NEWS
In conversation
It's been quite a busy year and with all the challenges that 2023had played out, it always comes down to music to help keep the spirits up with the everyone. The music I have been involved in has travelled around and Spotify has told me that 140 countries are listening to it on stream over 2023. This was helped along nicely by a collaboration with birdee on 'can't get enough' which clocked up nearly 1.8 million streams in its peak.
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Very lucky to be voted No.14 in the traxsource.com chart for vocalists back in 2020
and ended the year with a collaboration remix with Laroye for 'Beyond compare' this was a James brown funk style remix and Craig Charles ended up playing it 3weeks in a row and added it to his best of 2020 tracks. 'Guys more of this please in 2021' Craig Charles BBC radio 6
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More exciting collaborations to come in 2024 hopefully there's something in the new releases that will take you on a personal musical journey.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: KANCHO CLUB & Andre Espeut 'COBALT 22/9/23
With their third single, ‘Cobalt,’ released on the Mambo Divino label, featuring the iconic vocals of Andre Espeut, the duo marks a significant milestone in their budding career. The track is a homage to the renowned creative arts space and music venue in Newcastle, which bears the same name.
IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK… KING BEE (RAMROCK) 31/7/23
Brit soul man ANDRE ESPEUT is a busy little bee! Fresh from his own ‘Journey’ outing, his work with the Beat Rivals and, of course, his stints with the Los Charlys gang, he’s now teamed up with 7 piece Newcastle based Jazz-Funk powerhouse band, KING BEE (see what we did there!)
King Bee were established in 2011 by Dave Wilde and Chris Jelly. And they hit the ground running supporting legends like Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith. Their 2014 debut album ‘King Bee’, was a critical success and their 2016 debut 7′′ single ‘Money Gone’ topped Juno’s ‘Bestselling Vinyl Funk’ Chart. Our old pal, Craig Charles added it to his ‘Best Funk Bangers’ on BBC 6Music, while their ‘Bee To The Flower’ single was championed by Robbie Vincent.