Sometimes the five packages are mistaken as a French band, ‘Par- sells’. Or as beachy surf bums. Or as the guys sent direct mail from the seventies. What the band Parcels are, considering we’re talking about their debut album, is a superlative still very much undefined.
Stacey Jackson is a singer/songwriter, entrepreneur, TV presenter & mother of four.
She became an inspiration for stay-at-home moms when she shot to fame, having launched her music career at age 40. Following the chart success of her debut single, Stacey has gone on to release four albums & over a dozen singles, recorded a track “Live It Up” with legendary rapper Snoop Dogg. The record recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and has been rebooted & relaunched in June 2021. She has also worked with Papa Levi & prolific dance music producers & remixers such as C-Rod and Dave Audé. She’s toured the world from stadiums to floats at Pride, stepping out in her trademark high heels & hot-pants.
Her weekly music show “Stacey Jackson In The 80s” also premiered in June 2021 on Spotlight TV which airs on Sky as well as other satellite providers. Stacey released her latest single “Flipside” in December 2021, also the soundtrack to the TV show.
Stacey’s novel “How Snoop Dogg Made Me A Better Mom” is set to be released Summer 2022.
As fitness also plays a huge part in Stacey’s life, she launched her patented workout top called Staefit – created to tackle issues women may have while working out and through her online workout videos she encourages women to be the best possible versions of themselves.
Edinburgh 4-piece Retro Video Club make an explosive return with their new single ‘Checkmate’, released March 12. The song is their first release following a 2 year hiatus, in which the band focussed on new material. With ‘Checkmate’, the band prove in just under three minutes why they are one of Scotland’s most exciting new exports.
Providing an instant burst of pure indie rock joy, ‘Checkmate’ focusses on reflection at a time when we’re all considering what’s in the future. “Checkmate is a song about reflecting on your high school days & how the passing of time changes everything.” explains Liam Allison from the band, “It’s facing reality, realising you need to start growing up because life is starting to get serious. It’s ultimately life putting you in Checkmate, but you refusing to accept the game is over.”
Retro Video Club burst onto the scene in 2017, with a series of high-octane single releases, and a sell-out hometown show. Just a few months later, they were selling out 1,000 capacity venues (Edinburgh Assembly Rooms), and sharing stages with The Libertines among others.
‘Checkmate’ is the first track to be taken from the band’s new EP, due out later this year. The band will be announcing a string of new gigs soon, including a huge show at Glasgow’s SWG3.
The Royal Albert Hall concert was the first of a trio of London shows during The Comeback Special tour—the others taking place at Brixton Academy and The Troxy—all of which sold out within minutes of going on sale.
Performing live for the first time in 16 years with a headline appearance at Denmark’s Heartland Festival a few days before the Royal Albert Hall concert, the rejuvenated THE THE, which featured previous members James Eller on bass, DC Collard on keyboards and Earl Harvin on drums and new member Barrie Cadogan on guitar alongside Matt Johnson, would go on to play sold-out shows and make festival headline appearances across the globe throughout 2018.
Protest music comes in all shapes and sizes – but SA’RA’s unique melding of 80s synths, varied yet undeniably catchy vocal melodies, and conscious lyrics is something which hasn’t been heard before. SA’RA CHARISMATA spans topics of mental health, racism and gender inequality through the medium of music, and her new song depicting her struggle with anxiety, LIFE IS NOT ABOUT CONTROL, is no exception.
In July 2021, Glaswegian indie/alternative singer-songwriter Crawford Mack featured on TV on BBC Scotland’s ‘The Edit’ following the release of a series of singles across the year. The series included the single ‘Hope Street’ – a track about the iconic street running through Mack’s hometown.
The singles, which have been released every six weeks since January will be assembled with other tracks to form Crawford’s second album ‘Twenty20wan’, following on from Mack’s October 2020 debut album ‘Bread & Circuses’.
