Black Heritage Today UK

She appears to have been ‘outside’ the radar for a while, but Patti Boulaye works a lot in Europe; in Germany, Paris and Italy, where she has a good fan-base. Still looking young enough to be questioned at the entry point of a club, there’s no doubt that Patti has not lost her touch, her [...]

Be honest, we’ve all, at some time or other, wanted somebody else’s guy. But along comes Jocelyn Brown and puts it right into context.  Don’t go there! There aren’t many soul voices as formidable as Miss Brown’s. After starting out in the late 1970s singing on records by studio-created bands, global   attention was guaranteed after her [...]

A history-making music video has gone viral as more and more people visit YouTube and download copies of the song ‘Our Story’. Written, and vocalised by London-based reggae artist Scratchylus, his 8-year-old daughter Empress Reggae and co-writer and singer Sizzla Kalonji, ‘Our Story‘ not only won an award for topping the Jamaican charts but the video was included [...]

A fantastic live performer and regarded as one of today’s leading female jazz vocal stars Dee Dee Bridgewater is soon to grace London with her presence and it will be something worth waiting for. Having toured extensively all over the world, building up a loyal following Dee Dee has worked with just about all the [...]

Following the success of The O’Jays, The Spinners and The Delfonics, the City of Brotherly Lovehad just enough room for another highly successful soul group. That group came in the form of The Stylistics whose moves on stage is like smooth warm chocolate. The Stylistics, with their charisma, style and harmony evolved into one of the [...]

Just as the lines between the differences in R&B influenced British, soul-pop were becoming blurred, the distinctive soulfulness of the next tasteful artist has arrived; refreshing our ear drums with her “sprinkles of breezy jazz pop with harmonics playfully pinged from her high-slung electric guitar.” Lianne La Havas’s distinguishing voice captivates listeners with her simple, catchy [...]