by Labelle Hayes
South London’s own Joy Crookes has dropped her highly anticipated second album Juniper, marking the next chapter in one of the UK’s most distinctive new voices. The release comes hot on the heels of Crookes being named War Child’s newest ambassador and selling out a string of intimate in-store shows across the UK.
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by Paul Cashmere
The UK’s neo-soul band Brand New Heavies scored two massive albums in the USA in the 90s. When the third album ‘Brother Sister’ was released in 1994 it reached no 26 on the US R&B chart.
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