PR CAMPAIGN 2018
Sons of Kemet
“I’ve worked at Verve Records for over 20 years and simply cannot recall a more thorough, creative and effective PR campaign than the one that Baxter PR orchestrated for the Sons of Kemet. The fact that the campaign culminated in a Mercury Prize nomination was no surprise after all their hard work.” Jamie Krents, Executive Vice President, Verve and Impulse!
PRESS & ONLINE
The Observer (178K) 8th April 2018
The Move Mag Spring 2018
Jazzwise March 2018
The Guardian (138k) 26th July 2018
The Guardian 26th July 2018
Culture Trip 18th September 2018
DIY Magazine 10th September 2018
Echoes December 2018
The WIRE January 2019
CRACK 25th October 2018
The Guardian 4th September 2018
Jazzwise January 2019
The Guardian (137k) 21st December 2018
The Guardian (135k) 7th December 2018
The WIRE January 2019
Clash 17th December 2018
The Quietus 18th July 2018
Vinyl Factory 7th December 2018
MusicOMH 7th December 2018
Treble 9th December 2018
The Line Of Best Fit 13th December 2018
Supreme Standards 14th December 2018
CRACK December 2018
The Line of Best Fit 3rd December 2018
The Quietus 4th December 2018
WIRE December 2018
Loud & Quiet Issue 130
All About Jazz 16th December 2018
Jazzwise Magazine March 2018
Evening Standard (857k) 15th July 2019
The Wire April 2018
The Line Of Best Fit 26th March 2018
The Quietus 25th April 2018
The Times 6th April 2018
The Telegraph 29th July 2018
The Quietus 28th March 2018
London Jazz News 15th April 2018
Crack 13th September 2018
The Guardian 26th October 2018
Music OMH 27th October 2018
The WIRE January 2019
MOJO 26th February 2018
Clash 8th March 2018
Clash 26th July 2018
Complex 26th July 2018
Jazz Journal 27th July 2018
Jazz FM 27th July 2018
London Jazz News 24th July 2018
The Jazz Mann 24th July 2018
The Arts Desk 17th August 2018
The Irish News 30th March 2018
Evening Express (22K) 31st March 2018
Music OMH 3rd April 2018
Stereogum 20th April 2018
UK Vibe 17th April 2018
Treble 5th December 2018
Treble 6th December 2018
jazzwise 4th January 2018
Vinyl Factory 12th January 2018
EZH 8th January 2018
Soho Radio 19th January 2018
Nick plays a track from the 2016 release, but plugs the 2018 release – “I believe they have a new one coming out in March” – 1:48:00
New Internationalist Magazine March 2018
Rhythm Passport 19th February 2018
All About Jazz 21st February 2018
Uncut Magazine 16th February 2018
Worldwide FM 1st March 2018
EZH 11th March 2018
Vinyl Factory 5th January 2018
Instagram 20th March 2018
Treble 26th March 2018
The Vinyl Factory 26th March 2018
EZH 27th March 2018
Worldwide FM 28th March 2018
Birmingham Live 30th March 2018
Rhythm Passport 5th April 2018
Kind Of Jazz 24th April 2018
Under The Radar 10th May 2018
TV & RADIO
BBC Two 17th September 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 18th August 2018
Evening Standard 26th July 2018
Mary Anne Hobbs (sitting in for Lauren Laverne) interviwed Sons of Kemet on BBC Radio 6Music after their Mercury Prize shortlist announcement
BBC Radio 2 8th January 2019
Sons of Kemet spot-play on Jamie Cullum
BBC Radio 1 19th August 2018
BBC Radio 3 7th April 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 17th September 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 17th March 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 17th August 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 24th March 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 12th September 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 19th September 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 25th November 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 15th April 2018
Shabaka Hutchings was interviewed by Stuart Maconie for BBC Radio 6Music’s Freakzone – 00:44:50
BBC Radio 2 13th February 2018
“Impulse records have recently been revived and what a great band – it makes so much sense if you think about the history of Impulse records; of course they should have Sons Of Kemet on their label” – Jamie Cullum, 00:53:17 Jamie plugs Your Queen Is A Reptile at 00:53:24 and again after the spot play at 00:59:29
Jazz FM 19th February 2018
Jazz FM 19th February 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 24th February 2018
“Their sound just keeps getting better”
BBC Radio 6Music 26th February 2018
BBC Radio 3 28th February 2018
1:08:29 – 1:15:38 “Now the jazz scene is of course alive and living and well in London, especially in the form of the amazing Shabaka Hutchings. Now let me tell you that legendary impulse! label, who released signficant records back in the day by John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders amongst a few others. Well, they’ve had the brilliant idea of signing Shabaka Hutchings and all of his projects, and all of his mighty works to come too, and they’re starting with his new album with the Sons of Kemet, it’s called ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile’; it comes out the end of March, and from it this is My Queen, My Queen Is Angela Davis.”
BBC Radio 6Music 3rd March 2018
Gilles Peterson premiered “My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu”
Jazz FM 5th March 2018
BBC Radio 6 Music 6th March 2018
1:52:00 – 1:57:25 “Next is this from the new album from Sons of Kemet”
BBC Radio 6Music 7th March 2018
BBC Radio 1 9th March 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 8th March 2018
NTS 27th March 2018
‘My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons’ was played between the times of
53:00 - 59.09
BBC Radio 6Music 11th March 2018
BBC Radio 3 10th March 2018
Julian Joseph opens the show with “My Queen Is Harriet Tubman”, mentioning Shabaka’s signing to impulse! Records and plugging the album release date at 01:03 and 07:00
NTS Radio 27th February 2018
BBC Radio 3 16th March 2018
BBC Radio Scotland 1st April 2018
The album ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile’ was plugged alongside playing the track ‘Your Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark’ between the times of 0:13:40 – 0:17:47
BBC Radio 6Music 3rd April 2018
Sons Of Kemet’s album Your Queen Is A Reptile was plugged alongside My Queen Is Angela Davis being played between the times of 02:02:13 – 2:08:58.
BBC Radio 6Music 14th April 2018
BBC Radio 2 17th April 2018
Jamie Cullum plugs Sons Of Kemet’s gig at Total Refreshment Centre at 37:23 on BBC Radio 2.
BBC Radio 6 Music 1st May 2018
Your Queen Is A Reptile was plugged on BBC Radio 6 Music between the times of 1:00:00 – 1:06:41 with Gilles Peterson and Lauren Laverne.
BBC Radio 6Music 14th May 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 1st June 2018
BBC Radio Scotland 27th June 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 3rd July 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 17th July 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 20th July 2018
Gilles Peterson chooses Sons Of Kemet Your Queen Is A Reptile as one of his recommended albums so far in 2018
BBC Radio 3 22nd September 2018
Interview and session with Sons of Kemet from 42:00
BBC Radio Scotland 15th October 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 20th October 2018
BBC Radio 6Music 12th December 2018
Sons Of Kemet Your Queen Is A Reptile feature as BBC Radio 6Music’s Album Of The Day – 1:48:08