Jamie Jooste – ‘The Man Is Always Right’ [Review]
If there’s one thing I couldn’t care less about, it’s musical comfort zones. Life’s too short to limit your auditory experiences to a single genre; and so, whether I’m in a release’s target market or not, I’ll still give it a chance. EPs like Jamie Jooste’s The Man is Always Right are the reason I continue to do this. Packed full of soul, fastidiously crafted songs, and drenched in P!nk’s self-consciousness-less attitude, this release offers more emotional depth than most of its peers while retaining the Mister-Sheen-slick production values required to climb the pop industry ladder. Read more…

Those who have been following The Musical Melting Pot since the start are likely to recognise Chess from
As a guy in his twenties, it’s pretty safe to say that I’m not in pop / r’n’b vocalist Chess’s target market. But nonetheless, I’m still a sucker for a good slice of skilled songcraft – and Babygirl is definitely an impressive demonstration of this Maltese singer’s songwriting skills.