We interview Cynikal on his hip-hop songwriting style, his influences, and how his music has evolved over the years.
Meet B>E>A>K - Sunderland’s very own super group. Each of the six-strong crew are named after different British birds and regularly describe their sound as tropical, post-punk bird-rock, made for fans of Shellac, Battles and Don Caballero.
We met Shields for the first time when they came to perform a couple of acoustic songs for us in April. Six months on, and the Tyneside band have just embarked on a nationwide tour and are preparing to release their debut EP.
Tavinder Singh Sanghera, aka Cynikal, has been making music since the tender age of four, when his father bought him a keyboard and encouraged him to play.
Watch the first part of Cynikal's session, an acoustic performance of Won't Let You Down.
How do tracks get from song camp to singles chart? We follow the process...
Making sense of the genre-hopping world of contemporary classical music.
North East of England has a fiercely independent music scene bristling with new songwriting talent.
For the past 16 months, cult Manchester singer-songwriter Jim Noir has maintained an exhausting output, releasing an EP a month to his fans through a project called The Noir Club.
Switching your account...