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Will Sawney Works His ‘Magic’ on New Instrumental Track
It’s not often that Musicvein gets instrumentals in the inbox but when ‘Magic’ came through by DJ Will Sawney, we couldn’t let it pass us by. Being presenter of Soul Groovin’ Radio Show, Grenada, you can really feel the summer breeze weaving through this track. Chilled and light with just the right touch of funk…
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Kendal Calling Festival – Applications Open
Kendal Calling is now taking applications for singers/bands wanting to perform at this years festival. Applications are via Music Glue whom the festival are working with. See the Kendal Calling website for more details
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Read My Lips – LJ Looper Remix
Last year Afrobeat superstars Lamboginny and Olamide released the laid back track ‘Read My Lips’ – a track hot in dance halls across London, racking up thousands of views on Youtube. Fast forward to 2018 when super hot DJ/Producer LJ Looper (creator of Apocalypse as featured on BBC 1Xtra) got his hands on the track –…
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Toto Bona Lokua Return with New Album Bondeko
Here at Musicvein we love nothing more than to get a tasty treat in the inbox, and this weeks morsel of ear candy comes from a trio better known as Toto Bona Lokua. The trio, who are French-Creole Gerald Toto, Cameroon’s Richard Bona and from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lokua Kanza, first released their debut album…
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Merry Christmas 2017!
Merry Christmas everyone and thank you so much for your support throughout 2017! Musicvein wouldn’t be the same without you! Feliz Navidad x
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Musicvein Christmas Countdown: 1 Day to Go!
‘Blue Christmas’, a song made famous by Elvis Presley and covered by many artists since, although sombre, is one of the songs that has to be played around this time of year. One particular version I love is by Opera singer Andrea Bocelli and Country singer Reba McEntire, taken from his album ‘My Christmas’.
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Musicvein Christmas Countdown: 2 Days to Go!
At some point in their career, every singer releases a Christmas album. Some albums completely suck, it gets tiresome hearing the same old song done in a different way, but I have to say Christina Aguilera did a pretty decent job with her album, ‘My Kind of Christmas’ released in 2000. A mix of originals…
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Musicvein Christmas Countdown: 3 Days to Go!
Earlier this week, I featured Mario Biondi‘s version of Chris Rea‘s hit ‘Driving Home For Christmas’. Not everyone can mess with an original song and get it right but Chris Brown – although he didn’t strictly mess with it too much – did a pretty grand job with Donny Hathaway‘s ‘This Christmas’. So with 3…
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Musicvein Christmas Countdown: 4 Days to Go!
In 1994 Walthamstow bad boys East 17 released ‘Stay Another Day’ a song from their 2nd album ‘Steam’. The song reached the UK Number 1 spot for Christmas and remained there for 5 weeks. Although it wasn’t a song has no Christmas reference – it was actually about the main songwriter’s brother who took his…
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Musicvein Christmas Countdown: 5 Days to Go!
Is it even Christmas if you don’t hear a Michael Buble song? In years gone by Cliff Richard ruled the roost with his Mistletoe and Wine song. Dredged up every Christmas, the song was as off-putting as overdone sprouts, but since the arrival of Michael Buble with revamped songs, zesty swing and Clarke Gable charm…
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