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WE REVIEW THIS MONTHS FAVOURITE SONGS AND ALBUMS
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VIDEOS OF THE MONTH
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WE GIVE YOU OUR FAVOURITE 20 SINGLES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR PLAYLIST THIS MONTH
FIND OUT WHERE AND WHEN YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS WILL BE PERFORMING
LONDON’S CALLING! DELILAH’S DAY OUT
WE INTRODUCE SOME ARTISTS THAT WILL BE HITTING IT BIG IN THE UP AND COMING MONTHS
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WE’VE FOUND OUR FAVOURITE MUSIC VIDEOS FROM THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
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HAVE YOUR SAY AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR SOUND INTRO OF THE MONTH
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TOM AND HIS PIANO TELLING US ABOUT ANOTHER LOVE
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NINA KNOWS BEST - WHAT HAS SHE BEEN WRITING FOR THE UP AND COMING YEAR?
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CHVRCHES HAVE HIT THE BIG TIME THIS YEAR - OUR OPINION
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THIS IS OUR SOUND INTRO OF THE MONTH - DELILAH ROSE. FIND OUT ABOUT HER MUSIC, LIFE AND MUCH MORE.
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OUR A-Z FEATURES ARTISTS SUCH AS THE ARCTIC MONKEYS TO BON JOVI, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME!
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CHRISTMAS SONGS
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SEEING AS ITS CHRISTMAS - WE THOUGHT WE MUST REVEAL OUR FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONGS
SOUND HAS A CHAT WITH OUR BAND OF THE MONTH
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WE’VE BEEN ASKED TO LISTEN TO A FEW SONGS BY UNSIGNED ARTISTS AND THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT OF THEM
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SOUND AWARDS 2013 ARE HERE AND WE GIVE OUT REWARDS FROM BEST ANTHEM OF THE YEAR TO BEST LOVE SONG
GETTING OUR TIPS IN EARLY - WE GIVE YOU THE DO’S AND DONT’S OF WHAT TO DO AND EXPECT AT A FESTIVAL
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WE HAVE BEEN ON THE HUNT FOR THOSE SINGING SENSATIONS WHO WE THINK WILL MAKE THE BIG TIME IN 2014 THE INDIE ALTERNATIVE BATTLE HAS RETURNED AND WE TELL ALL ON OUR FAVOURITE INDIE AND ALTERNATIVE ARTISTS
AS THIS IS OUR FIRST ISSUE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE YOU OUR ALL TIME FAVOURITES - THEY’LL PROBABLY FEATURE A LOT!
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ARTIST INDEX London Grammar 09 Adele 10 Jake Bugg 56 Florence & The Machine 21 Kasabian 10 Arctic Monkeys 15 James Arthur 13 Lorde 40 Lily Allen 96 OneRepublic 78 Mumford & Sons 17 Imagine Dragons 22 The 1975 63 Fall Out Boy 33 Bastille 31 The Lumineers 18 Lana Del Rey 23 Of Monster and Men 11 Kodaline 108 Passenger 44 Gabrielle Aplin 22 Tom Odell 66 Ed Sheeran 88 Ben Howard 70 Daughter 75 Nina Nesbitt 85 The Vaccines 91 Kings of Leon 89 Coldplay 132 CHVRCHES 77 The Script 55 Bombay Bicycle Club 65 The Killers 99 Paramore 119 The White Stripes 131 Vampire Weekend 78 You Me At Six 63 Linkin Park 81 Evanescence 145 My Chemical Romance11 The Pretty Reckless 52 Lawson 54 U2 07 Oasis 58 Madness 69 Haim 09 Two Door Cinema Club 10 All Time Low 65 The Goo Goo Dolls 54 The Fray 94 Bon Jovi 55 Guns ‘n’Roses 66 DECEMBER 2013
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She’s the next big thing and we have managed to gain an exclusive interview with the star who tells us what it’s like living the life of Delilah Rose
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s we are sat around waiting out the back of her London based recording studio, Delilah Rose is running late, yet again. Well known for her not so punctual punctuality, the nation’s sweetheart still has everyone waiting around for her. After what seems like hours, the fresh faced solo artist comes running through the door – Starbucks in hand – apologising profusely because of the so called “bad traffic”. This down to earth Brit Award winner really doesn’t know what’s about to hit her. Born and bred in rural Dorset, London is a completely new experience for this not so typical country girl. With her ‘I’m so relaxed I might as well be lying down’ attitude, she really knows how to make you feel at ease when you are in her presence. When saying that she has “never wanted to be one of those uptight, bitchy celebrities who has everyone running around after her” we can see why the UK and the rest of the world has fallen head over heels in love with this level-headed singer songwriter. One thing that stands out against the rest is her passion and love for music – telling us about one of her most prominent memories of when she used to visit her Nana every Sunday. She would sit on her knee listening Subscribe at www.greatmagazines.co.uk
