“Style & Fashion” from Pa Salieu featuring Obongjayer is in this week’s HOT SPOT!

Pa is a Gambian-British rapper who was born in the UK but sent back to live in Gambia by his mother so he could learn with his elders until he was 10. This stretch of his life was vital, as he learned his tribe’s history from his older family members, through song and other mediums. In January 2020 he released his debut single “Frontline”, which was the most played track of 2020 on BBC Radio 1XTRA. His new album is Afrikan Rebel.

 Sinead O’Brien is back in the HOT SPOT once more. Sinead’s an Irish poet, originally from Limerick, now living in London, her work captures mundane everyday observations.  If you read the lyrics, you will see it’s really a poem set to music.

Sinead posted a poem in way of talking about this track:

These verses are glimpses into experience. Girlkind and Humanhood
Persevering eternity.
Balancing, evaluating.
Going back and forth.
Keep forging a way through.

 “Life’s Been Good to Me” is from Ric Wilson and Yellow Days.

Ric is from Chicago, and makes ‘party-ready hip-hop with an intelligent twist,’ Yellow Days is the performance alias of George van den Broek from Surrey and he makes ‘indie-soul-pop tunes.’ Together, they’ve collaborated on collaborative a new EP, Disco Ric In London Town. 

The band Dry Cleaning features the vocals of the amazing Flo Shaw. This song, ‘Tony Speaks!,’ was previously only available as a bonus track. Flo says: “The lyrics were written days after the Conservative party won the December 2019 UK election.”  We expect lots more great music from Dry Cleaning, so that’s why they’re in this week’s HOT SPOT!

Two acts, one song:  TV GIRL are an American lo fi indie pop band from California and JORDANA is a new artist from Kansas who has been playing music since childhood. After touring together, they released a 7 song EP featuring the track “Summer’s Over,” which is our HOT SPOT song of the week!