Meet Ella Martini, a 19-year-old soul singer/songwriter from Oxford and our One To Watch. After getting to the final of āLive and Unsignedā at the age of 15, Ella Martini began gigging around the UK. Her natural flow of positive energy on stage has landed her support slots for the likes of Jess Glynne, MNEK and Nizlopi’s …
Author: RKZ
Writer and Head of UK Content for Sampleface. I'm also a musician, writer, serial tweeter and CALM ambassador. Tea Rules Everything Around Me.
The UK is becoming a melting-pot for incredibly soulful, innovative British musicians. With Laura Wolfie and her 7DS EP, she seems to be another perfect example. Concept projects seem to be all the rage at the moment and with ‘the seven deadly sins’ in particular being absolutely done to death, Wolfie really needed to knock …
We interviewed New Jersey rapper Kaly about his musical origins, what he’s working on currently and his choice between ATCQ and De La.
We reviewed Miraa May’s The Beginning EP.
UK neo soul duo Alfa & Emmavie drop the sultry Epoch EP. My love for Soundcloud continued to grow after I uncovered another beauty of a song: this rendition of Laura Mvula’s Sing To The Moon by Alfa & Emmavie. After being obsessed with Emmavie’s vocal (her harmony game is subtlety glorious), I was excited …
We reviewed Robert Glasper Experiment’s Black Radio 2. Considering how much of a fanboy I was of the first instalment of Black Radio, it was only fair that I reviewed the second offering from the awe-inspiring Robert Glasper Experiment. When it comes to album releases, I initially look at two things: the cover art, and …
Our resident jack of all trades – master of all – RKZ interviewed ADP.
The mysterious Ben Khan is our One To Watch. Ben Khan’s Drive (Part I) is another reason why I love Twitter and Soundcloud. Some beautiful people on the first social network put me up on this record, hosted on the latter, and you know a song is good when it boasts over 100k plays. Ben …
British rapper Incisive show us why we’re Winners with his new track featuringĀ Julian Marley and Dionne Reid. It brings me great pleasure to say that this year, us Brits have had a fairly awesome summer. And as with all summers, we’ve had quite a dope soundtrack to boot. Although I’m currently obsessed with the new …
In his first post for Sampleface, RKZ reviews Ghostpoet’s Some Say I So I Say Light. So I Say, right… where to begin? I’ve never been one for birthday wish lists. That was, up until this year. 2013 saw the release of a new Ghostpoet record, “Some Say I So I Say Light”. As far …