Just because Ed Sheeran, is only 20 years old but is already one hell of a story! We don’t know where to start; with his amazing song Little Lady together with Mikill Pane, his age of only 20, his intens lyrics, the way he beated James Morrison, his sofa surfing story, his going on my own to LA story or his collaborations with almost all big grime artists.
In April 2010, after leaving his old management company, he bought a ticket to LA, with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over LA, before being spotted by Jamie Foxx who invited him to stay at his house and record for the rest of his stay. Throughout 2010, Sheeran’s fan-base grew incredibly by YouTube, together with also getting credit from The Indepent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and even Elton John.
On 9 January 2011, Sheeran released his final independent EP, No.5 Collaborations Project featuring appearances by lots of grime artists. With this EP, Sheeran gained mainstream attention for reaching number 1 in the iTunes chart without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in its first week.
His first headline tour around the UK sold out in a matter of hours.
One of his other hits is his cover of Jamie Woon – Wayfaring Stranger .
Want to know what it's like to be 35? ... Just listen to Birdy
Hometown: Lymington, Hampshire. The lineup: Jasmine van den Bogaerde (vocals).
The background: Birdy is the 15-year-old singer-songwriter whose cover version of Bon Iver's Skinny Love reached number 17 in the charts in March this year. Actually, she was 14 when it charted – ancient compared to Rebecca Black, but still pretty young. We didn't write about her then because Skinny Love was the only song available by her at that point and we weren't sure whether it was enough to draw any conclusions about her as an artist. There was actually one other song – So Be Free, with which she won, in 2008, the UK talent contest Open Mic UK, beating 10,000 entrants in both the under-18s category and the grand prize. There, already some of the Birdy "style" is in place, if you compare the 12-year-old singing her own composition at the piano and the slightly older young woman singing Skinny Love in the moody video directed by Sophie "Ellie Goulding/Sade" Muller: it is, to cite one of the categories often used by musicians on MySpace, an example of "melodramatic popular song". She manages, using just voice and piano, to make Justin Vernon's plaintive paean sound like something Andrew Lloyd Webber might have penned for Elaine Paige. You can tell a lot about an era from its teen pop stars. Thirty-five years ago, a typical girl (pun intended) of around the same age as Birdy might have been like Ari Up – fierce, outspoken, colourful, an extraordinary burst of energy and opinions, afflicted with a kind of joyous juvenile dementia. Now, they seem prematurely old, wise, sensible and sophisticated types suffering from a sort of sorrowful knowingness – singers such as Adele appear to have bypassed adolescence completely and gone directly to young adulthood. Adele is clearly one of Birdy's role models, and going by her two releases to date, she offers a glimpse of what it must be like to be 15 these days, and suggests it must be quite like being 25, or even 35.
It's like going back to the pre-rock'n'roll era, to a time before teenage was invented. The fact that she's covered songs by Bon Iver and the xx is a bit of a red herring: it gains her access to another niche market – ie the indie demographic – but it's not what she's about. What she's about is a sombre showtunefulness, and she does it well. If you thought Skinny Love was a triumph of still silence, you should hear Shelter. There are no signs of dubstep here, no electronics – save for some ambient tones and textures towards the end. No, it's pure Judie Tzuke revisited. It may lack the original's eerie drama and stifling ambience but, enhanced by the penumbral atmosphere of the video, it has a haunting quality all its own, even if it does make you mourn a little on Birdy's behalf for her lack, or loss, of youthfulness.
The truth: She will succeed, even if her success might make you sad.
There are not many girls who by the tender age of 22 can claim to have sung with Jay-Z on Top Of The Pops, and toured the UK with the country’s biggest girl band. But then EDEI is no ordinary 22-year-old.
“When you put it like that I suppose it does sound quite impressive”, laughs the young singer, whose soul-steeped single ‘LOVED’ is released January 2011. “To be honest I’m always focussed on what I’m doing right now. And to be where I am at the moment, to be writing, recording and about to release my own songs, feels great.”
With her fair hair, tanned complexion and model-like looks, EDEI could easily pass for an au naturel European beauty. In fact she’s a London girl, the only nod to Europe being the Spanish word ‘creencia’ tattooed in script on her arm. “It’s Spanish for ‘Belief’ – a word I live by and also the title of my favourite song by Gavin McGraw.”
