For a long time, Teyana Taylor was hovering around the spotlight, but never really took centre stage. She helped choreograph Beyonce’s “Ring the Alarm” music video, has appeared in Tyler Perry movies, dropped guest vocals on Kanye West’s Dark Fantasy album and starred in his “Fade” music video.
One of the hardest things about grief is how you incorporate it into your daily, “normal” life. We all know the visceral immediacy of a tragic event – a death, a breakup a loss etc – grief is expected and overwhelming and allowed – but then – when everything dies down and attention has turned away, what then?…
Yes I’m on a solo piano groove again – not surprising really considering the genesis of the playlist – it’s not as if I don’t have some really interesting beats and even some noise tracks lined up but – for now – it’s all about the keys…
My second submission, after “Red Dress”, by this Leeds based band featuring the dulcet tones of Ruby Wood, and the lush pseudo-orchestration led by the trumpet of Tommy Evans. This is a seven minute build of electronica/jazz which pretty much sums up the musical style you can expect from each of their four albums…
Ever felt like someone had full control of you? No matter where you run off to you see them in EVERYTHING?! We Were Sharks puts that into perfect words with a song that gets stuck in your head before the first verse even starts!…
It’s been a bit of a hiatus for this playlist, but I’m excited to get back into the swing of things. This week’s track, was a submission I received from artist Paul de Leon. Here’s what he has to say about his song, Criminals…
Éste es una canción muy especial porque pertenece a un buen amigo mio
músico, productor y compositor, que actualmente radica en la ciudad de
Monterrey, Nuevo León, donde promueve su música, y además apoya a
muchos artistas en perfeccionar su sonido, justo como lo hizo con
muchas canciones mías, sin duda es un tipo con grandes ideas,…
“No matter how much you want the mind to be free of thoughts, resisting them only creates tension.”
It takes tremendous rootedness, strength, power, and perseverance to acknowledge what is happening right in front of you…
Sometimes life is just a scream at the vast silence of the universe. We keep waiting for an answer but in reality we are the answer.
Sometimes we wish to find out there all the love that always lied in our hearts, we wish people loved us and we forgot that the only reality is love, the rest is just an illusion, a lie…
A cake isn’t a cake without the fucking sprinkles right? So we’re dropping some sexy sprinkles into the playlist this week with the salacious track “Give It To Me” by Alexxa as remixed by Filipe Guerra…
“God, keep my head above water / Don’t let me drown, it gets harder.” More and more frequently, pop music incorporates elements of spirituality, whether it’s affirmation or skepticism of God’s existence…
Smif-N-Wessun have announced their new album The All, which has been entirely produced by 9th Wonder, Khrysis and The Soul Council. As a taste of what’s to come, Tek and Steele have unveiled the first single called “Let It Go.”…