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Finch Fetti’s 5 recently discovered artists: BZ, Brandon, Nemzzz, Lisha G & Momma
OluwaJBeats releases the much-anticipated video to ‘Owner’ ft. AdeJosh, Charlie Mase & Keys The Prince
Introducing London singer-songwriter Liét, with her debut single ‘BITTERSWEET’
Finch Fetti’s 5 recently discovered artists: Three8, Alex Banin, Jusco, Fouray, & Skizz
Notting Hill Carnival 2020 Access All Areas: The arts, music and food of the Notting Hill Carnival goes online

Finch Fetti’s 5 recently discovered artists: BZ, Brandon, Nemzzz, Lisha G & Momma

OluwaJBeats releases the much-anticipated video to ‘Owner’ ft. AdeJosh, Charlie Mase & Keys The Prince

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Finch Fetti’s 5 recently discovered artists: BZ, Brandon, Nemzzz, Lisha G & Momma

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020Finch Fetti

UK producer and A&R Finch Fetti lists 5 recently discovered artists whom he’d like to hear more from. This week the spotlight is [...]

OluwaJBeats releases the much-anticipated video to ‘Owner’ ft. AdeJosh, Charlie Mase & Keys The Prince

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020ClubTolu

‘Owner’ is the exciting new summer collaboration from rising Afro-Swing producer OluwaJBeats, which features three of the UK’s hottest emerging artists – AdeJosh, [...]

Introducing London singer-songwriter Liét, with her debut single ‘BITTERSWEET’

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020ClubTolu

Showcasing her undeniable vocals and songwriting talents, ‘Bittersweet’ is the refreshing debut single from singer-songwriter Liét. The alternative R&B song is based on [...]

Finch Fetti’s 5 recently discovered artists: Three8, Alex Banin, Jusco, Fouray, & Skizz

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020Finch Fetti

A new fortnightly series. UK producer and A&R Finch Fetti lists 5 recently discovered artists whom he’d like to hear more from. This [...]

Notting Hill Carnival 2020 Access All Areas: The arts, music and food of the Notting Hill Carnival goes online

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020ClubTolu

Digital Notting Hill Carnival for 2020 Replaces the street festival for one year The Carnival experience at home! Steel Bands, Sound Systems, Mas [...]

The waviest and smoothest songs from the motherlands all in one playlist, AfroHEAT!

June 28, 2020Tolu Bakre

The sound of Afro-swing, Afrobeats and Afro-bashment is completely dominating the scene for all the right reasons. It’s no surprise that we had [...]

[Watch] Nissi inspires music lovers with new single, ‘Judi’

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020@SpotlightFirst

Nigerian Afro-jazz singer-songwriter, Nissi releases a brand new rhythmic single, ‘Judi’, which essentially means ‘dance’ or more literally, “shake your bum” in Yoruba [...]

[Interview] The Instagram page exposing racial pay disparity in the Influencer Industry

June 15, 2020ClubTolu

Last week saw the continuation of black people and anti-racists around the world fighting for racial equality in the form of protests, petitions, [...]

The Golden age of UK music is here: Why UK artists should create and develop their own record labels

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020Finch Fetti

I recall a tweet stating that UK’s black music is currently going through their equivalence of a golden area. This was a time [...]

Word on the Curb delivers Black Lives Matter tribute single “Black Man’s Burden”

June 6, 2020ClubTolu

North London youth culture platform Word on the Curb come through with an anonymous music project. Under the anagram of Bruce Throdown, they release [...]

[Interview] Chel on the release of brand new single “Call”

May 14, 2020Comfort Bankole

Last week, I caught up with Chel, a singer songwriter from North London; to talk about her latest release “Call”. Chel teamed up [...]

The Complexities Of Music Publishing

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020Afo_B

Music as a tool can be used to bring people together to be immersed in their form of self expression through the power [...]

[Watch] Fonzie – Feel My Face

May 1, 2020ClubTolu

I think we can all agree that Fonzie has been on a roll as of late. Gifting us with consistent bangers, we have [...]

[Stream] Keys The Prince – Nothing Else Matters [EP]

April 15, 2020ClubTolu

Keys The Prince has been on our radar for a long time now. A pretty amazing feat for someone who until now only [...]

[Watch] Shaé Universe – No Stalling [Music Video}

April 11, 2020@SpotlightFirst

Shaé’s single ‘No stallin’ was originally released in 2018, where its bouncy yet silky-smooth sound spread very quickly amongst the UK music scene, [...]

NORTH LONDON VIRAL SUPERSTAR HAPPI RETURNS WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW SINGLE ‘BEL AIR’

April 11, 2020@SpotlightFirst

Happi is an artist/producer hailing from North London with an unique afro/urban sound and has returned again with a unique trendy new afro [...]

[WATCH] BACKROAD GEE – PARTY POPPER (REMIX) FEAT PA SALIEU & AMBUSH

April 6, 2020ClubTolu

“Where the dark was sold their must be light” – Backroad Gee On a mission to leave a firm imprint on the UK rap [...]

SpotlightFirst’s InstaLive #StayAtHome Event

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020Comfort Bankole

Over the weekend, SpotlightFirst had it’s first ever 2-day online event on Instagram. Sunday 29th of March, had been the original date planned [...]