Label love indeed. We thought it would be nice to shed some light over a favorite record label of ours from the early eighties and one that has had many classic productions from the main man behind the boards – Roy…
ChoiceCuts presents One Summers Eve in conjunction with Bulmers Berry. On August 7th we would like you to join us for a memorable evening. This is an outdoor event for the music lover in you - at the unbeatable price of €12.50 plus a complimentary drink from our sponsors.
This year is a veritable feast for the music lover, Roxy Music, Gil Scott Heron, Massive Attack, LeftField, Cymande, Edan, Fat Freddys Drop, LCD Sound System, Liquid Liquid, Mr Scruff & The Breakestra to name but a few. Also expect some DJing from ourselves also in some shape or form. Check the EP site for full details, which we proudly built.
KRS-One (born Kris Parker) was the leader of Boogie Down Productions, one of the most influential hardcore hip-hop outfits of the '80s makes his Irish debut at Tripod venue on Bank Holiday Sunday October 24th.
Sharon’s raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness, and melodic command set her firmly alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples, and Aretha as a fixture in the canon of soul music. From the lushPhilly-Soul fanfare that ushers in “The Game Gets Old” at the top of the record, to the stripped down Sam Cooke-style “Mama Don’t Like My Man” at the tail, the Dap-Kings dance seamlessly through both the most crafted and simple arrangements with subtlety and discipline. I Learned the Hard Way is the “Daptone Sound” at its finest.
Label love indeed. We thought it would be nice to shed some light over a favorite record label of ours from the early eighties and one that has had many classic productions from the main man behind the boards – Roy…
Interview with Andrew Morgan who heads the most excellent Peoples Potential Unlimited label which specialises in reissuing modern soul and funk from the 1980s. We caught up with Andrew to see what’s going on with…
Got hipped to this earlier in the week; Boundless Radio presents Big City & Easy Moe Bee dropping the very best. Easy Moe Bee is one of the best producers in Hip Hop over the last 20 years. Big City have for a long…
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Competition Time – The good people at Festival of World Cultures have given us a pair of tickets to give away for this super headline show at Festival of World Cultures.
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DJ Shadow plays Dublin on Monday 5th July 2010 in the Tripod. We’ve got tickets and a quick rundown of his career to date for those of you who may have been living on the moon the last 10 years.
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Music Lovers you are in for a treat, Label Love is a collaboration between like-minded labels giving away a compilation of new music from their respective catalogues in unison. This is a great idea from excellent…
We are huge fans of Steve Arrington here at ChoiceCuts so we reached out to the man himself to see if he would be interested in talking to us, and answering some short questions we had for him. Steve simply is a legend,…
Sterling work here from our man Donal Thornton. After collaborating with All City on the excellent LA 10×10 series , DevonWho, Knxledge and several other bits and bobs including our very own Hypnotic Brass Ensemble…
“I used to wear house shoes all the time”
Fresh from his recent release for All City records as part of the L.A x 10 series DJ House Shoes takes some time for out for ElevatorHipHop.com to discuss some issues close to…
Have you ever had an argument like this? Have your conversations ever gone like this with your partner? Well your not a true crate digger if you…
Mark B. interviews some of the stalwarts of the NYC Hip Hop community back in 2002 for a radio documentary.
Sampling and Hip Hop go hand in hand – classic breakbeats, holy grail samples, vocal snippets,…
Tickets are now on sale for Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings who will be playing the Tripod Venue on Saturday November 6th. Snap ‘em up quick to avoid disappointment, this will be one of the best live shows you are…
Miguel Atwood Ferguson is an incredible artist. He has been one of the main guys behind recent projects such as the incredible ‘Suite For Ma Dukes’ outing on Mochilla and is also the brain behind the ‘Build An Ark’ jazz…
While its sad to see hip-hop slowly decaying these days it is also great to be surprised when someone worth mentioning comes along out of the blue. Ghostpoet is certainly one of these people. He’s even ventured into…
The All-City records Mini Jam is happening this Friday – June 4th in the Bernard Shaw, so get down there to see some amazing Graffiti writers work their magic. All-City Dj’s will be on show as-well with the likes of…