At Oxjam Chorleywood we are trying to think of a good text number that people will remember so they can donate through their phones - do any of these appeal? So far we have Sham "69", Route "66", "50" cent", "76" Trombones, "99" Problems and the B*tch aint one!
Vote vote vote ....
Thanks for your feedback and help with this - other numbers also accepted!
Sally
Oxjam Chorleywood HQ
Love Live Music UK - Digital & Social Media
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Mercury Prize Nominations 19th July 2011
Here are the nominations for the Mercury Prize Album award 2011 announced today.
I think it's a great list with some fabulous music from British female artists Adele, Anna Calvi, Katy B and P J Harvey especially. I have chosen a couple of artists to focus on, our personal favs here at Love Live Music.
Adele:
Halfway through 2011, "21" is by far the world's bestselling album, with sales estimated at 8m – and Adele also leads the way in the singles market, with Rolling in the Deep having sold around 6m copies, including more than 4m in the US - incredible statistics in this day and age of music sales. Goes to show, good song writing sells music in bucket loads!
One of my personal favourites in the list includes the amazing Tinie Tempah with great production from Labrinth. I met both of them at Glastonbury - amazingly intelligent, creative young men changing the UK music scene:
Speaking to the Observer in February, the 22-year old rapper described himself as "a soldier for my culture, the voice of my generation". His debut single Pass Out went straight to No 1 in the UK in early 2010 and won best single at the Brit awards this year, where he was also named best breakthrough act. Raised in Plumstead, south-east London, to a family from Nigeria, Patrick Okogwu is now working on a second album, launching a fashion line and aspires to be "a global brand, definitely. I'd like to get past that 'He's just a trend' thing. I want to get to a point where I've consolidated my position in British culture, like Damon Albarn or Chris Martin."
Guardian Music: "For most of Disc-Overy, Tinie Tempah pulls off the not inconsiderable feat of being funny while still suggesting you take him seriously. Despite its flaws, the good bits of the album ... sound like the work of a major talent, who might get better when he realises that he doesn't need to follow trends, that he's at his best when he's being himself, and his producers are making music to match." Alexis Petridis, the Guardian.
Tinie & Sally
Another favourite is Love Live Music's hotly tipped "Everything Everything" managed by Duncan Ellis who also manages up and coming star Lianne la Havas.
Metronomy from Devon with their superb album English Riviera. "The album's title and its music are a homage to [Joe] Mount's native south-west – but it's a sunny, west coastified version, in which cool people drink tequila sunrises and Steely Dan tunes waft out of seafront bars." Caroline Sullivan, the Guardian. We love it here at LLM!
The winner of the 2011 prize will be announced on September 6.
The definitive list of the 2011 Albums of the Year are:
Adele 21
Anna Calvi Anna Calvi
Elbow Build A Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything Man Alive
Ghostpoet Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake James Blake
Katy B On A Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine
Metronomy The English Riviera
PJ Harvey Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy
What are your favourite albums from this list? I think it is a great representation of some of the best British new albums of 2011. No real surprises in the list although not
I think it's a great list with some fabulous music from British female artists Adele, Anna Calvi, Katy B and P J Harvey especially. I have chosen a couple of artists to focus on, our personal favs here at Love Live Music.
Adele:
Halfway through 2011, "21" is by far the world's bestselling album, with sales estimated at 8m – and Adele also leads the way in the singles market, with Rolling in the Deep having sold around 6m copies, including more than 4m in the US - incredible statistics in this day and age of music sales. Goes to show, good song writing sells music in bucket loads!
One of my personal favourites in the list includes the amazing Tinie Tempah with great production from Labrinth. I met both of them at Glastonbury - amazingly intelligent, creative young men changing the UK music scene:
Speaking to the Observer in February, the 22-year old rapper described himself as "a soldier for my culture, the voice of my generation". His debut single Pass Out went straight to No 1 in the UK in early 2010 and won best single at the Brit awards this year, where he was also named best breakthrough act. Raised in Plumstead, south-east London, to a family from Nigeria, Patrick Okogwu is now working on a second album, launching a fashion line and aspires to be "a global brand, definitely. I'd like to get past that 'He's just a trend' thing. I want to get to a point where I've consolidated my position in British culture, like Damon Albarn or Chris Martin."
Guardian Music: "For most of Disc-Overy, Tinie Tempah pulls off the not inconsiderable feat of being funny while still suggesting you take him seriously. Despite its flaws, the good bits of the album ... sound like the work of a major talent, who might get better when he realises that he doesn't need to follow trends, that he's at his best when he's being himself, and his producers are making music to match." Alexis Petridis, the Guardian.
Tinie & Sally
Another favourite is Love Live Music's hotly tipped "Everything Everything" managed by Duncan Ellis who also manages up and coming star Lianne la Havas.
Metronomy from Devon with their superb album English Riviera. "The album's title and its music are a homage to [Joe] Mount's native south-west – but it's a sunny, west coastified version, in which cool people drink tequila sunrises and Steely Dan tunes waft out of seafront bars." Caroline Sullivan, the Guardian. We love it here at LLM!
The winner of the 2011 prize will be announced on September 6.
The definitive list of the 2011 Albums of the Year are:
Adele 21
Anna Calvi Anna Calvi
Elbow Build A Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything Man Alive
Ghostpoet Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake James Blake
Katy B On A Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine
Metronomy The English Riviera
PJ Harvey Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy
What are your favourite albums from this list? I think it is a great representation of some of the best British new albums of 2011. No real surprises in the list although not
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Love Live Music UK are pleased to announce that they will be putting on a Oxjam music festival in October 2011.
Please see all information on the facebook page and please "Like" us: Click here
Also please follow us here for all the latest info about the festival: http://twitter.com/OxjamCW
There will be a series of music events in different venues around Chorleywood Hertfordshire, UK.
Links for ticket sales will be available soon.
If you would like to play at the festival, set up a gig or volunteer we would love to hear from you. Please email: oxjam@lovelivemusic.co.uk
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