STOOSHE
Recently longlisted for the BBC Sound of 2012, the futuristic trio Stooshe will release their second single 'Love Me' on March 5th on Warner Bros. Records.
YOLANDA BROWN
After several years on the world's jazz circuits, MOBO Award winning Tenor Saxophonist YolanDa Brown is now poised to release her debut album, April Showers, May Flowers - out Feb 13th 2012.
ROTOTUM SUNSPLASH
The Rototom Sunsplash 2012 will take place in Benicassim from 16th to 22nd August 2012. From now until March 10th 2012, the Sunsplash 7-day
ticket will cost 140€, or 175€ including camping.
CLEMENT MARFO & THE FRONTLINE
Clement Marfo & Frontline will release their new single 'Mayhem' on March 12th on Warner Bros. Records, featuring a guest appearance from grime legend Kano.
SOUL JAZZ DIVA RAE SCOTT
Former sassy front woman for a chart-topping acid jazz band, Rae Scott now specialises in high end private and corporate entertainment. She has established a style and quality that allows her to perform at the highest level..
RICHIE STEPHENS
Reggae artist Richie Stephens, a household name in Jamaica for nearly two decades, will be perfoming at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2012.
SONG FOR HAITI
On 11th January 2012, charity initiative, One by One a Song for Haiti will mark the second anniversary of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on the island of Haiti, with a fundraising Album Launch and Showcase.
SMIRNOFF NIGHTLIFE EXCHANGE PROJECT
Basement Jaxx, The Jolly Boys and Ms Dynamite blow the Roof at Ally Pally as Jamaica lands in London for the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project.
ANTHONY JOSEPH
With a title inspired by lines from surrealist poet Ted Joans, Rubber Orchestras is the stunning new album from poet and musician Anthony Joseph. who will also be bringing out a new book of poetry of the same title in November.
SOWETO KINCH
Award winning alto-saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch returns to the Albany, Deptford, as part of the London Jazz Festival with music from his critically acclaimed album The New Emancipation.
MUSIK KINDA SWEET
The British Music Experience presented by the Co-operative, in association with OOM Gallery will be showcasing an exclusive exhibition of 38 rare photographs celebrating legendary black musicians working in the UK.
DON'T BE SURPRISED
After Riots gripped the Capital local Tottenham resident 'Oranje 2000' set to release 'Don't Be Surprised' a single addressing the issues faced by young people in inner-city urban areas.
SUPERHEAVY NEW SINGLE
Damian Marley has joined forces with rock legend Mick Jagger and other musical heavyweights AR Rahman, Joss Stone and Dave Stewart, to create a band that truly lives up to its name - SuperHeavy!
COVER DRIVE
Bringing a new sound to the UK airwaves, with their Debut single 'Lick Ya Down', meet Cover Drive, the latest import from Barbados, set to be one of the biggest new band launches of the year.
LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL
Legacy and tradition provide the foundations of the Festival, which has a history of combining true giants of the jazz world with younger, emerging artists - creating pioneering line-ups year on year.
PAULINE BLACK
Queen of ska Pauline Black will be playing a gig at Islington Academy on July 23rd, and The Selecter®'s fabulous new single, Back To Black, is a cover of the Amy Winehouse classic out July 25th 2011.
ASWAD
Aswad are currently working on a new album due to come out later this year, also looking forward to performing at the One Love Festival 2011, with Sean Paul, Busta Ryhmes, Shaggy and many more.
AFRICA OYÉ
Africa Oyé can now confirm reggae legend Marcia Griffiths is on board to headline the festival this year and that the festival will again be free and unfenced this year.
SHURWAYNE WINCHESTER
Shurwayne Winchester's heading to Germany this June and the excitement is rife and promises Trinis and foreigners alike, a show they'll never forget.
JO CEEZA
Jo Ceeza, the daughter of Dragon's Den's Levi Roots, Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur and has just come back from touring the UK alongside Levi Roots & Band doing backing vocals and a solo performance.
EUROPEAN REGGAE CONTEST
The Reggae Contest 2011 is the traditional competition promoted by the Rototom Sunsplash and devoted to all uprising European reggae bands. Reggae Bands from all over the Europe will be able to enroll.
HIATUS FEAT. LINTON KWESI JOHNSON
Iranian-English producer Hiatus' collaboration with dub reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is released on the 30th anniversary of the riots it takes as its subject, and which levelled the Brixton streets that both artists call home.
LAID BLAK
Bristol's urban reggae heavyweights return with a new single taken from their long awaited, much anticipated, forthcoming debut album 'Bristol Love' the follow up to their massive underground anthem Red.
