Raunchy, sassy, growling, raspy and sweet n’ soulful are just some of the commanding vocal ingredients that US artist Bette Smith...
Archive - August 2020
Now you’re talking. This is a cracking long-awaited bumper six disc set which collects together the first half dozen volumes...
* UK PREMIERE * Promising Nigerian r&b artist Zinny drops her new Sade-like track “Second Chance” today (26th August 2020) –...
* FIRST UK REVIEW * Canadian artist Sandra Bouzo’s debut album, “Falling Away From Me” showcases a soulful...
If you are a fan of defunct British rock band Trapeze with Deep Purple legend Glenn Hughes in the ranks, there are three reasons to be head over...
UK soul singer and BBC Sound of 2020 winner Celeste drops her stunning new single “Little Runaway'” (25th August) on Polydor Records...
PREMIERE………. Debut single out tomorrow (Weds 26th August 2020) from promising electro-pop newcomer BAIRD. “Sunken...
10 tracks – four of them co-writes with Adam Abrashoff and two he penned himself, plus four covers. James Brown’s “Out Of Sight”...
Famed for supporting The Sex Pistols in the summer of 1976 at the very start of the punk era, Manchester band Slaughter And...
A bumper three album set on two discs offering 44 tracks from one the most accomplished harmony groups on the Jamaican music scene...
Joint Album Of The Month (August) “All Rise” is a phrase you’ll hear in any courthouse across the world, whenever the...
Would you believe, “Bitches Brew” is 50 years old this year, 2020. Miles Davis continues to influence musicians worldwide almost...
Stereophonics drummer and producer/songwriter Pop Morrison has teamed up with singer/songwriter Anna Wolf to compose and perform the title track...
I.M. The Artist, aka 23-year-old Isabél Murgelas from Gothenburg, Sweden drops new single “Bleeding Blue”, and has a fresh, enticing...
Gonna be a smash hit banger for triple threat stars Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy and their new collaborative single...
This isolation lockdown mallarkey may have kept us out of the pubs and concerts, messed up summer vacations and halted every festival this...
Canada’s Teenanger are well worth your time. Their excellent new single “Trillium Song” is lifted from incoming sixth album...
“A Handbook Of Roses” by My Glass World is released on 9th October 2020 on Luxury Noise Records – their fourth album. The...
Andrew Roachford’s brand new album, “Twice In A Lifetime”, is a stunning vocal masterclass. His best songwriting of a career, across the 13 soul...
Over the last two decades, there has been a slew of soulful young British female blues and old school r&b singers...
I heard a track from this album on late night radio in the UK prior to its original release back in 2001. It may have been...
* Album of the Month (September) * Mary Coughlan is an icon in Ireland. Labelled “the greatest female singer to have...
Two words only should be enough of a reason to go seek out this new four-disc box set from 1970s UK rock band Back Street Crawler...
What a voice. What a performer. Never gets the recognition she deserves as an artist. Esther Phillips. An r&b pioneer...
Manchester’s Bad Love drop the official video for “A Place For Me” – their first release with Republic Of Music. The four...
Music Republic Magazine’s hot tip for big UK success: Young Australian family trio The Buckleys and their incoming debut album...
Let’s talk about the voice. Not the TV talent show. No, the voice I want to talk about belongs to a British artist who some may...
British folk star Kate Rusby’s latest solo album “Hand Me Down” is a blissful collection of covers – but this time, not...
This book has a long title. “How Not To Make It In The Pop World. (Diary of an almost has-been)”. By veteran Leicester sax’...
When an established band or artist decide to add a covers album to their catalogue, it can often end up sounding like it’s a case...
We get 10 delicious tracks which run to 31 mins and 44 seconds duration on the multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, re-mixer...
Bristol duo The Allergies fourth album is – like the three previous releases – on hip Brighton label Jalapeno Records...
The Lotts are young. Loud. Raw. Don’t care if you love ‘em or hate ‘em. Having a ball and blending retro punk and New York...
Jamaican-born, Canada-based since eight-years-old, singer songwriter Ngoni drops an achingly beautiful ballad, “No One”. The...
If this is not a hit record, we give up!!! Promising Irish band The Clockworks drop their fabulously fun second single, “Can I Speak To A...
“There ain’t nothin’ like a Dame”………..After seven decades of hits – 70 albums and 140...
Port Cities and Emma-Lee: “I Still See You At Parties”. We defy you to listen to this banger of a track just the once – and not...
Music Republic Magazine – Joint Album of The Month (August) Pretty much new to the UK, exciting American country artist...
Wanna hear an awesome pop song that deserves to be a mega-hit for 17-year-old US artist Lindsey Lomis? Her killer song “Feel” is...
Superb 71-track triple-disc set celebrating the London pub rock scene of the 1970s. The usual suspects from that scene back...
*** August Album Of The Month *** Oscar Jerome “Breathe Deep” is the stunning debut album from an exciting young...










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