iEVENT... ONE MIC Autumn Sessions @ Queen of Hoxton w/ CYNIKAL + SHANAZ DORSETT + BELINDA ZHAWI + MORE (Tomorrow, October 23)

After the hugely successful ONE MIC 2nd Anniversary Special last month, We Plug GOOD Music and One Mic UK are kicking off their Autumn/Winter live music season with ONE MIC... The Autumn Sessions this Sunday (October 23) and it will all be taking place at The Queen of Hoxton in Shoreditch. 

The stellar line-up put together for this Sunday's showcase includes British Asian rapper/producer CYNIKAL - who has had an eventful Summer festival season which has seen him perform alongside legends such as Snoop Dogg and De La Soul as well as some of the UK's finest in Professor Green, Katy B and Ed Sheeran at Lovebox, the Underage Festival and Turning Point. Joining him on the amazing line-up is British R&B/Soul singer, songwriter and poet SHANAZ DORSETT - who set the entire interwebs alight late last year with her critically acclaimed debut EP titled Above The Clouds, as premiered on DJ Premier Blog, which saw her beautifully write and sing over classic DJ Premier productions from "So Ghetto" to "Nas Is Like" to "Boom" and garner massive support from tastemakers such as I Heart Dilla and Hustle GRL.

Completing the One Mic... Autumn Sessions line-up are Zimbabwean Poet and Writer Belinda Zhawi - a member of The Roundhouse's illustruous and exciting Poetry collective, Rubix Collective (alongside the likes of household names such as Dean Atta and Deanna Rodger) - after having performed at prestigious festivals and nights like Camp Bestival, The Big Chill, Jawdance, Writer's Block and Tongue Fu, Acoustic Soul/African Folk singer, songwriter and musician Lánre - who is also the weekly curator and host of seminal Singer/Songwriter live music showcase Portobello Acoustic Sessions and will also be blessing us with songs off of her newly released debut album titled Pen Voyage Chapter 1: Sing For Change - and emerging UK Hip-Hop artist 3REE-D off of his recent performance at I Luv Live and the release of his debut mixtape The Evolution of 3ree: Lights!!!

Read on for the full details....

iShowcase... ONE MIC x February 27th 2011 (THIS SUNDAY)

"The ONE MIC Series is BACK for the first of our 2011 showcases and we are back to doing what we do BEST and that is LIVE MUSIC from the very BEST emerging artists the UK has to offer! And in our consistent & continuous bid to keep plugging the best of NEW & EMERGING performing artists, We Plug GOOD Music & the dMp have put together another excellent evening of GOOD MUSIC for Y.O.U!" - Press Release

Well what do you know? ONE MIC is BACK! For their first gig of 2011, they've put together a huge night of exclusive live performances from some of the finest and most outstanding emerging artists in London such as Beaux Saunders, the stylishly acoustic singer with a hint of the Blues and Jazz who has been described by King of Leon's lead guitarist as "awesome" + Youtube singing sensation, Nike Jemiyo whose channel on the video sharing site has received over a million views in little over a year + the excellent singer/songwriter - Zemmy Momoh as featured already on BBC 6, the 'Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape' and the 'Best Of Myspace' podcast + MORE including the ever elusive teenage Indie-Rock band - The Fifth Member, Julie Iwheta, Alex Martin and Olamide from innovative London-based music collective, White Elephant...

Hit the jump to check out some of these artists in action and to find out all the details of the One Mic showcase happening this Sunday

iFootage... Max Juzt at One Mic... The Mid-Summer Edition

I had planned to put this up at some point last month but it is what it is I guess. It's footage of Max Juzt at the July edition of the 'One Mic' live music showcase put together by yours truly & Femi Mode (The dMp) in Camden town, London. Press play & enjoy this acoustic set from 19 year-old Singer/Songwriter Max Juzt, originally from Baltimore & now residing in London.

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