American Comedian Reginald D. Hunter hit the road over the weekend to rediscover the music and sound of the Southern States of America in a three part series airing on BBC Two, tunefully titled Songs of the South. He started his journey in Tennessee and Kentucky, focusing on artists that helped to shape and inspire …
Valentine’s Day Playlists
We’ve got you covered this Valentine’s Day with exclusive releases of your favourite songs and artists.
Johnny Cash, On This day in 1968
It was on this day January 13th 1968, 47 years ago, that Johnny Cash took to the stage at Americas, Folsom State prison in Folsom, California. At the time it was Regarded as one of Americas most dangerous prisons and was a highly controversial performance. The show would go down as being one of Johnny Cash’s …
Country Singer Songwriter ‘Little Jimmy Dickens’ Passes Away
Little Jimmy Dickens Known as the ‘Little man with the Big Voice’ sadly passed away on the 4th January this year at 94 years old. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. Dickens was a novelty songwriter for much of his career, recording songs like “A-Sleeping at the Foot of the …
Paul McCartney’s ‘Early Days’ hits No. 1!
Paul McCartney took the internet by storm as his new release ‘Early Days‘ hits No. 1. Shortly after the 10am release of the music video for ‘Early Days’ on Monday morning, the track charted at No. 1 momentarily in the charts and reached no. 2 on Twitter trending world wide! With the highly successful …
Catch Dolly’s Dance Mob At Glastonbury On Sunday!
The Glastonbury weekend is nearly here so make sure you don’t miss out on Dolly’s dance mob! At nearly 70 years old, Dolly Parton is definitely not showing her age and is currently touring her 42nd album ‘Blue Smoke‘ which will culminate at Glastonbury on the Sunday! She’s written over 3,000 songs, received 46 Grammy …
70th Anniversary of D-Day
Friday the 6th of June marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. We pay tribute to those who fell. The 6th of June commemorates the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings on Normandy, this is a huge historical event and the Ministry of Defense are working with organisations such as Foreign and Commonwealth Office and …
Prince Releases A Surprise New Track Breakdown
After announcing a new deal with Warner Bros, Prince’s new track Breakdown was posted for online streaming and it’s not what fans were expecting! Over the bank holiday weekend, Prince announced that he will be resigning with Warner Bros after an 18 year split, even after he controversially wrote ‘Slave’ on his face in protest to …
Hillsborough Disaster 25th Anniversary Ceremony
The 15th of April marks the 25th Anniversary of the terrible Hillsborough disaster with an emotional rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone. The song You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers, 1964, has been the unofficial Liverpool football club anthem for many years. However, it has never had just an emotive feeling since …