Rapper Octavian is this year’s BBC Sound Of 2019 champion, seeing off a fine selection of the UK’s brightest talents...
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Taylor Swift came second in the BBC’s Woman’s Hour annual list, with Adele and Sia also making the top 20...
The annual country music tour brings a mixture of established songwriters and ‘rising stars’ to five UK venues this autumn...
As she brings 15 months on the road to a close, Adele suggests her current tour may be her last...
Downtown Music Publishing announces long-term music publishing partnership with the OneRepublic frontman, in-demand hit songwriter and “Undercover King of Pop”...
Ed Sheeran’s ‘÷’ tops the million mark in under three weeks, with quadruple platinum status looking likely within the month...
The UK grime artist’s eagerly-awaited debut album finally sees the light of day, receiving support from peers and critics alike...
The 59th iteration of ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ is the Londoner’s crowning moment again providing another five awards for the collection...
The results of the BBC’S Sound Of 2017 poll have been announced… and the winner is soul singer Ray BLK...
This is a record that takes the issue of creating a more sustainable future by tackling it here and now...
Adele and Ed Sheeran are among those in the running for the title at the BMI London Awards next week...
Christine and The Queens, Adele, Roisin Murphy, Stormzy and Slade among those celebrated at the independent music association’s annual bash...
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.