Australia is ready for a different voice as he brings his new album back to the small town that inspired it, writes Rob Boffard
9 Oct 2014:
Dances of deception to sensual strategies, suggest your songs from the viewpoint of pursuer or pursued in this week’s sexy topic, says Peter Kimpton
A masterful Mary J Blige takes the audience to giddy heights of joy and depths of pain as she showcases her imminent London Sessions album, writes Stevie Chick
The chaos of the years since breakout single 212 was banished as the Harlem rapper proceeded to win back loyalties with a studious, high-energy performance, writes Tshepo Mokoena