Mclean Is Back With Brand New Single ‘Where You Been’
It’s been 18 months since Mclean released any new singles, so we’re hugely excited to welcome him back to the music world. The powerhouse vocalist premiered his new video, Where You Been, featuring Bigz earlier this week and he is looking dapper than ever in the four-minute-long clip. Hoping to follow on from his top 10 single My Name, Mclean hits...
Interview: Introducing Jessica Symonds
At just 20 years-old singer Jessica Symonds is determined to make her mark on the world of music with her powerful voice and unique looks. Flavour caught up with the south London singer to discuss her journey to success and her EP Black Flame.When and where did your love of music begin? My mum is a jazz singer and actress...
“I hear other rappers but I’m better than them”- Blade Brown
British rap has been in the shadows for too long but UK Rapper Blade Brown is one of the few who is proving that raw British rap is a genre not to be ignored. Since being on the rap scene, double OMA award winner Blade has teamed up with Fem Fel on 'Fem vs Blade' and of course Giggs...
Exclusive Interview: Mic Righteous Discusses New Single ‘Hold Me Down’ And Tim Westwood Feud
On the strength of his Fire in the booth freestyle, Mic Righteous has firmly positioned himself as one of the most complete rappers currently on the UK scene. Having already conquered the underground sphere as well as working with the likes of Cher Lloyd, Naughty Boy and K Koke, Righteous is now ready to break into the mainstream with...
Interview: Melanin 9
Melanin 9 dropped his first mixtape ‘High Fidelity’ in 2007 and has since become one of the most respected lyricists around in the UK hip hop scene. Ahead of the release of his debut album ‘Magna Carta,’ Flavour caught up with the rising star to talk music, beliefs, inspirations and more. In terms of UK hip hop, what do you think...
A Message Within The Song: YJ – Sophie’s Song
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU4v2bg-A7U?list=PL309846B2453FE07A&hl=en_GB] South London's upcoming lyricist YJ has hit us with a phenomenal track called 'Sophie's Song', taken from his latest EP 'The Message'. The track surrounds the topic of domestic violence and according to Women's Aid, '1 in 4 women will be a victim of domestic violence' in their lifetime and 'on average 2 women a week are killed by an current or former partner'....
Labrinth’s Beneath Your Beautiful Is The Most Listened To Track In The UK
After sitting on top of the national charts for four weeks, Labrinth’s infectious piano-ballad ‘Beneath Your Beautiful,’ featuring Emeli Sandé is officially the most listened to track in the UK.The super-producer, who scored his first number last month, has since enjoyed a boost in sales which we assume gives him every reason to celebrate.And if that’s not enough, the...
Blame It On The Boogie: The Jacksons Announce UK Tour
For the first time in 28 years, the Jackson brothers will be bringing their five date reunion tour to the UK next year. As one of the most well known groups in the history of music, the four brothers Jermaine, Jackie, Marlon and Tito last toured outside the US as a group in 1984. Their late sibling, Michael Jackson, who...
Paris Hilton Teams Up With Lil Wayne On New Track ‘Last Night’
Who knew Lil Wayne and Paris Hilton were even friends?The party-girl hotel heiress has teamed up with the Cash Money rapper on new track ‘Last Night.’The Afrojack produced dancefloor cut will be featured on Hilton’s upcoming album.Listen to the track below and let us know your thoughts.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_p2hDmdff0
Video: The Voice’s Becky Hill cover’s Rudimental’s Not Giving In @RebeckyHill
Becky Hill came to our attention when she was a contestant on The Voice UK earlier this year. In her Blind Audition, Becky raised the roof with a powerful performance of John Legend’s ‘Ordinary People’ – which was of course written by Will.i.am.Music superstar Jessie J mentored the singer who is currently hard at work on her debut album...
How to play guitar: Chords and Riff’s from Sam Garrett’s HOPE @samgarrettmusic
Flavour's very own Sam Garrett, teaches us how to play the chords and riff's from his amazing song called "Hope" from bis debut EP Be Easy which is now available on itunes, amazon, spotify and more. Check it out.
Alicia Keys Announces ‘Girl On Fire’ UK Tour
Following her show-stopping performances at BBC 1xtra Live and on The X Factor, Alicia Keys will return to British shores next May when she showcases her highly anticipated fifth studio album, Girl On Fire.The fourteen-time Grammy Award winning singer will be setting the UK alight with arena dates in Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and London.“I’m so excited to...
AUDIO: Ashleigh Ashley – Criminal Angel
With the release of the new Bond movie taking the world by storm it's easy to understand how so many people have fallen victim to Bond fever! The Skyfall soundtrack is spectacularly in the bag, but looking back on some of the other 007 soundtracks Ashleigh Ashley thought it'd be a fun exercise to produce a Bond track of...
Audio: Riffioso moves onto the scene with his new sound
Producer, composer and sound engineer Jon Hockley (aka Riffioso) has been crafting tracks for artists such as Ed Sheeran, Mic Righteous, English Frank, Katy B and many more for over a decade. Riffioso's philosophy is that there are no boundaries or rules, genres don’t exist.This year the talented music aficiando has been busy working on an album project called...
Funny man Lee Nelson gives relationship advice
Lee Nelson Live, the twice extended, 88-date sell-out live show from the star of BBC Three’s breakout smash hit comedy series Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, will be released for the first time on DVD by Universal Pictures on 19th November 2012. Pre-order your copy here. Ahead of the release of the qwalitee Lee Nelson Live DVD we met up...
