With a new EP being released later this year, we caught up with the fast-rising songwriter to discuss his influences...
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Through this cinematic concept album, singer and songwriter Segarra takes us on a journey from New York to Puerto Rico...
We chat to the Midlands singer and songwriter about working with Paul Weller on the mod-influenced band’s soulful new album...
We chat to the Southern rock songwriter about the band’s latest politically charged album and the importance of protest songs...
Four years on from his remarkable debut ‘Home Again’, the London-born, soul-inspired wunderkind meets the difficult second album with swagger...
The film, which has the approval of the soul legend’s family, will look at the making of ‘What’s Going On’ A...
In tonight’s exclusive video we offer you up an artist that’ll have fans of both jazz and rock positively cooing...
LA soul singer of ‘I Need A Dollar’, ‘The Man’ and ‘Wake Me Up’ fame, talks songwriting and social consciousness...
This seven-disc boxset – the first in a planned series of three – gathers together the soul legend’s earliest albums...
Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke are found guilty of infringing copyright of Marvin Gaye’s hit ‘Got to Give It Up’...
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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.