Pa Salieu has made his way from the Coventry streets to headlines, stages and was recently titled BBC Music’s Sound of 2021. BBC Music has said he is currently ‘Britain’s most exciting musical talent and that statement couldn’t be closer to the truth. I, personally, first found Pa Salieu through his breakout song ‘Frontline’; full… Read More »
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Merry Christmas!
There are so many Christmas songs from the classics like ‘all I want For Christmas’ by Mariah Carey to more recent songs like ‘One I’ve Been Missing’ by Little Mix. Whatever you’re listening to this Christmas, Small Green Shoots would like to wish you a happy Christmas.
Miley Cyrus – Prisoner feat Dua Lipa
On 20th November, Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa released ‘Prisoner’; an uptempo song with a captivating chorus. Fans are going crazy over the connection Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa have between each other in the official music video. Although the song is up-beat, it is written in a minor key and the lyrics have darkness… Read More »
Beabadoobee – Care
‘Care’ came out back in July and is apart of Beabadoobee’s most recent album ‘Fake It Flowers’. Her retro sound has reached over 990,000 people including those above her own age due to its nostalgic feel. She calls her song an ‘angry girl anthem’ which I think we can all agree with. It’s a song… Read More »
FEED THE FIRE – SG LEWIS & LUCKY DAYE
‘Feed The Fire’ is the perfect song to help us all start our day. The beat starts with a simple melody and drums but as the song progresses, the music develops to give us a disco and funk feel. My favourite part of ‘Feed The Fire’ is the strong and funky bass line adding… Read More »
ILUVLIVE HOTLIST 2021
Iluvlive announced the 2021 Hotlist Long List on 26th November 2020 with 20 new emerging artists who are on the path to success within the music industry. This includes Morgan Munroe, Jamilah Barry, Sam Wise and more. 10 artists from this list will be selected by public votes to perform at ILUVLIVE’S ‘hotlist show’. The… Read More »
Rarely Always – Caption
Rarelyalways is an emerging artist coming out of the London scene who says, “I don’t complain about pigeonholes, I don’t mind how you talk about my music as long as you’re talking about it.” He recently released a project called ‘Baby Buffalo’ containing 4 songs; 1 of which we have chosen for our song of… Read More »
BBC Young Jazz Music Award
On Sunday 22nd November, Deschanel Gordon won the BBC Young Jazz Musician Award which was presented by Saxophonist, Composer, and Broadcaster YolanDa Brownto. The competitions final was broadcasted last night at 7pm on BBC Four. The 22 year old pianist grew up in Hackney and recently graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.… Read More »
SHOOT BLOSSOMING
Wow where do I start, everything I’ve ever done started at Small Green Shoots. Let’s start with my new internship at Sky, yeah thats right, i’m name dropping. Natalie, due to her amazing networking skills or The Gift Of The Gab as I call it, put me in touch with this youth company called Mama… Read More »
Festivals & Vaccines
Recently, there has been speculation about having to prove your vaccine status in order to get into concerts and festivals, with the likes of Ticketmaster suggesting that this may be the case. There are many mixed emotions towards the vaccine against Covid-19 and so I can imagine this conversation may bring discomfort to some. Having… Read More »