Music Features

22 December 2008

Introducing: Universal You

Gulzhan is from Kazakhstan and Paul is from Scotland. She was a translator and he was an oil worker. They now live in Scotland and write songs, perform songs and ...

19 December 2008

James Zabiela Blog – Part 1

This is the story of my Renaissance Masters mix or, put another way, a few days in the life of me and my music. A random ramble that accompanies the ...

19 December 2008

Orange unsignedAct with Sony Ericsson - The End Is Near

As we approach the final fortnight of the Orange unsignedAct with Sony Ericsson competition, I can hardly contain my excitement as adverts for Sunday night’s show flash up on my ...

Dr Dre - One of the great producers of all time

18 December 2008

The greatest music producers of all time

On February 12th, 2009, the Music Producers Guild (UK) will hold its inaugural Awards ceremony at the Cafe de Paris in London; Designed to recognise the enormous contribution recording professionals ...

18 December 2008

Introducing: Teitur

Teitur writes story songs of immense beauty, they reverberate with an elegiac poignancy and emotion that move the listener with an almost wilting intensity. The influences are diverse, the lyrics ...

Someone should tell Sgt Wolfbanger that smoking is bad for you.

17 December 2008

Introducing: Sgt Wolfbanger

I love it when I find a new band who gives me goosebumps - and no, not just because they’re playing in a car park - but because they have ...

16 December 2008

Introducing: Elijah Wolf

If you want to check out some beautiful music this Christmas, then the only person I think you should have on your I pod is the delicious Elijah Wolf.The singer/songwriter ...

Me and a little eskimo (Winston from Parkway Drive)

15 December 2008

Ruth's Christmas Wishlist

Okay ladies (and gentleman), now I know you will have all written your christmas list and popped it in the post to the North Pole, so I thought I'd jump ...

15 December 2008

Artist Of The Month: The Killers

The Killers might not be the newest kids on the block, but they have surely warmed up the cockles of my CD player over the past few weeks with the ...

15 December 2008

Introducing: Screaming Lights

Apparently Screaming Lights are the new band ready to 'blow you trousers off' and with their debut single GMN / Glow all set for release next month, I'm desperately scrambling ...

12 December 2008

Introducing: Emma Deigman

For a 20 year old about to release her first album, Emma Deigman has some impressive admirers. Bryan Adams recently turned up to one of her gigs, Gary Barlow has ...

10 December 2008

Introducing: Novel

Novel (n): a narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and dealing especially with human experience through a connected sequence of events. Novel (adj): Strikingly new, unusual, or different, ...

9 December 2008

Introducing: Taylor Swift

What was all that about record sales declining, music becoming a solitary pastime and no one having proper big hits anymore? Somebody must have forgotten to tell Taylor Swift.America’s most ...

9 December 2008

Grammy Award Predictions

With the Grammy Award 2009 nominees announced, FemaleFirst have had an office debate (so not exactly reliable) and has come up with our hot picks for this years gongs; have ...

9 December 2008

Dennis Yost Obituary (1943 - 2008)

Dennis Yost, lead singer of the 1960s group the Classics IV, has died in an Ohio hospital. He was 65.Yost died of respiratory failure on Sunday at Fort Hamilton Hospital ...

8 December 2008

On this day 1980… John Lennon shot dead

The world came to a stand still on 8 December 1980 as the newspapers reported that John Lennon had been shot to death outside his New York apartment.The gunman later ...

5 December 2008

Introducing: Gravity Co

Gravity Co are an innovative band from Bulgaria who started out as a side project making music for the computer game Trans in 2001. Since then they have carved a ...

4 December 2008

Funeral For A Friend - You Can’t See The Forest For The Wolves Video

Welsh rockers Funeral For A Friend released ‘Memory And Humanity’, their eagerly anticipated fourth album, to critical acclaim in October of this year via their label, Join Us Records and ...

4 December 2008

Leona Lewis – The Success Story Continues:

After just 2 days sales, Leona’s stunning new single, Run, has become the fastest selling digital release, ever. In a year that has seen Leona breaking record after record ...

4 December 2008

Introducing: Foxtrot Bravo

Foxtrot Bravo is a Swedish/Anglo London-based 5 piece band; originally set-up 2 years ago by Rob Choler (guitarist) and Liv Lyons (singer). From the outset the project received ...

Lil Wayne is sitting pretty with 8 nominations

4 December 2008

Grammy Award Nominees 2009

The Grammy Awards is arguably one of the most coveted ceremonies in the music calendar and last night the highly anticipated nominees were announced in a concert-like affair.Lil Wayne is ...

3 December 2008

Introducing: Metro Station

If one was to make a musical time capsule of 2007 – a collection of sounds and lyrics reflecting the energy of our moment – it might be a good ...

3 December 2008

Odetta Obituary (1930 - 2008)

Odetta, the legendary folk singer, complete with one of the most powerful voices in the industry, has died, aged 77.The singer’s death is believed to be a result of heart ...

2 December 2008

Introducing: The Clown Prince

Boxing and weaving their way to the front of the funkiest and coolest of London's music elite is The Clown Prince; an unsigned band formed in East London. Frontman CHiF ...