Tag: Music
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![KALI CLAIRE [@_KALICLAIRE] ON HER LATEST SINGLE ‘BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS’ AND THE STATE OF UK R&B](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52000002-1140x850.jpg)
Kali Claire chats to GUAP about her new single and the R&B landscape. Tell us about your new single Before The World Ends. What inspired you to write it and where did the lyrics stem from? I wrote it two years ago in 2021. We was all in lockdown and I felt like the world…
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![EP Review: Lojay [@LojayMusic] – ‘Gangster Romantic’](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LOJAY-GR-4-1140x850.jpeg)
It has been just over two weeks since the release of Lojay’s sophomore EP, Gangster Romantic. Since its release, Gangster Romantic has peaked at number 1 in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Uganda on the Apple Music Charts, while singles MOTO and AVAILABU have entered the Official UK Afrobeats Chart at number 8 and…
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![ALBUM REVIEW: KAMAL. [@Kamalnw] – ‘SO HERE YOU ARE, DROWNING’](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/123A2815.jpeg)
Singer songwriter Kamal. who hails from Harsleden has dropped his latest mixtape ‘so here you are, drowning’ today. It’s a bedroom pop/R&B album that explores love and how it can sometimes be unrequited, with emphasis on vulnerability. The production is fairly simple which allows a spotlight to shine on his exquisite songwriting. The title draws…
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![CAT BURNS [@catburns] : FROM TIKTOK TO BECOMING A 2023 BRIT AWARD PERFORMER & NOMINEE](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Image-7-1140x850.jpeg)
Cat Burns is a name that you would have either heard on Tiktok or the radio or seen on your TV screens by now. She’s a talented South London singer and songwriter who’s “helping you get through shit one song at a time”. The talented 22-year-old star has gone from building her tight-knitted fanbase on…
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![THE BREAKDOWN: ADANNA DURU’S [@adannaduru] ‘NAPPY HOUR’](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/713gbteKf8Xt8xy9P0iDVPd4SSGkEBIjPb6Jjn02eTUszYKPTfzJU9P4N7_5inT8eyYxNfsnhQhgGpHW02bcq-zx2u15uGvGUvUhvzPwaeHc-4t4DM-9e2pJ-xgqzs20L8i6o2FTs2OB8aMed3EGElytwkhRvCfW7cV6gEFeJbOO2Y6QxIVpDShE-M2L2g-1140x850.jpg)
Adanna Duru breaks down her debut EP, ‘NAPPY HOUR’. ON THE TITLE – NAPPY HOUR I grew up in a pretty much all white town and I was ridiculed essentially my entire life – until moving to LA and being around actual diversity – just ridiculed for the shade of my skin and the texture…
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In Ghana’s capital, dancing to good music during a daytime event was not yet a cool thing till IMullar Sound System changed the status quo. For the uninformed, the concept of IMSS is a daytime event that gives the power to each Dj to bless the crowd with their selection of melodies for an hour…
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Last month Accra’s creative community celebrated the first anniversary of Oroko Radio, the not-for-profit internet radio station based in the capital. Since the radio’s launch at the Freedom StakePark a year ago, it has excelled at its goal of building bridges, spotlighting artists, and being a platform for pushing creatives. For one year, the sonically masterful collective has gone…
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The world of music, overlooked from a purely African perspective, comes with a vast burst of color and even more remarkable feats of promise as new sounds continue to be unearthed.In Ghana, caging the distinct nature of sound is seemingly impossible, as there is too much to dip your toes into in such a densely…
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![Get to know four-time Grammy Award-winning Nigerian Producer turned Artist Kel-P [@ITSKELPVIBES]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_4357-1140x850.jpg)
Nigeria’s very own Kel-P is the grammy nominated mastermind behind your favourite Afrobeats songs. Best known for working with Burna Boy, Skip Marley and Wizkid, Kel-P is now embarking on a whole new journey in the forefront as an artist. His debut single One More Night flips the script on the popular Nelly and Kelly…
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![FIVE PRODUCERS TO WATCH IN 2023 FT.[@MELOZED] [@VENNALDN] [@MELLE_BROWN] & MORE](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/header-producer-1140x850.jpg)
The producer. All the big artists know them, they’re in every studio racking up countless awards. And oh look you just walked right by them! Discovering that a producer has worked on multiple tracks you adore is like finding out who the chef is at your favourite restaurant. Sometimes the most special people go overlooked…