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Sony Masterworks launches new label XXIM with debut release from Eydís Evensen
Sony Masterworks, the classical music division of Sony, today launches new label XXIM based in Berlin. The first of it’s kind within Sony music, XXIM Records will offer a home to artists who explore electronic, ambient, post rock and neo-classical sounds. XXIM Records opens its catalogue with the debut single release ‘Brotin’ from Icelandic pianist…
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The Rap Game UK – Looking for 3rd Season Contestants
TV show, The Rap Game UK, are on the hunt for contestants! The series, now on it’s 3rd season in the UK, sees Krept & Konan and DJ Target seeking out the best raw and unsigned artists, to give them a shot in the industry. With advice from established acts and challenges along the way,…
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Review: High Anxiety by Matt Bianco & New Cool Collective
A few years ago Matt Bianco teamed up with New Cool Collective for The Things You Love, an album with smooth Latin sounds like ‘We Should Be Dancing’, ‘Samba Italiano’, ‘Breaking Out’, and smooth jazzy numbers like the title track, ‘Cry’ and ‘Do The Right Thing’ – there wasn’t a single song on that album…
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Glastonbury Cancelled, will other festivals follow suit? and what does this mean for the UK Festival season 2021
It perhaps didn’t come as a shock yesterday when owners of the UK’s biggest festival Glastonbury, announced that this years event would be cancelled. Following news of new Covid strains floating around UK shores and uncertainty as to when the current lockdown will end, it seemed, with regret, the best thing to do in the…
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Mario Biondi to celebrate 50th year with new album ‘Dare’
Mark your diaries for the 29th January, the day after celebrating his 50th birthday, Mario Biondi will release new album Dare. ‘Dare’ tells the story of Biondi’s career from soul and jazz beginnings to new sounds of today. Speaking of the release Mario says, “Giving is an attitude as well as a choice of life,…
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Welcome to 2021
Make the plans, set the targets and work on your happiness in 2021
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Review: Winter Is For Lovers by Ben Harper
One of his most significant bodies of work to date, Winter Is For Lovers, sees Ben Harper release his musical canon, exemplifying his mastery of the lap steel guitar. Journeying through the mind’s eye along ebbing waves of sound, the listener embarks on a voyage of discovery, pit stopping at the places which inspired Harper…
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Jess Gillam’s Call Out to Musicians For Virtual Christmas Project
Brit Award winning Saxophonist Jess Gillam is on the look-out for musicians to join her on exciting new Christmas project – Jess Gillam Virtual Scratch Orchestra. Following the success of the first two projects, this third one sees Jess recording Christmas favourite – Sleigh Ride, made famous by the likes of The Ronnettes, Bing Crosby…
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In Conversation With Aura
Last month Musicvein featured the single ‘Keep Running’ by a mysterious Swiss newcomer called Aura Davis. Having little to go on and wanting to know more about the person behind the big sound, Musicvein sought her out to get the lowdown! Musicvein: Aura, thanks for taking the time out to do this interview for Musicvein…
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