Mack grew up in Aberdeen and Glasgow, moving to London to study jazz at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Over the last four years Mack and his band have supported Tom Walker, The Paper Kites, Damien Dempsey and Into The Ark at venues including King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, SWG3, and St. Luke’s in Glasgow, The Islington Assembly Hall in London and the O2 Academy Liverpool. Mack has also headlined his own shows at King Tut’s in Glasgow, and The Bedford, Servant’s Jazz Quarters and The Water Rats in London.
His music has received media coverage from BBC Radio 6 Music, The Quay Sessions, The Afternoon Show, Roddy Hart, Iain Anderson, Amazing Radio, The Scotsman, Songwriter Magazine, Sofar Sounds, God Is In The TV, XS Noize, The Vinyl District and The Sun.
Singer/Songwriter born and raised in London, Seif just released his debut single ‘Far Away.’ Seif’s smooth RnB vocals serve as a vehicle for listeners to escape through, with lyrics that the world can relate to. The young singer takes inspiration from his Egyptian roots as well as his London upbringing with musical influences from a broad spectrum of genres, with RNB/Soul being his bread and butter. Seif prides himself on making music of all styles from the chilled and pensive ‘Far Away’ to more upbeat records that are sure to follow.
“Glistening pop music with delightful harmonies” – Jim Gellatly, Amazing Radio
“The simple fact is that The Eves are a mainstream act that, as yet, are still on the margins” – Teddy Jamieson, The Herald
Scottish Pop duo ‘The Eves’ are Caroline Gilmour and Marissa Keltie. Previously solo artists, their explosion onto the music scene as a combined force in 2018 has established them as one of the UK’s most promising and exciting songwriting duos.
Their four previous singles produced by Mark Morrow (Vistas, False Friends) have had radio play by BBC Regionals, Talk Radio and Union Jack Radio; firmly establishing them as an act to follow.
2020, though a challenge with Covid-19, is not stopping the duo from forging ahead. They are currently writing and recording new music with former Prides drummer and producer Lewis Gardiner (Ellie Goulding, Nick Jonas). They were also chosen by Levi’s to appear on their ‘Stay Home, Stay Connected’ Covid-19 online campaign, performing to a global reach of 26 million Levi’s followers.
After 10 years of relentless touring with Skinny Lister, Sam Brace finally arrived home after his final international run supporting The Interrupters across Canada and North America in November 2019. There was one thought in his mind – it’s time to do something solo. But, how to do it? Little known to him, Covid 19 was about to strike and provide the perfect opportunity to begin experimenting. As lockdown 1 commenced, an old friend (Adam Tarry, who had been in bands with Sam at school), got in touch out of the blue with a video of him playing a Longpigs track on guitar. Sam replied with a short vid of an old track they had written together years earlier and a conversation was begun that would lead to the bones of Panic being sent from Ad to Sam. After some days playing with the idea, the final song was built and a new song writing partnership was born.
With 5 studio albums under his belt in Skinny Lister and The Alps, Sam is excited to take the first step towards doing things his way in releasing a debut single and then album later in 2021.
Clichéd but true, Catherine’s interest in singing and songwriting started around 8 years of age, sitting around the family table with her purple ukulele writing songs. She grew up with her four older brothers and the ever present sound of guitars and drums coming from the other room where their friends popped round regularly for band practice.
For the past few years Catherine Blight has been releasing her original material on all major streaming platforms and has worked on her songs with producers at the famous Abbey Road. Now, aged 19, her love for the craft becomes stronger by the day. Attending College to study music production and performance encouraged her further and her love of piano saw her bringing out an original four track piano EP during Lockdown of 2020 which was based on the different emotions felt during the Pandemic.
Presently, Catherine is Toplining for various artists and writing her own original material every day ranging from Pop to EDM and house. In 2021 we will see a new mature style emerging from this rising UK artist with new releases, collaborations and remixes all planned!
