Jamie Jooste – ‘The Man Is Always Right’ [Review]

Jamie JoosteIf 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…

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Posted on 13 February 2014

Chess – ‘Tuxedo EP’ [Review]

Those who have been following The Musical Melting Pot since the start are likely to recognise Chess from this review. On Tuxedo, her second EP, Chess has discarded the girl-power platitudes familiar to fans of Nicole Scherzinger and remodelled herself as the female equivalent of Justin Timberlake.  Read more…

Posted on 13 January 2014

Chess: ‘Babygirl’ [Review]

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. Read more…

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Posted on 01 August 2013

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