Music
Virgin Media Pioneer: Hermione Taylor
Hermione is the founder of The DoNation, a charitable-giving website that replaces cash with action. On a gruelling cycle ride from London to Morocco, she came up with the idea. Instead of asking for sponsorship money, she asked friends and family to commit to carbon saving tasks, like going meat-free for a few days a week, or washing their...
World Comedy Clash 2011, March 13
Big Live presents the World Comedy Clash 2011. 9 nations, 3 rounds, 1 winner. Who will be crowned the funniest nation? Taking place on 13th March, at The Camden Centre, Euston Road, WC1H 9JE (Opp St Pancras/ Kings Cross Station). This event is garanteed to make you LAUGH OUT LOUD.http://www.youtube.com/v/NL4d039vZsMOther comedians on the night include:Quincy, Barbados Kane brown, Jamaica Special P,...
J in the A #3
Happy New Year Flavour Mag readers! I hope 2011 has kicked off to a wonderful start. The end of 2010 was quite a whirlwind for me over here in Atlanta, I moved apartments yet again (my fourth in a year - Ugh), the day before Christmas Eve hence my slight delay in getting this blog up but I’m back...
Firm Foundations
That old make-up favourite, foundation, is still a staple product for so many of us...So here is a guide on how to choose the perfect foundation for you and how to apply it so you avoid those hideous tell-tale tidemarks and looking like you've been tangoed.Top tips for your make-up mission Ensure your skin is cleansed so you can get...
Jessie J can’t be bought
The awesome Jessie J is back with her second single ‘Price Tag,’ featuring U.S rapper B.O.B. Again she shows her incredible vocal skills and quirky ‘Katy Perry-esk’ style as she plays up to the camera with her great sense of humour.The message of the song is her anger at the obsession people have with money and material things. A...
MTV’s Brand new for 2011 review
This week MTV announced the nominees for “Brand New 2011” in conjunction with smart phone super giant Blackberry. A mini concert was held at Koko in Camden to showcase some of the talent shortlisted. Female RnB and rap trio Ruff Diamondz opened the show, followed by the much anticipated Jessie J who belted out fan favourites “Who you are”...
Video: David Guetta ft Rhianna
Check out the colourful new song and video by David Guetta featuring Rhianna. The Bajan beauty looks stunning.http://www.youtube.com/v/EAc4zHEDd7o
Interview with DV8 fashion student Tara Harripaul
Stylist to stars Denise Brown (Kanye West, Mr Hudson, Reggie Yates) and talented fashion designer Roweena Clifford are the amazing teacher’s at the helm of DV8’s Introduction to fashion and styling course. Flavour caught up with DV8 fashion student Tara Harripaul, 17, to find out what’s she’s learning on the course and which celebrity who she thinks she has...
Vote Ahmed Sirour to win The Shine competition
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8989478&John Legend & The Roots - "SHINE" (VOTE FOR AHMED'S REMIX NOW!!) by Ahmed S.Last year we interviewed John Legend about his album with The Roots so when Flavour journalist/US correspondent Ahmed Sirour informed us that he submitted a remix of their song Shine off their 2010 album Wake Up for the Remix Contest by Indaba Music naturally we had...
Ra’ed Poetical meets Foreign Exchange
It has been almost 5 years since the Grammy nominated duo Foreign Exchange blessed a UK stage with their unique electro-soul sound, Flavour’s Ra’ed Poetical decided to have a little chat with Phonte and Nicolay as they flew in from the States, literally, for their January London shows. Here’s what went down.So guys, a lot of people don’t know...
Rodney P talks autism and performing with hip hop pioneers at the Jazz Cafe
2011 is going to be a busy year for Rodney P, the "Godfather of UK hip hop". Not only is he hosting and performing at a charity event for Zain's Autism Network at the Jazz Café alongside Roots Manuva, Blak Twang, Skinnyman, Klashnekoff and many more hip hop pioneers. This spring he is set to release his highly anticipated...
Win tickets to see Wretch 32 and RoxXxan at Underground Unleashed this Saturday
Underground Unleashed is all about celebrating the best breakthrough talent in 2011. Kick off the New Year with this explosive show on Saturday, 29th January 2011 at Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London, E15 1BX.Headlining the night will be grime and UK hip hop don Wretch 32 and young, explosive lyricist Roxxxan. The Eastside Stories team has also auditioned artists...
Slim in Wonderland at Hackney Empire
Britain's funniest comedian the Mad Hatter himself Danny 'Slim' Gray is back for 2 nights only at the Hackney Empire. Come and see Slim perform hilarious new material with a few of your old favourites.Saturday 5th Feb 2011 hosted by Eddie Nestor & Robbie Gee with Felicity Ethnic, Sunday 6th Feb hosted by Kat with Little Miss Jocelyn &...
Win Black Dynamite on DVD and tickets to an exclusive party
Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White – Spawn) gets called back into action to help the CIA track down his brother’s murderer. Along the way Dynamite and his allies including Cream Corn (Tommy Davidson – Woo) and Bullhorn (Byron Minns – Undisputed) encounter a whole host of dangers including drug dealers, Chinese crime syndicates and corrupt government officials all hell-bent...