to all the old records whilst her Nana would tell her about her life experiences. “The one Sunday that stood out against the rest for me was when I was about 5 or 6, and the rest of the family were out of the room, and I remember her telling me one thing, and that was no matter how many problems you face, music will always be the rock you can cling to that helps you stay anchored to reality.” Carrying on our conversation about what family life was like for her as a child and in her teens, we get a deep and meaningful understanding of the hurdles that she had to overcome to get to the place she is today. When asking about her parents she tells us“whenever I get onto that topic it always ends in tears so please bear with me.” She takes a couple of minutes to contain her emotions and then starts to relay to us the story which is obviously something which is extremely difficult for her to talk about. “My mother tragically passed away when I was a young girl, and sadly I know very little about her. Her death led to my father being a bit of a recluse, which I think is the reason why I am so close to my Nana –I definitely would not be the strong and independent girl I am today if it wasn’t for her.” We can see that Family is something that has instilled some strong morals in this easy–going singer after hearing about some DECEMBER 2013
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of the tough times she has had to go through.“Sometimes I feel like I am on a rollercoaster at one of the world’s biggest theme parks, and for me music is always there to alleviate the pain. You find people visiting psychiatrists and counsellors to deal with their problems, but I like to write mine down and share them with the world through song.” After talking about this we decided that we wanted to talk about something a little bit more light-hearted, which Delilah is more than happy with as she laughs and tells us that “serious is too mainstream for me, music is supposed to be something enjoyable – not something that
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makes me want to cry 24/7.” So we thought we would get on to the topic of musical inspirations. “Artists inspire you for many different reasons- from the type of music you produce to the clothes you wear.” We can tell that this girl has a wise head set on those shoulders with all of these inspirational quotes that she has been throwing at us! “It might seem strange but one person, who when looking at me you wouldn’t think I would listen to, is Etta James. The music that woman produces is just legendary. The soulful and raspy tone to her voice just sends shiver down my spine every time I hear her sing one of her sensational songs.” For those of you who don’t know
Etta James was a singer-songwriter whose style spanned from Jazz and Blues to R&B and Rock and Roll and in 2003, she won the Grammy’s lifetime achievement award which is an accolade any artist would want to achieve. “I also aspire to be like artists such as Adele – she is such a strong and independent woman, and I admire the amount of emotion that is portrayed through her songs. One performance that really stands out to me is when she performed someone like you at the Brit Awards 2011. The amount of passion that was behind her performance was sensational, and I hope that one day I will be as high class of a performer as she is today.” www.soundmagazine.co.uk
limelight? “The majority of my friends treat me exactly the same, some ditched me at the word go because apparently the thought that I was going to turn into one of those conceited, supercilious celebrities” – well you definitely aren’t one of them! “haha, thanks, but any way, I can see why they might have thought that would happen but I think they should have given me a chance first. They have always known that this is the one dream that I wished to follow, right from the very start, and I supported them when they were telling me that they wanted to become doctors or teachers –they just couldn’t be bothered to stick around and support me. I do thank them in some ways now though, because even though I find it harder to trust people, I find it easier to work out who my true friends really are.” You come across as someone who thinks quite logically, especially when it comes to life and those around you. “Well I think it’s important because otherwise, you would just become one of those celebrities who goes off the rails and becomes uncontrollable – I definitely don’t want that to happen with me.”
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Delilah Rose on Adele
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We asked new star Delilah Rose on what she thought of singing sensation Adele and here is what she had to say:
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“Anyone who says that Adele does not posess the art of singing is crazy - there is nobody more talented than her. If I could just do a tenth of what that woman has done I would be more than happy with how my musical career would have transpired.”