Relaxation Generation – Sam Garrett Live
Sam Garrett, play a special live acoustic of his song "Memory Lane" along with Bob Marley's "One Love" for Marley's Mellow Mood: Relaxation Generation.Follow Sam on twitter on http://www.twitter.com/samgarrettmusic and you can buy his EP "Be Easy" here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/be-easy-ep/id570148628
New Music: GTsolo – ‘Grime Party’
Wiley’s hot new artist, GTsolo debuts his first release since signing to the Number 1 Record makers’ ESKIBEAT Recordings label and what else could you expect other than a massive slice of grime to get this party started!GTsolo caught the Godfather of Grime’s attention, after hearing his music being played on stations such as 1Xtra and Channel AKA. Wiley then took to Twitter to invite the young Grime MC to join him on his sell...
The Artist Diary: Day 4. . With Charlie Brown
If you haven’t realised by now that Charlie Brown is a force to be reckoned with, you’re officially living under a rock. All this week, he has been providing us with unprecedented access into his musical life. And today, we take a penultimate look in to his diary to find out what he's been up to...Hey,hey!! Today was promo day....
The Artist Diary: Day 3. . With Charlie Brown
Day Three of the “Artist Diary” continues with rising singer Charlie Brown, who provides us with a fascinating look into his promising musical career. His debut single ‘Dependency’ will be released on December 2nd. In the meantime, here's what he’s been up to...Hey, Had my first radio interview today to promote Dependency (my new single), with DJ Woody at Choice FM...
The Artist Diary: Day 2. . . With Charlie Brown
This is Charlie Brown's journey as an artist. It is the ordinary things that happen, the personal reflections, and the context in which his creative world thrives as an up and coming musician.It's day two peeps!Was in the studio today with one of my favourite songwriters Camille Purcell (The Saturdays/Tinchy Stryder/Cover Drive), the producer who co-wrote my 2...
The Artist Diary: Day 1. . . With Charlie Brown
This is Charlie Brown's journey as an artist. It is the ordinary things that happen, the personal reflections, and the context in which his creative world thrives as an up and coming musician.Hey everyone, It's day one and I've spent most of today in the studio recording the vocals for my second single. I originally wrote the song a few...
Future Flavours bringing it fresh for November
Ok so this will be the penultimate Future Flavours for the year.Got to say congrats to Rita Ora (who featured in Flavour recently) great look for her after winning a MOBO?Anyway let’s roll in and once again a big thanks to all those that supported and re-tweeted the last edition of Future Flavours, keep spreading the word and supporting...
Watch: Josh Kumra In New Video ‘Waiting For You’
After Wretch 32 re-worked ‘Don’t Go’ which was originally written by Josh, we were introduced to the rising star who has since continued to astound us with his gusty voice.Already with a No.1 hit under his belt, touring with the likes of Labrinth and Delilah, and over 4.5 million Youtube hits, Josh is leading the new wave of rising...
Tinchy Stryder Is Back With A Vengeance
Having just launched a new range of headphones with Goji, Tinchy talks to Flavour about what is next for his career.So you are back, what have you been up to in the last year? Well to break it down I've brought out singles, touring, launched my headphones loads of different things! It been a busy year but those are the...
Lay Z Brings Us Lobster
Lay Z is a grime MC affiliated with BBK. He has recently just dropped his Lobster EP which is 9 tracks deep and features Scratchy from Roll Deep, P Money, Footsie from Newham Generals and more. Shireen from Flavour talks to him about the EP, how he met BBK and started to make music with them, Lord of the...
10 Minutes With. . . Twin B
Twin B has been the reigning voice of 1xtra’s weekday breakfast show for over two years now and his repertoire in the music world is untouchable. As the mastermind behind a number of successful artists, the untiringly rocking, high-energy DJ is living the best of both worlds, too. Appearing on his breakfast show means you've made it in music....
Shystie-Bringing The Drama
After a period of disillusion with the music business (post getting signed to Polydor Universal) Shystie disappeared certainly from the music scene.Pursuits in projects for film seemed to take precedence and she certainly gained a following for the popular Dub Plate Drama which she starred in.Shystie however is a no holds bar femcee from East London with a lyrical...
10 Minutes With. . .Yasmin Evans, 1xtra’s New Kid On The Block
We had to feature Yasmin Evans instagram within our interview for Flavourmag to showcase Yasmins talents infront of and behind the camera... There's a new 1xtra babe on the block. Since her arrival in September, Yasmin Evans has slowly been making a name for herself. Projecting a radio presence that's personable, stylish and fully entertaining, ahead of 1xtra live we...
Hatty Keane – Only 17 and taking the pop world by storm
Hatty Keane released her new single No One Loves You on October 22. She turns 18 in a month but has already clocked up over 100 shows supporting the likes of Labrinth, Pixie Lott, Angel, Chipmunk, Ed Sheeran, Pitbull, Wretch 32, Lemar, Tinchy Stryder, Katie B, Olly Murs and Wiley. She embarked on her own Earthshakes tour over the summer stopping at...
10 Minutes With. . . MistaJam
1xtra Live, the annual concert thrown by BBC Radio 1xtra has been a tradition around the country since 2008. Since its launch, the event has grown to become one of the biggest free urban music spectacle. And though, he may boast one of the most popular radio shows on BBC Radio 1xtra, MistaJam, is probably the most-ego free superstar...