2009
Being raised on a classical upbringing consisting of the Beatles, the Stones and Oasis, it has taken me quite a while to appreciate hip hop, it started last year whilst listening to Jay-Z and expanded ever so slightly to Common, so I’m not exactly a sommelier of the Hip Hop world.
Read more...Hi, I’m Martin Paul and over the year I will be bringing a number of articles about sports across the Atlantic. Although a proud Scot, I have passionately watched and followed sports in the USA for a number of years now and hopefully by reading my articles, you too will become enticed into the enthralling, sometimes-controversial magic of its most popular sports.
Read more...A simple set of screens, five Chinese lanterns, and several guitars are all that greet Lisa Mitchell as the Australian songstress steps onto the Philharmonic Hall stage, and timidly introduces herself to a near-full auditorium.
Read more...Fittingly sponsored by Guiness (which celebrates its 250th birthday this year) the annual Liverpool Irish festival sees Liverpool playing host to a whole range of events showcasing contemporary Irish culture and the city’s deep-rooted relationship with the Emerald Isle.
Read more...As the first cracks of light appeared on Sunday morning and the dewy dawn began to lazily melt into morning, anyone with access to a news outlet, phone or neighbour was greeted with the news of Stephen Gately's death. The nation, and indeed the world, was hit by a tsunami of grief which soaked the emotional beaches of us all.
Read more...The second album for a modern-day rock band, thought by some to be the make or break. A concept I'm sure The Cinematics will not have paid too much attention to in their sophomore attempt (follow up to 2007's A Strange Education) as like any band in their situation, getting people to listen to their music can be hard enough as it is.
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Described by some as “Radio One’s next big thing,” Mumford and Sons are a London-Based folk quartet, named after vocalist Marcus Mumford.
Joe Brown has been performing for audiences up and down the country for longer than most, but his infectious enthusiasm for entertaining his loyal army of fans has never seemed to desert him. Arriving on stage with a cheery smile and to much applause from one of favourite cities, Joe proceeded to give the audience everything they had come out for.
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It comes as little surprise that as the calendar passed through September, I’m sat here writing about the most innovative, original and fresh-sounding hip-hop album of the year featuring surprising guest appearances used to great effect.
Big, brash, over the top, completely superb and unmistakably Kiss. The new album released this week by the fathers of rock theatre is the cunningly titled Sonic Boom and not one track on the album is delivered in any type of off hand sluggish way, this is an album that does what is says on the cover.
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