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Loving the new thumping track ‘Wheel’ by French-Congolese singer Faty Sy Savanet aka Tshegue. With a hypnotic, electronic beat – the equally heart-racing accompanying video shows the Club Etoile Rollers – some as young as 13, careering around the streets of Kinshasa, fearlessly hanging on to the backs of vehicles as Tshegue flows “Just keep […]
A lot of artists I interview say they take their inspiration from nature and their surroundings but no one took that statement further than FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) when he performed live from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, courtesy of Cercle. Cercle, known for filming artists in the most unique of settings, streaming it live on […]
Westgate, Oxford, and Little Brother Eli spent an intimate evening with a small Backseat Becky’s crowd. Entering the brightly, pastel-coloured Breakfast Club diner, with sumptuous wafts of waffles, chicken wings and sweet potatoes in the air, the instructions were to head behind the SMEG fridge. Feeling a sense of illicit intrigue, I pulled back the […]
DJ Lady Style DJ Lykx | DJ Myma | Miss DVS There’s been a steady rise in female DJ’s over the past decade but cutting through the noise of a male-dominated industry is still very much a challenge faced. Musicvein caught up with four women in the DJ world, who talked about the bias, sexism […]
2Pac Vs Biggie Smalls So here we are with the final round of the series – 10 Times Artists Went Sparring but who will deliver the TKO, 2Pac or Biggie Smalls? 1996 and Junior M.A.F.I.A released ‘Get Money’ featuring Biggie Smalls and Lil Kim. The remix, which sampled Dennis Edwards ’84 track ‘Don’t Look Any […]
Travis Tritt Vs Sheryl Crow Almost there with round 9! Country stars Travis Tritt Vs Sheryl Crow. Back in 1992, Sheryl Crow’s hit ‘Strong Enough’ reached the No.5 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song about a tormented woman with emotional baggage asking if her new beau was strong enough to deal with it all. […]
Yesterday the tragic news broke of the death of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint. The hell-raising star who rose to fame in the 90’s, when the group revolutionalized the rave scene, bringing it from the underground to the UK charts, was known for his crazy antics, drugs, women and mental health issues. Liam Howlett, founder of […]
Mario Winans Vs The Pirates Vs Noelle Seconds Out Round 8! Noelle Vs The Pirates Vs Mario Winans. ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’, Mario Winan’s most popular hit in 2004 about a cheating female brought about the answer song, ‘You Should Really Know’ by The Pirates featuring Shola Ama and Naila Boss. The song, written as an answer to […]
Ding Ding Round 7 and the sparring between artists continues with Lydia Murdock versus Michael Jackson. ‘Billie Jean’, the second single from Michael Jackson’s Grammy Award-winning album, Thriller, is iconic for not only its craftsmanship but the accompanying music video. Released in 1983 the song is said to be about groupies who used to hang […]