Twissman featuring Ginny B
Check out the new video for south London rapper Twissman featuring Ginny B.http://www.youtube.com/v/z8-Jn1-yZSI
Flavour TV Scoop
Welcome to week 2 of Flavour's TV Scoop.We’ve got loads of stories to keep you tuned in and switched on.Being Human BBC3 – Sun 23rd JanIt’s Back!!! The third series of the highly acclaimed BBC Three show returns to our screens.Our resident werewolf’s, and vampire have upped sticks and moved to Barry in Wales in order to keep...
Jodie Connor on music, Roll Deep & what it takes to be a successful female artist
First she impressed Simon Cowell as a runner up on Pop Idol, the same talent show which created the likes of Will Young and Gareth Gates. Then she stormed the charts after she co-wrote and featured on Roll Deep’s ‘Good Times’, which spent three weeks at number one. Now, following the release of her first solo single ‘Now...
Presenting – Chris Jasper of The Isley Brothers
Being emailed by Chris Jaspers manager was the most exciting thing that has happened to me this year, next to getting the Faith Evan's interview. Replying straight away, I soon got an email from City Gold Records in America, Chris' record label, and soon was to interview the legendary Chris Jasper keyboardist (solo recording artist) of The Isley Brothers....
Wretch 32: The anomaly realises his potential
As I was sitting writing the interview out, Matrix Revolutions was on the tv in the background and I suddenly realised what the deal is with Wretch: he is an anomaly.I remember Wretch's first album Wretch-trospective (2008) which seamlessly mixed a grimy edge without being grimy and mixed rap without being fully hip-hop or as Wretch puts it: ‘When...
NEYO ENLISTS GRAMMY NOMINATED TREY SONGZ & CHIPMUNK for an all-star line up
RnB superstar Neyo, has added Grammy nominated singer Trey Songz and the UK's very on chart topping champion Chipmunk to the bill for his forthcoming UK arena tour.Kicking off on Tuesday 22 February at the Glasgow SECC, this tour comes hot on the heels of singer-songwriter Ne-Yo's forth studio album, Trey Songz just finishing the OMG tour with Usher...
Win tickets to see unmissable Ne-Yo and Trey Songz in UK Tour
The UK’s hottest rapper makes a long awaited return. Chart topping sensation Chipmunk and Trey Songz will join Ne-Yo on his UK tour this February/March. Fans will get to see the double MOBO Award winner special guest with US R&B sensation Trey Songz making these shows truly unmissable and you could be in with a chance of winning tickets...
Flavour TV Scoop
Welcome to Flavour TV Scoop, If like me, you love to watch TV and always have an opinion this is the spot for you.I’ll let you know what is hot and not in TV land. Keeping you informed with a bit of sass.As always Flavour keeps it real. So stay tuned.EastendersEven if you’re not an Eastender’s devotee everyone must...
Win a pair of tickets to the ultimate r&b show
This Valentine's Flavour Magazine has teamed up with leading club promoter Queen of Soul to offer music lovers the chance to tickets to the Ultimate 90's R&B concert at London's première venue – the indigO2 at the 02.Promising a night of classic R&B from a time when music really mattered, the sizzling-hot show will feature smooth vocal group Silk...
DeLon: Sri Lanka’s biggest export
If I asked you to name one Sri Lankan rapper I guess that you would have a very difficult time. So to that end here is an answer: DeLon. Without being condescending, Delon is in truth probably Sri Lanka’s only international rapper and at four albums deep Delon is in many respects a veteran.Raised in the US, Delon became...
Hanna: New Island Flavour
If you are a fan of Johnny Kemp then you may be familiar with artists from The Bahamas; if not then prepare to be educated. The newest addition to this small island’s artists repertoire is David Hanna. The pioneer of what he calls new island soul; Hanna will set the music scene alight with fresh flavours and a new...
Win Primeval book set
Releasing this month are paperback editions of the bestselling range of official Primeval fiction, and we're giving away a complete set of all four books here at Flavour.Celebrating the return of the multi-award winning monster hit for its fourth season, Titan’s bestselling series of exhilarating original Primeval adventures are back in distinctive paperback editions.Primeval has captured the imagination of...
B.o.B on coping with fame, being compared to Outkast and his top three beautiful girls
He has enough energy to power a big city during a summer blackout. Atlanta born rapper B.o.B (Bobby Ray Simmons Jr) rhymes in a way that pulls you in, makes your head spin, but still holds your attention with his forceful sounds. It’s this energy that has made him the 13th male solo artist to have a debut album ‘B.o.B....
Eliza Doolittle on her new single and singing from the age of 12
We love a real life story about a genuine music lover getting the chance to make her dream come true, which is why Eliza Doolittle’s success is such a groovy tale. Although she's been around for a while, not only as a musician, but also as a songwriter, the last few months for Eliza have been little short of...
Genesis Elijah on UK Hip Hop
As a generic term UK rap encompasses many genres. UK grime at present seems to be the noticeable face of that generic term and indeed many rappers gravitate towards that genre...but not everyone.Genesis Elijah is part of that group of UK rappers that were inspired by such figures as Rodney P and Roots Manuva. Genesis has been plying his...
Peter Jackson bringing Canadian Rap to the fore
Canada doesn't produce many rap artists that can count support roles for global hip-hop artists like Naughty by Nature and (the king of double time) Busta Rhymes. Jackson however is looking to write a new Canadian rap history.After spending time trying to build the infa-structure for brand Jackson, he steps out with his catchy single Miss Right featuring the...