Day: 15/08/2022

[The Point] In an effort to contribute to upgrading artistes to produce quality music, Ousman Jallow, founder of the 220 Record label has said that the purpose of creating the record label was to fill in the gap that was needed for Gambian artistes in terms of producing quality music.

[The Point] Lamin Sanneh is an upcoming Gambian born artiste based in Seattle, USA. He has traveled the world with his family and fell in love with music at an early age. He listened to different types of genres from Afro music, Dancehall, Reggae, Mbalax and Pop music. At a young age, LVIBE uses karaoke […]

Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna recently revealed her intentions to stage a concert in Malaysia towards the end of the year in a new interview with local press.  READ MORE: The Peachskins: the Malaysian indie band that roped Najib Razak into promoting their music  The R&B powerhouse justified her plans, saying that finishing production on her upcoming […]

It’s business as usual for the hip-hop rapper after the first release of ‘Daughter of Khan’ with Asiatic Records, but the melodies are falling flat. You come to a new Mrs M single with intentions to find the tone that matches a great character. Subtlety is overrated and your mob will be roused. After listening […]

Indian singer and rapper Kayan has released her new single ‘No Shade’ featuring Singaporean rapper Yung Raja. READ MORE: Yung Raja: Singaporean hip-hop star sparks joy with dizzying Tamil and English raps The new single was dropped alongside a music video on August 12, which also includes footage shot with Yung Raja during his recent India tour. […]

NIKI has never cared much for sticking to one musical style. “Genre completely just defeats the purpose of calling yourself an artist,” she told us in 2020, the year she released ‘Moonchild’, her debut LP and NME’s top album made by an Asian artist that year. Indeed: she’s gone from silky ’90s R&B in her […]

Details for Australia-based, Norwegian-Filipino singer-songwriter Clinton Kane‘s upcoming world tour dates in Southeast Asia have been announced. READ MORE: Here are the biggest concerts and music festivals to catch in Southeast Asia in 2022 The Southeast Asia leg will begin with the Kuala Lumpur date at Zepp KL on November 27, and concludes in Singapore at […]

Malaysian rapper Namewee has released a new music video for his single ‘Hidup Katak’, featuring an appearance from youth politician Syed Saddiq. READ MORE: The Peachskins: the Malaysian indie band that roped Najib Razak into promoting their music Released August 12, the new single sees the controversial rapper taking aim at “political frogs” – a […]

New Indonesian festival LOUDLIVE has announced Alec Benjamin and Kodaline as the first headliners for their two-day festival this December. READ MORE: Here are the biggest concerts and music festivals to catch in Southeast Asia in 2022 The festival, which is set to be held at the historic Prambanan in Jogyakarta on December 2 and 3, […]

Ardhito Pramono has had a year. At the start of 2022, the Indonesian actor and jazz-pop singer-songwriter was entering his fifth year as a recording artist, and things looked bright: he’d snagged five nominations at the 2021 AMI Awards and released his fifth EP for Sony Music, a fable-based collection of jazz tunes for children. […]