Singing from almost as soon as she could speak, EDEI’s earliest musical memories come from sitting in the back of her dad’s car on long summer drives listening to Rod Stewart. “He absolutely loved Rod! And I really didn’t at the time! But actually that’s probably where I got the raspy edge to my voice that I have now – listening to Rod in my dad’s car! Now I can appreciate it much more,” says EDEI who namechecks the likes of soul legends Marvin Gaye and Patti LaBelle alongside childhood pop heroes like Michael Jackson and later, Justin Timberlake, in helping her form her musical tastes. “Oh – and Lauryn Hill – I would just play that album over and over on loop”.
It was with another legend, however, – hip hop heavyweight Jay-Z – that EDEI had her first brush with pop fame. Only 10 years old, EDEI’s natural stage presence and big voice had won her a role in the West End production of ‘Annie’ and she found herself on telly singing ‘Hard Knock Life’ with the world’s biggest hip hop superstar. “I had no idea who Jay-Z was to be honest, I think I was more impressed that Abs from Five was there,” she recalls with a laugh. “I keep trying to find it on YouTube and it’s never there. Probably for the best.”
It was as a teenager that EDEI’s future as a solo artist began to take shape, rather contrarily while having decided to study drama full-time. “To be honest I hated it. It totally took the fun out of drama for me,” she says. “Everyone else was so busy being eccentric and competitive, that I sort of retreated into myself. That’s when I really started to concentrate on my music, that need to express what I was feeling.”
The next few years saw EDEI throw herself wholeheartedly into developing as a solo artist. She would write to producers she admired and implore them to work with her, whilst taking any opportunity to perform in front of increasingly appreciative audiences. Offers inevitably came for EDEI to join girl groups or audition for the likes of X Factor along the way, but she was determined to make it on her own, with her own sound.
Then, ironically, the opportunity for experience came along big time when she was offered the chance to support Girls Aloud on tour last year. “It was the best two months of my life. I came on just before the girls, so I was playing to full arenas, which was amazing,” she says of the 36 dates she did with the band. “We would hang out in the bar after shows. I got on well with Nadine – she was really friendly – and Sarah was hilarious.” It was an introduction, by vocal coach David Grant, to the team that discovered and developed Joss Stone that cemented her musical direction. “I knew I didn’t want to be manufactured but obviously needed some advice and wanted to have experienced people around me. They totally supported my decision not to go down the manufactured or reality show route. Maybe it’s my stubbornness too – if someone was telling me ‘wear this’ and ‘sing that’ it would drive me insane.” EDEI is now gearing up to the release of her new single, ‘LOVED’, and is putting the finishing touches to her debut album, ‘INSIDE INFORMATION’ (due out early 2011), regularly flying to Dublin to work with Boston-born ‘Misreid’ one of her co-writers and producer of the pop, funk and soul rooted ‘EDEI’ sound – from whom she’s been musically inseparable since they were introduced a year ago.
“Misreid is amazing – when we met we just clicked, and it’s so great to work with a female producer,” says EDEI. “We recorded a lot of the tracks in New York which was an amazing experience. We had three of Mary J Blige’s backing singers on the sessions – I was just in awe of their harmonies – and the brass section who regularly work with Alicia Keys, who I love, so I spent the whole time getting on their nerves pestering them for stories about her.”
As well as the uptempo pop-soul of her debut single ‘IN MY BED’, released last August, the pair, along with highly-rated singer songwriter Conner Reeves, have also created the sultry pop-soul sound of the future single, ‘INSIDE INFORMATION’ and the new single, ‘LOVED’, (a song written around and featuring Jackie Wilson’s soul classic ‘To Be Loved’). Along the way, they enlisted the talents of Tom Elmhirst, who mixed Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ and Adele’s ‘Chasing Pavements’. Quite some roll call for quite some girl. With her cool vocals, refreshingly independent spirit and sweetly soulful vibe, EDEI is all set to make a big impact next year.
15 year old London-born soul singer Dionne Bromfield, whose debut album introduced the teenager as of the one the finest young singers the UK has produced in years, returns with the March 28th release of her brand new single "Yeah Right". The single, which features rising US rapper, reality tv star, and son of the Rev. Run Simmonds, Diggy Simmonds, is taken from Dionne's eagerly awaited new album "Good For The Soul". Released on friend and mentor Amy Winehouse's Lioness label, the album is a collection of all new soul songs co-written by Dionne and some of the UK's premier songwriters, and looks set to establish her as a writer and genuine star in her own right.
