Episode 17: Favourite Features

PODCAST: Celebrating some of the greatest hip hop and R&B features of all time.

Mark is joined by fellow sneaker aficionado André on his first apperance on the show, whilst welcoming back George and Lee.

The panel celebrate some of their favourite guest features of all time: from Da Brat to DJ Quik, from Busta Rhymes to Biggie.

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Exploring and Celebrating New Music and its Roots

Hi, I'm Mark Williams, Host of 'Influenced'. 'Influenced' explores new music and makes connections back to previous musical generations via panel debates and interviews with artists, enthusiasts, media insiders and more. Accompanying playlists take the listener through our musical time travel in a mixtape fashion. Be sure to join me in sharing, celebrating and exploring the music that we all love on social media. Mark Influenced Podcast on Instagram Mark Influenced Podcast on Facebook Influenced Panel Playlists on Spotify Influenced Panel on Youtube Coming Soon

'Influenced' Episode One is Here! Favourite Current UK Artist

PODCAST : The Influenced panel discuss their f avourite current UK artists We have liftoff! Episode One finds me joined by my good friends Mark and Lee to discuss: MC Nadia Rose and the risk of talented artists not getting the 'push' or attention they deserve during a musical golden age. Band Chinatown Slalom and the UK music scenes' history of mixing indie, hip hop and electronic dance music. Singer Greentea Peng and how 'trip hop', decades after the genre was first labeled as such, continues to quietly and satisfyingly make its prescence felt in contemporary UK music. Here's the accompanying Playlist, discussed during the Episode. Influenced Podcast is also available to enjoy on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/influenced-exploring-and-celebrating-new-music-and-its-roots?refid=stpr#/ Accompanying playlist also available on: iTunes: https://music.apple.com/…/influenced-p…/pl.u-Ymb0EP2IgKVx6q0 YouTube: https://YouTu

2020 Midyear Roundup

REVIEW : Memorable music moments from January to June 2020 has been a year of turmoil. We have simultaneously fought a global pandemic and challenged ourselves as a society, with many expressing unrest by hitting the streets, offices and internet in various modes of protest. Contemporary music has always played a multi-faceted role in times of great struggle and this year is no exception. At times music has served as escapism and a welcome distraction to the listeners' woes and worries. At other times, the more painful and harsh realities of the modern world have been documented by the often repressed and under-represented voices in mainstream society. It has also celebrated the tenacity of the human spirit which, through seemingly insurmountable odds, somehow keeps going. The work listed below incorporates all of the above, with many of the projects interweaving two or more of these strands. These releases, some of which we have already reviewed , are all conte

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