Hailing from Southend Essex, 24 year old David Simon is a singer songwriter with big ideas. The release of his debut album ‘Collision’ brings a mixture of self-penned sumptuous, catchy tunes & ballads to the world of popular music.
His next single, ‘It’s Not About Me’, is being released on 25th July with all the money going to David’s charity of choice, Child Rescue. The track is a smoldering, jazzy number smothered with edgy riffs and brass accompaniment that will sound great when performed live and should help bring David Simon to a new, wider audience.
For more information on David check out his myspace page or have a listen to his album sampler above. ‘Collision’ is also available to purchase on itunes Click here to buy
Give the girl a break! Or maybe not…the hardest working diva with the Midas touch is not only back with another single from her current, multi-platinum album ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’, but has also added an extra date to her sparkling tour, this time at the O2 Arena, London on Saturday 14th November. Holidays? Time off? Not likely. Beyoncé has sold 350,000 tickets across Europe spanning over 32 shows. We all know about the performance and production values from the videos but can you imagine being 20 feet away from her in the flesh? The shows promise to be an audio visual treat from start to finish. With Thierry Mugler designed outfits draped across her & the 10 piece all female band, as well as hot dancers and sensational choreography! She is an amazing powerhouse performer and has become a must-see artist of the modern age, as the sold out section of the UK tour and 100,000 of her fans will testify.
If you haven’t heard the new fabulous electro pop sound of her latest single ‘Sweet Dreams’ check it out here Read more…
Synched to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Christopher Street riots in New York and respectfully borrowing its name from Harvey Milk, the gay rights campaigner infamously assassinated in San Francisco in the 70’s, London festival ‘Milk In The Park’ hoped to mix politics and partying whilst delivering music and happy times. Entertainment on the day included everything from the niche, but ever-popular Horse Meat Disco crew to other dance tents playing a range of styles from retro Chicago house to 90’s mainstream hands-in-the-air pop. In the main arena, London’s Deputy Mayor, Richard Barnes, felt it necessary and rightly so, to spell out the significance in gay history of the afore-mentioned events before the performance of top-billed disco queen, Candi Staton – ironically on first, due to her commitments north of the border later that day.
Following a disco set by Horse Meat DJ Severino & a hyped introduction by a resplendent drag queen, Ms. Staton, looking immaculate in an all-black number, arrived delicately on stage to a mainly over-30’s whooping crowd, who courteously gave her a tumultuous welcome in the process. Calm as you like, looking genuinely pleased to sing to her adoring fans, she started with the Bees Gees classic ‘Nights On Broadway’; an impeccable choice for an opening song: vocally perfect, smiling, dancing, waving, every step of the way encouraging participation from the enraptured audience. The middle section of the set included some unusual offerings. From her rendition of Tammy Wynette’s ‘Stand By Your Man’ through to two Elvis’ hits – which she did indeed cover back in the day, but seemed a downbeat choice for such an occasion. Having said that, one of the highlights of the afternoon was seeing the genuine emotion she displayed during her performance of the civil rights song ‘In The Ghetto’. Soon back on track and raising the temperature once again, she stormed through extended versions of her biggest hits: ‘Victim’ nearly brought the tent down and ‘Young Hearts (Run Free)’ & ‘You Got The Love’ were every bit as perfect as the day outside.
Candi delivered many words of wisdom during the show. The ones that probably stuck most with the exiting crowd were that perhaps in this big, bad world we should learn to love each other more! On the basis of her performance & the joy that it was to behold, we’ll give it a real good try!
