With his Christmas Day 2019 release ‘Hold Me Down’ approaching the 200k streaming mark and attracting a growing audience in the US, DAIRE PATEL returns with another journey into emotional, melodic hip-hop, coming in the shape of single, ‘Sirens’. Joined by stunning vocalist Aby Coulibaly on the second verse, the track provides the first taste of his debut EP and builds on the momentum of his early releases.
Recorded at home during the COVID 19 lockdown, ‘Sirens’ has received radio support from BBC Introducing and RTE 2FM, as well as being added to Spotify’s New Music Friday and Surface future R&B stars playlists.
Start your Monday right and check out ‘Sirens’ below…
5TASH makes his entry on the blog with latest single ‘S.D.F.O.’ (Step Da Fuxk Out), enlisting fellow emcees, Zaybo and Greenfolkz to work their magic over the melodic arrangements.
In the single, 5tash expresses his feelings of being trapped during lockdown and yearns to break out to have some pure unadulterated fun!
Expect more music from this guy…but for now, hit play on ‘S.D.F.O.’ below…
Remixing the popular anthem from drill artist Headie One, South London raised KWAKZINO applies his own style and finesse to further build on the catchy instrumental, which is a sampled reworking of the 1990s Ultra Nate track ‘Free’.
In the lyrics, he talks about how he chose to make a change from his illegal lifestyle and turn his attention toward the spiritual pathway, which allowed him to make a positive turn in his life.
Opening with a soothing introduction, BECKY BOWE‘s single, ‘Getting Older’, quickly picks up rhythms as her vocals strengthen with passion.The minimalist piece allows the listener the chance to breathe and release any tensions held against friends or loved ones.
Speaking of the single, Becky says: ‘Getting Older is about the point in your life where you are so focused on what you want to do but you lose focus in your social life. It’s a song describing that journey of growing up and how it feels really bizarre and that everything sometimes becomes an excuse but eventually you get the hang of it. You might lose touch with people on the way but then become close again. It’s about not allowing yourself to get worked up about it. It’s just the process of growing up’
You may recognise Becky Bowe as one of the Leeds Contemporary Singers who won BBC’s Pitch Battle in 2017 and sang alongside the likes of Will Young and Kelis. Her previous single, ’That’s How Love Works’ reached Number 9 in the UK iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts and she has since been featured on BBC Introducing York. Her relationship with the BBC extends even further as she appeared as a backing vocalist for the BBC show This is My Song and sang in Gareth Malone’s BBC Two series The Choir. Becky Bowe has been featured by the likes of CLASH Magazine and Music Week, and renowned Youtube channels Sofar Sounds and Ont’ Sofa, helping the climb of her tidy play count of just under 30 thousand across streaming platforms.
Italian-born/London based singer/songwriter, LISABEL has every potential to draw in the prospective listener with track, ‘A Work Of Art’. The soulful offering carries a nurturing tone that could be associated to the likes of Solange, Aretha Franklin and Erykah Badu.
Lisabel said of the single: “I wrote the song after falling in love with someone who to me represented a pure and loving soul that I trusted and wanted to celebrate.”
‘A Work Of Art’ is from her debut album bearing the same name, released earlier this month. Have a to this beautiful song listen below…
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With his Christmas Day 2019 release ‘Hold Me Down’ approaching the 200k streaming mark and attracting a growing audience in the US, DAIRE PATEL returns with another journey into emotional, melodic hip-hop, coming in the shape of single, ‘Sirens’. Joined by stunning vocalist Aby Coulibaly on the second verse, the track provides the first taste of his debut EP and builds on the momentum of his early releases.
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