South Kilburn rhymer Hurricane is back with new single, "Peace".

Sounds Like: “I’d say it’s like yin and yang. I like to think of it as a sound of pain vocalised in a peaceful way.” First Music That Inspired Him: “I’ve gotten this question a lot in label meetings ...

What an eventful year it has been! After a 2024 where Black British music was under the microscope from all directions—with many questioning if it had the legs to sustain itself amid a downward trend ...

Some moments stay with you. In 2014, for example, after a lifetime spent dreaming of watching a live professional cricket game in India, I found myself sat in an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai traffic, my ...

Upon discovering Chidera Eggerue, also known as The Slumflower, it’s not hard to be pulled into her orbit. In person, Eggerue is as bubbly as her tweets of affirmation and body positivity suggest. Her ...

My first and only Wireless Festival was back in 2013, a glorious peak for my evolving rap fandom. Not only did I see a then-ascending A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz perform ...

As we all delve into the BBC’s captivating new drama series, ‘Champion’, TRENCH meets the cultural powerforce behind it. We explore how showrunner Candice Carty-Williams’ love of UK garage and seminal ...

Ruff Sqwad have shared a new single, "The Return", a team-up with So Large and Manga Saint Hilare. Produced by Prince Rapid, as always, "The Return" builds on the momentum built up by the two Flee FM ...

In the year 2000, UK garage was at the epicenter of British underground music and culture. Anywhere and everywhere—from the block to the barbershop—you couldn’t walk past a corner of London where the ...

Estelle Fanta Swaray is a timeless artist, one whose values might sound alien to some in the music biz today. With musical roots that run deep in the church, two decades ago, Estelle made serious ...

Top Of The Pops on Christmas Day isn't quite the institution it once was, but in the late '90s it was still a pretty massive deal in a lot of households. It wasn't just to see the Christmas No. 1, it ...

Sounds Like: “In terms of genre, I don’t know; I have struggled with that for a while. I think with the music that’s out now, I guess it would fit in the category of soul, maybe R&B at a push. I don’t ...