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After talking about who inspires her, Delilah starts to tell us about what life at school was like for this talented young star. ”School for me was pretty basic. I never had the privileges of attending one of those high costing performing art schools – even though it was a passion of mine – because of how bloody expensive they are! I attended a normal secondary school – Shaftesbury School – and I never was one of those ‘popular girls’ but I wasn’t someone who didn’t have any friends either. I had a good group of friends who supported me and who I could talk to.” Do your friends still support you now, even though you are always in the Subscribe at www.greatmagazines.co.uk
Her debut album is called Hold On, filled with 13 emotional and meaningful ballads which Delilah has written herself, it is expected to head straight to the top of the charts when it is released on the 1st December, just in time for Christmas. At the mention of the album a glowing aura illuminates Delilah which really confirms the fact that music is what this girl is meant to be doing. “This album holds a lot of meaning for me,” says Delilah, “the album was named after one of my tracks ‘Hold On’ which relates back to the saying that my Nana always used to tell me when I was finding something difficult – It’s the one that I mentioned at the beginning of this interview.” She tells us that the album was completed about a month and a half ago, and after attending the listening party last Thursday evening we can see that there is a new generation of music on its way. “The songs that are currently hitting the top of the charts
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feel to me as if there is not a lot of meaning behind them, I wanted to change that, produce songs that people would be able to relate to. The world has listened to enough cliché love songs, it’s time for something different and that is what I plan on bringing.” Delilah wrote the album herself, with the input from people such as Tom Fletcher who stated that “this girl has talent – she definitely will go far,” and Greg Kurstin who helped the likes of P!nk and Kelly Clarkson. With talented people like these helping and guiding her along the way – this will definitely be a hit. “I loved working with all these talented song writers and producers –they were amazing. Since working with them, my writing and song producing has come on leaps and bounds. I really can’t wait to start producing my next album – I haven’t even had my first one out yet and the public may hate it which will leave me with a hell of a lot of copies of a CD that nobody will ever want!” she says whilst laughing. Talking about what’s up next for this vivacious young star – we can see that there is a lot coming her way. With invites to perform at multiple DECEMBER 2013
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EXCLUSIVE venues and festivals in 2014, she also plans to head over to America, which we are sure she’d be able to crack after her debut single Helpless was released their two months ago and went to number 2 in the billboard charts. “I did a couple of promotional tours for a couple of weeks at the end of summer this year when I went to your generic Florida, New York, and LA. But I would love to go over there for a good couple of months and travel through the whole of North America with my team – I’d like to take my Dad and Nana too!” she says with a little giggle at the end. We just wish Delilah the best of luck with this album, and that America sees as much in her
as we do. At the end of the interview, we ask her to finish off with a few words on what advice she would give someone who was starting out just like she was 18 months ago – “Just stay true to yourself and don’t forget where you come from. We see artists whose fame just goes to their heads and that’s just not cool. My nana has always told me to stay grounded, and that is what I’m going to tell you.” Written by Zoe Ramsdale-Clark Delilah Rose’s new single ‘Fire’ will be released on 01 February 2014
ALBUM ANALOGY Fire – this is a metaphorical representation of the passion I have for music, some may call it as having a ‘fire in your belly’ Relentless – representation of the promise I made to my grandparents that I would never stop singing and trying until I made it into the music world
Twitter OUR READERS GIVE US THERE OPINION ON NEW ARTIST DELILAH ROSE @vanessawanner the new album is amazing, can’t stop listening to it!!
@GregKurstin Great to see how this new artist has come so far in such a short amount of time
@chelslautnerTW Can’t wait to hear what she has next after hearing this!
@chrissiecb_ Can’t get this album off repeat #addicted
@caspar_lee I’ve decided that this is my favourite album. ever.
Imperfections – the intense feeling of never feeling good enough or seeing those people who are branded as ‘perfect’ by the rest of your peers and society Lola – A song about someone close to me who was one person who was a massive influence on me. I have never really mentioned her before but she will always mean a lot to me. Monumental – this is a symbol of how important friendship is over anything else Day Dreamer – I was always getting in trouble at school for not concentrating and staring out the window Abandoned Time – Live each day as it comes as you never know what the next day will bring Fragments of a lost look – the idea that you never find everything you are looking for Golden Excuses – everyone tries to justify the faults they make and it’s not always good enough Vortex – the whirling mass of everything good and bad that happens in my life
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