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Interview: Carla Marie Williams

'We've got to work harder, you know. We haven't got time for excuses, because if we're going to really sit at these tables and really say we're adding value, then we've got to add value for real, not just because we're women and we're of colour.’

By Michelle Escoffery 23 Oct 2020

Interview: Ms Dynamite

‘It’s like the success created a fairytale bubble for me to live in. I wasn’t carried away by things like a young teenager who's gone from nada to ‘Wow, now you can do anything you want.’ I just was really happy to be happy.’

By Michelle Escoffery 22 Oct 2020

Black British female songwriters behind your favourite tracks part II

Annique Simpson shines a spotlight on the Black female writers behind some of your favourite songs.

By Annique Simpson 21 Oct 2020

Interview: Shaznay Lewis

‘At that young age and with that much success, trying to separate and differentiate our friendship and our business relationship was just too much. Our journey has been rocky but we understand totally now that our friendship comes first. I wish that somebody had said to us back then.’

By Michelle Escoffery 20 Oct 2020

Black British female songwriters behind your favourite tracks part I

The influence of Black female songwriters courses through the veins of the UK music industry, yet even in 2020, they have to fight for the recognition they’re owed. Here, Annique Simpson shines a spotlight the writers behind some of your favourite songs.

By Annique Simpson 19 Oct 2020

Playlist: Jesse Bernard, Sound of the Dance

As the second week of Black History Month draws to a close, we ask Guest Editor Jesse Bernard to make us a playlist. Here, Jesse looks back at his early raving days and the music that defined it.

By Jesse Bernard 16 Oct 2020