Aj Smith

AJ Crawdaddy's "Slow Cookin" is the Band's follow-up to its 2015 debut "Vaporized" (also under Renown Records), and features an exciting blend of West Coast, Chicago, and Delta Blues. Angelo J Rossi, aka “AJ Crawdaddy” is an American Blues Guitarist born in Palo Alto, California and a long-time Bay Area performing artist. AJ is best known for his work with the popular Marin-based pop group Pablo Cruise which charted multi-platinum albums, "A Place In The Sun" and "Worlds Away," and producing hits like, "A Place In The Sun," "Love Will Find A Way," "Whatcha Gonna Do” (When She Says Goodbye), “Rio" and "Cool Love." He is a BMI published writer and a voting member of N.A.R.A.S. (Grammy).

For 20 years Live Lounge has served as a unique format for showcasing the biggest tracks of the year for both breakthrough and established artists alike, giving the world’s greatest recordings artists the ultimate platform to showcase their talent and true quality through unique stripped back performances of the year’s biggest hits, as well as exclusive live performances of the artist’s own tracks. 2019’s album, Live Lounge - The Collection charts the very best performances from 1999 to the present day; covering the year just gone as well as shining a light on some of the forgotten gems recorded over the past 20 years which were previously unavailable anywhere, existing only in the in the BBC archive, until now. We’ve dusted down these incredible covers and remastered them for your eternal listening pleasure.

Gorillaz has released a brand new EP out of the blue entitled Meanwhile.

Today five-time Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Robert Glasper releases his second project of 2024, the Apple Music exclusive Code Derivation. On his latest album, Glasper splits the difference between jazz and hip-hop, emphasizing their shared genetics. Code Derivation is largely comprised of two versions of the same track, one played live in studio by Glasper’s band and a version “flipped” by a producer of his choosing.

Today five-time Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Robert Glasper releases his second project of 2024, the Apple Music exclusive Code Derivation. On his latest album, Glasper splits the difference between jazz and hip-hop, emphasizing their shared genetics. Code Derivation is largely comprised of two versions of the same track, one played live in studio by Glasper’s band and a version “flipped” by a producer of his choosing.

The ferocious guitarist fuses his blues and rock influences in eleven original songs with special guest appearances from fellow Provogue guitarists Eric Gales and Lance Lopez, and Gary’s son Ian.

The tracklisting for Now Thats What I Call Music! 104 has been unveiled. 104th edition of the compilation series is released on November 8 and includes 47 tracks, including five bonus throwback tracks from Now Thats What I Call Music! 4, released in November 1984. Official Singles Chart Number 1s appear on Now 104: Dance Monkey and Ed Sheerans Take Me Back To London ft. Stormzy. Collection features a further 17 Top 10s at the time of writing, including Kygo & Whitney Houstons Higher Love, Joel Corrys Sorry, and Crown by Stormzy. For every lover of positive motives, this will be a godsend! One currently unreleased song features in the tracklisting; Sigalas We Got Love with Ella Henderson, which is out on November!