Hundreds of revellers partied in the sun at Kilburn Festival . DRYSS Circle Privilege's Protégé has performed a Cover of Brunos Mars After Kilburn Mayor Speech. This was a spectacular performance from the 9 year old.
Hip hop, soul, Irish folk and country bluegrass were performed by a host of musicians on the main stage throughout the afternoon while families enjoyed tucking into food from around the world at a range of stalls in Grange Park just off the High Road.
The cash will go towards keeping the event going next year. Festival-goers closed the party with a mob dance rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller which they had been learning the moves to throughout the day.
The Kilburn History Festival and The Kilburn Film Festival were also taking place at the same time which featured a special Q&A at The Tricycle Theatre with Oscar winning actress and MP for Kilburn and Hampstead, Glenda Jackson.
Adamo Coulibaly (born 14 August 1981 in Paris) is a French footballer with Ivorian roots. He plays as a striker for Debreceni VSC. He was signed before Debreceni's Champions League campaign and has earned a reputation during the competition for being a target man who, using his extreme acceleration and strength, tries to beat the offside trap.
We were commissioned to create an entertaining Website for a Football Star Player Adamo Coulibaly.
It is fair to say that its pretty hard not to notice the outstanding soulful talent that is Joelle Moses. At the tender age of seven, Joelle stood up on top of a chair and sang her little heart out for the first time in front of an astonished congregation at her Mother's church. It was then that this sassy little miss discovered her destiny. These early roots in gospel singing gave Joelle the platform to showcase her extraordinary power, range and deep connection with an audience through music that has marked her out in the industry.
Growing up in a non musical family the passionate West Londoner continued to hone her craft writing, performing and singing to anyone that would listen. With her mind firmly set on becoming one of the UK’s best singer / composers, Joelle left college after her AS levels to not only follow her dream but to embark on becoming a true force of nature. She gained valuable experience by singing the guide tracks, demos and backing vocals for international super stars artistes including Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Toni
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It is fair to say that its pretty hard not to notice the outstanding soulful talent that is Joelle Moses. At the tender age of seven, Joelle stood up on top of a chair and sang her little heart out for the first time in front of an astonished congregation at her Mother's church. It was then that this sassy little miss discovered her destiny. These early roots in gospel singing gave Joelle the platform to showcase her extraordinary power, range and deep connection with an audience through music that has marked her out in the industry.
Despite her increasingly busy schedule in the studio and on-stage, Joelle never gave up her desire to acquire further knowledge and she attends Europe's finest school of modern music, The Institute of Contemporary Performance. It’s hard to equate the charismatic diva-in-the-making and her mesmerising, explosive, on-stage presence with the 20 year old student. But they are both Joelle Moses.
Her rise has been unstoppable, driven by Joelle’s prodigious God given talent as a singer and songwriter. With the guiding help of her committed management team, Joelle has been developing her skills, experimenting with new sounds and teaming up with some of the most successful and highly regarded writers in the industry. Joelle started writing songs when she was just twelve and now at 20. She already written over 270 songs and has a superb catalogue of material ready-demoed and waiting to be unleashed later in 2011. Key industry figures have appreciated Joelle’s skills as a writer /performer and she is currently working with legendary Swedish writer / producer Jorgen Elofsson (the man behind many of the biggest hits of Britney Spears, Jenifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Westlife, Celine Dion and Leona Lewis). The writing collaboration has produced extraordinary world-class tracks perfectly suited to Joelle’s outstanding vocal talent. Other current collaborations include Tokio (Mr Hudson, Kanye West, Paolo Nutini, Groove Armada), Fred Ball (KT Tunstall, JLS, Pixie Lott), K-Gee (Jessie J, The Sugababes, Alesha Dixon) and Pete Craigie (Take That, Alicia Keys).
Picture a young Whitney, add the fiery performances of a young Tina Turner, mix in the irresistible hooks of Donna Summer and that is only but a snippet of the glamorous Joelle. Once you’ve experienced the vocal adrenaline that is Joelle, you will leave you wanting to hear more. Ask the 10,000-strong nightly crowd she captivated for weeks in Germany, or the 20,000 audience at the O2 Arena
In April 2010, after leaving his old management company, he bought a ticket to LA, with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over LA, before being spotted by Jamie Foxx who invited him to stay at his house and record for the rest of his stay. Throughout 2010, Sheeran’s fan-base grew incredibly by YouTube, together with also getting credit from The Indepent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and even Elton John.
