A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at Sixième Son. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: TONY BENNETAnthony Dominick Benedetto, an American jazz and traditional pop singer known professionally as Tony Bennett, died last week. The singer had been living with Alzheimer’s disease since 2016. In the 50s and 60s he was a star, in the 70s he … Continue reading This Week In Music: 27th July 2023
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: BONGEZIWE MABANDLA Bongeziwe Mabandla is a South African musician based in Johannesburg, who started out predominantly playing folk music accompanied by an acoustic guitar and lyrics in isiXhosa, one of South Africa’s official languages. Since 2012, when his first album Umlilo came out to rapturous … Continue reading This Week In Music: 4th May 2023
Nilüfer Yanya, 27, a London-based alt-rocker on her sophomore album, Painless, caught my attention from the start. Her smooth voice juxtaposed against a drum-machine rock beat creates a whole musical universe that invites the listener in (on her IG page it says “welcome to my world”). The slacker guitar riff is difficult to pin down, revolving around and around. “When I was writing this song … Continue reading Nilüfer Yanya – “the dealer”
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE If you crossed Nina Simone with James Baldwin you might get something that sounds like Benjamin Clementine. Born and raised in London by strict Ghanaian parents, Clementine, now 34, left home and found himself sleeping rough on the streets of … Continue reading This Week In Music – 8th December 2022
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: LORD VANGER “TRAIN” Train, the second single from Lord Vanger’s upcoming album LEAP was penned on a high-speed train between Barcelona and Madrid. As the darkening sky turns the windmills and rustic houses into silhouettes flashing by, the train becomes a metaphor … Continue reading This Week In Music – 24th November 2022
