25 year old Vanessa “V V” Brown hails from Northampton, England and derives her inspiration from soul legends such as Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. She turned down admission to Oxford and Cambridge while in high school to focus full time on her music career.
Dominating club playlists in their native land are The Wong Boys. The duo is comprised of Stefan Kvamm and Frank Ziyanak, two DJs who have spent over a decade attempting to establish themselves on the scene.
For my 21st birthday, some friends and I trekked over to the House of Sweden located between the Foggy Bottom and Georgetown sections of Washington, DC. The reason was that indie pop performers Firefox AK and Hello Saferide were performing (a free show). The House of Sweden, which is sort of the cultural arm of the Swedish Embassy, is becoming quite the talk of Washington due in part to the various cultural exhibitions that are displayed and take place there.
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Jackie and her new album “The Stoop” have been in heavy rotation on my iPod for the past 2 weeks. Her lyrics are cheeky and fresh; she infuses 60′s soul rhythms and tacks on BK hip-hop swagger. It is so nice to hear such great music from such a strong female vocalist! Now what really surprised me and made my eyes grow as wide as saucers, was when I discovered that “Little Jackie” is the stage name and side project of artist Imani Coppola. Way way back in 1997, Coppola had a hit with the song “Legend of a Cowgirl” which received heavy video rotation on MTV Live (Carson Daley & Ananda Lewis, anyone??). Whatever name she goes by, the gal is still amazing!
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It’s not often that our American ears are graced with the sound of Norwegian artists (I won’t include death-metal on that list). But, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that one of Scandinavia’s biggest artists and female DJs is releasing an album in the United States on Island Records. ANNIE first came to my attention when I was vacationing in Belgium in 2004 and her single, “Chewing Gum,” was topping the charts in the land of chocolate and waffles. The girl blends electronic blips and beats with plenty of pop sensibility, but is just obscure enough in North America to be enjoyed by hipsters and the so-called “urban cool kids”.
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