Janine Elliot began playing the piano from the very early age of 4 and started having lessons at the age of 5 also later taking up violin viola oboe and composition and winning numerous competitions around the South East of England during her youth. As an adult she has won competitions for music composition in the UK and abroad. She now plays some 25 instruments and performs all the instruments in her albums. She studied for B.Mus and later M.A in electro-acoustic music at Birmingham University leading to a long career at BBC Radio working as a sound engineer. She
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Mark Wilson from No Soap No Radio talks to City Beats – New album ‘While You Were Gone’
No Soap No Radio offers a considerable and kaleidoscopic catalogue of great songs and dynamic, accessible music, boasting great rhythmic command and heart-stopping refrains. Their latest release, While You Were Gone, is a compelling album demonstrating everything that makes No Soap No Radio distinctive and memorable. Built on the songs of guitarist/vocalist Mark Wilson, No Soap No Radio’s sound spans musical genres – from classic rock and pop to the complex jazz-influence of Steely Dan’s fusion or Etta James’ blues – whilst firmly asserting its own stamp. Combining grace, substance and edge, with spacious melodies and subtle arrangements, the songs
Colin LaVaute from Decadent Nation reveals all to City Beats – New single out now ‘My Kind’
Decadent Nations brand of high energy socio-political rock n’ roll has been quietly burning in the American underground music scene for years. Now the bands message is more relevant than ever. Having released multiple albums to critical acclaim and touring coast to coast the band has found a new spark with a fresh lineup and a barn-burning Anti-Trump anthem ‘My Kind’. With a new momentum the band is looking to take the mantle once worn by such acts as System of a Down or Rage Against the Machine. Decadent Nation is the new musical voice of resistance and the message
Marxie drops cool new video ‘Endzo’ read an interview with the trap hip hop star here
Marxie is a British born Recording artist and Producer bringing fresh commercial and urban sounds to your ears. CITY BEATS INTERVIEW – MARXIE How would you describe your music ? U.K Hip Hop What is your new single about and where did the inspiration come from ? My new single is about London my city I’ve grown up in and what is around me and my lifestyle on a day to day basis. Does singing and rapping come natural to you ? Singing and rapping is natural to me as all my life I’ve been around music. What’s your songwriting
City Beats interrogate hot new country duo Jack + Ella
Jack + Ella are a country duo based in London, UK. Their music is rooted in country, with infectious and catchy pop rock hooks. Their influences include artists like Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, John Mayer, Lady Antebellum, Florida Georgia Line and Taylor Swift. Both Jack and Ella are rock guitarists at heart and love to integrate the sound of rock n roll and male-female vocal harmonies in their country songs. Jack + Ella met when they were 16 at a young talent competition that their dads had taken them to. Years later, in May 2016, they re-connected after recognising their
City Beats talk to Les from Flirt with Danger read about their inventive album ‘The mini album’ here
British-based electrosurfbilly band, Flirt With Danger have released their debut album, ‘The Mini-Album’. The music is an imaginative, provocative and eclectic mix of neo-rockabilly, surf, 60s garage and proto-punk, combined with analogue synth sounds. The lyrics draw on both modern concerns and retro-futuristic imagery, very much in line with the burgeoning atompunk artistic scene. It represents a significant departure from the existing UK music scene and has already attracted considerable interest in the USA, particularly in California and Texas. The tracks were written by Les ‘Spaceman’ Rowley, the former keyboard player of South London indie rock band, Brilliant Pink, theatrical
British hip-hop gadabout Tinie Tempah discusses the potential Adele duet
British hip-hop gadabout Tinie Tempah discusses the potential Adele duet, breaking the US, his incipient second album, cricket, princes as pals, Madonna and more. Tinie Tempah broke through in a big way in 2010 with his debut album Disc-Overy and in the meantime became a networking superstar, teaming with Wiz Khalifa, Ellie Goulding, Snoop Dogg and scores more. His new album Demonstration is almost done, and Tinie tells us about his excitement about it, and also about being on the plane with Madonna, being starstruck by Stevie Wonder, whether the Adele duet will happen, befriending princes, explaining cricket to Americans,
Professor Green discusses sexism and drugs
Professor Green discusses sexism in the media and the decriminalisation of drugs with BUILD in London. Professor Green on sexism and pictures of women on his Instagram: “It’s 2016 and I’m not to allowed to have female friends that I don’t sleep with? Is that not a little bit sexist?” “To suggest that any girl I’m pictured with is having sex with me? I think there’ something wrong in that. I have a lot of female friends and they’re all gorgeous in their own way but it doesn’t mean that I’m with every single one.” “God can you imagine? That
Dan from The Birdman Rallies talks about the new single “A Hammer for your Fist”
Brought up on a diet of reactionary, energetic and gutsy music and free to spend their youths stalking the woodland and bars around North Yorkshire, The Birdman Rallies felt a need to break away from the Blues, Punk and deli culture of their hometown Harrogate. The songs freaked out the locals too weird for the bluesers too un-punk for the punks – a good sign. Practising in a stable ice in the cups, huddled round a gas burner in the middle of winter they decided they needed to write some songs which would catapult them out of this situation and