Marks & Spencer has signed up Paddington Bear for its Christmas advertising campaign. The Peruvian character will take over from Mrs Claus, a James Bond-style character played by Janet McTeer, who fronted last year’s adverts. In previous years the high street chain has relied on celebrities including Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry and Jamie Redknapp to [...]
Recently we premiered a fanastic re-working of Aretha Franklin's "Respect" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The song is featured on upcoming album A Brand New Me, which combines classic vocals by the Queen of Soul with new arrangements by the RPO. We're now delighted to reveal a video for the RPO's version of "Respect" which [...]
Sleepwalker (Droeloe Remix) DROELOE are at it again, this time with their own take on AWAY's legendary hit "Sleepwalker". With a dark and almost haunting vibe, they make this the perfect soundtrack to head into the cold November month (well...depending on where you are in the world). Despite the familiar vocals, the instrumental is naturally [...]
Carl Cox and Nile Rodgers have teamed up on the funky dance number ‘Beat The Track‘. Cox, an Ibiza institution at the legendary Space nightclub, offers the plotted-out beats while Rodgers’ signature guitar and bass elements appear in a more freestyle form than what he usually composes. The result is a track has the sound [...]
“I worry that people don’t always believe stories about songs,” Mahalia tells me over the phone. “But I was drunk. Like genuinely…” So begins the story behind the creation of her most successful song to date. Aptly named “Sober”, the track came about after the 19-year-old decided to defy her drunk dialing tendencies in favour [...]
Singer-songwriter and all round megababe Charlotte Lawrence is blessing us with new music today. Following on from her previous release, “Seventeen”, Charlotte is back with an electro-pop banger that you’re not going to be able to stop listening to. Detailing the discovery that a partner is cheating through them talking in their sleep (not the [...]
She’s back! Christina Aguilera is returning to the stage and it’ll be at the 2017 AMAs. Details on her hotly anticipated showing below… Moments ago on social media, Xtina confirmed that she’ll be performing at the American Music Awards on November 19th. The vocal wonder will deliver a tribute performance to her idol Whitney Houston in salute of the 25th anniversary [...]
Jerry Folk II Boyfriend Jerry Folk just delivered...the dopest spin on any JB track ever. To be honest, it's very difficult to associate this with The Biebz at all, because the sound is so different on this track. Having released this on his Jerry Folk II channel on Soundcloud, it becomes clear that this was [...]
Following a sold-out summer arena tour highlighted by their triumphant UK return in front of 65,000-plus fans as special guests of The Killers during British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park, Tears For Fears – Roland Orzabal [vocals, guitar, keyboards] and Curt Smith [vocals, bass, keyboards] – close out 2017 with the release of their [...]
Win and Woo Gold (Feat. Shaylen) They've crafted this easy listening piece which ticks all the right boxes for a radio friendly tune, generating a catchy melody, sing-a-long worthy lyrics and just the right amount of vocal chop. Speaking of vocal chop, the sound during the chorus adds a really cool late night (after club) [...]
