Music

One of the most hotly debated topics at the trend-setting Popkomm music industry conference in Berlin has been about calls for a German radio quota  to promote German language music and artists. France has had a law for a decade to keep pop radio in the hands of French musicians. Stations have to play at least 40 per cent music by French artists. Now mighty Germany is considering the same thing - placing a quota on how much foreign music radio stations can play.

Abigail Obeng

Singer-songwriter and former model Samantha Depasois tells the-latest.com about her life as a pop vocalist at the top of the charts in the past and shares some celeb secrets with us.

Scott Hammond 

Fronting one of the world's most popular alternative rock groups must be  quite burden.

With their first album, Fallen, selling more than 14 million copies worldwide, it seems as though the sky is the limit for Evanescence, whose  lead singer is the song-writer Amy Lee. In November the Arkansas natives are to perform only two shows in the UK leg of their European tour.

Scott Hammond

 

In today's Americanised society, the UK has been somewhat short changed in regards to commercial talent, up until now. Because, along with the rise of such artists as Sway and The Streets,  a new star has arrived. He is a young man who quite possibly could be the biggest thing to EVER come out of the UK.

Scott Hammond

His album cover tells a story in itself. A young man stands in black and white, with tower blocks on either side. The only thing that is in colour is the Union Jack bandana that he is wearing proudly across his face, masking his nose and mouth. Standing with his hands clasped, this is the face of 23-year-old Derek ‘Sway’ Safo.

Scott Hammond

 

It seems to me that the G-Unit camp is slowly starting to turn into the UK’s version of the So Solid Crew. With a total of 11 members, it may seem as though they are going from strength to strength, with the addition of such artists as Mobb Deep and Mase. But are they?

BritishBlackMusic.com has joined forces with Inner Rhythm to present a special afternoon workshop to help budding stars use the art of creating and designing a winning music business strategy to transform their career to new heights.