Posted on 01 October 2009.
British acts dominated the honours at the annual Mobo awards ceremony for music of black origin, which this year paid tribute to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. London Hip hop trio N-Dubz scooped the awards for Best Album and Best Act, while JLS, finalists in Britain's X Factor talent television talent show, ...
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Posted on 05 April 2009.
As Lionel Ritchie prepares to return to Wales as part of his latest UK tour, he talks to Gavin Allen about his career renaissance, his love life and the death of black music FOR a man synonymous with romantic ballads, Lionel Ritchie hasn’t been particularly lucky in love. Ritchie started his career writing up-tempo club tunes with ...
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Posted on 20 March 2009.
Photographer Pogus Ceasar gives Richard McComb a tour of black music in Birmingham over the past 25 years - Legends through a lens The colour scheme is stark, unyielding, the white studio space flooded with sunlight from the overhead windows on this early spring morning. Black and white photographs, framed in black, hang from the walls. There ...
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Posted on 19 March 2009.
Hey there. Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the MAIN EVENT! We are one stop away from D.DAY, however brace yourselves & get ready for a magical experience! Strctly Entertainment Ltd presents The Single Launch Party for PHENOMENAL WOMAN - come & watch FOLA with full band 'Slo Burn' as she headlines superb lineup of UK talent! Mon ...
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Posted on 15 March 2009.
Daniella Maison is the edgy, unswerving, soulful writer been best known for her series of poetry publications since her astonishing poetical debut in 2000. A young Masters graduate, Maison currently works as a freelance writer and part time music promoter, and is set to make an impact within the local and wider community, she comments: ‘James ...
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Posted on 15 March 2009.
ON an evening in late February at a club here called the Monkey House, there was a family reunion of sorts. As the band Rough Francis roared through a set of anthemic punk rock, Bobby Hackney leaned against the bar and beamed. Three of his sons — Bobby Jr., Julian and Urian — are in ...
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