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MV AB96 Party

Afrobeats

MV & AB96 Drop “Party” – Two Voices in the Afro-UK Scene

When Afrobeats Light Up London Nights What’s happening in London rarely stays in London, and the Party by MV and AB96 proves it without trying too hard. Released on 25 December 2025, the track drags their Nigerian and Ghanaian roots all the way around my speakers - and honestly, my neighbours can file the appeal later. Records with a good story at their core keep piling up in my favourite charts. It’s always been that way. I’ll get into how […]

today13/01/2026

Andy Smythe Leviathan

Indie Folk

Andy Smythe Releases Leviathan as a Quiet Revolution Signal

“Andy Smythe uses Leviathan to question who we trust when pressure builds.” When Andy Smythe talks about Leviathan, he goes straight for the big questions. The world seems pulled again toward simple certainties, loud loyalties, and the habit of giving up independent thought. It shows up in conversations, headlines, timelines. Leviathan responds by asking who holds power, who controls it, and why the same structures keep returning when pressure rises. Leviathan lives inside the wider world of Quiet Revolution, set for […]

today11/01/2026

Layla Kaylif I’m Afraid of Americans

Pop

Layla Kaylif Revisits I’m Afraid of Americans – A Cultural Reframing

“There’s a sense of time and cultural weight running through this release.” On the tenth anniversary of David Bowie’s passing, Layla Kaylif releases her interpretation of I’m Afraid of Americans. Wow… the timing? If you ask me, it feels deliberate. Almost ceremonial. This release feels like a millstone - heavy, cracked by time, with history hanging in its fractures. A cultural gesture first, never a decorative move. The Song, Reworked Produced in Malmö, the track reframes the original Bowie and […]

today10/01/2026

Ivelisse Del Carmen Mi Sangre Baila

Pop

Mi Sangre Baila by Ivelisse Del Carmen – Heritage in Motion

Between Homeland and Elsewhere Written from the space between homeland and elsewhere, Mi Sangre Baila speaks from the vivid reality of a Puerto Rican life shaped by distance. After more than twenty years away from Puerto Rico, Ivelisse Del Carmen found the word that finally made sense of that distance: diaspora. I felt the song’s weight of recognition embracing me like a warm blanket on a cold day. Maybe because I’m part of a diaspora too, one of millions living […]

today09/01/2026

Pop

La Luna by Brett Ashby – Notes Based on Paints and Gravity

Brett Ashby Learned to Speak Through Colour and Motion La Luna, the new single from Brett Ashby, works better when you give it a minute. The artist belongs to the second camp, and this release settles there naturally. Released in 2023, it still feels fresh - a laid-back R&B / pop track. Ashby’s background falls naturally into visual art, and you can hear that straight away, because La Luna feels painted rather than produced. That space in the sound mattered […]

today07/01/2026

Megan Scott Fake It

Indie Pop

Megan Scott – Fake It and the Ghosts of Unfinished Feelings

Megan Scott And The Voice in the Grey Areas There’s something quietly striking about my favourite next artist. Megan Scott comes from St. Ives, England - a place better known for light and calm - and her writing leans into the messy middle of things. Listening to Fake It, I kept thinking about how young artists today speak with a kind of emotional clarity that took some of us years to reach. She writes plainly, without dressing things up, and […]

today06/01/2026

R&B / Soul

Otim Takes “Dreaming of You” Somewhere Deeply Personal

I’ll admit I went back to the documentary on purpose. It had been on my list for a while, but Otim’s Dreaming of You hit fast-forward on the decision - and here we are. That final scene kept popping back into my head. It pushed this track into motion. Before anything else, it’s worth being clear about the reference point. This is about Selena Quintanilla, not Selena Gomez. The inspiration comes from the Tejano singer’s story and the way her […]

today05/01/2026

Fiona Amaka Desert Flower

Indie Pop

Fiona Amaka blooms with warmth and grit on Desert Flower

When I hear songs coming out of London, I usually listen for how they hold up live. With Desert Flower by Fiona Amaka, that lived-in confidence comes through straight away. I hear an ease in this track that comes from people enjoying the process and trusting their instincts. The upbeat pace feels light and easy. Where the song comes from Fiona Amaka wrote Desert Flower with her daughter in mind, and that intention comes through without becoming heavy-handed. In the […]

today02/01/2026

Rainbow Soul Chris Oledude

Funk

Rainbow Soul by Chris Oledude: Love, Groove, and Memory

Brand new year, the grace of 2026, and a strong start - if you think you’re ready for this. Yeah: funk, gospel, upbeat, call it whatever you want. What matters is the way it moves people, the way it brings voices together, the way it carries history without dragging it behind. That sense of movement sits at the heart of Rainbow Soul, the latest release from Chris Oledude. The song has roots going back to 1984, written during the surge […]

today01/01/2026

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