Alicia Keys

On 4th June, in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, a spectacular music concert was held outside Buckingham Palace, featuring a variety of well-known names. The concert was named The Platinum Party at the Palace. Cora-Laine Moynihan attended the concert. Here are her thoughts....

Hold onto your hats (literally if you are JLo – what WAS she thinking) for my round up of the best dressed at this year’s Grammys. Firstly, let us pause to shed a tear for TSwift who has mysteriously fallen of the face of the musical planet, and to...

Happy International Women’s Day! The Impact Music team are celebrating by listening to their favourite songs by women, for women. Here’s a selection from our playlist along with some lyrical highlights… (to listen to the full thing, head to our Spotify!). Your Best American Girl – Mitski “Your mother...

Stripped back Alicia Keys has just dropped her sixth studio album ‘Here’. This album is a very daring comeback, four years since Keys’ last album, it appears to be a revelation and each melody is a prayer – openly discovering the raw and influential nature of identity, growth, opportunity...

If you’ve been on social media at all recently, you’ll have seen plenty on the VMAs. In particular, the fact that Alicia Keys and Alessia Cara both appeared on the red carpet sans makeup. Both singers performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, each without a swab of makeup,...

Illmatic (1994) is an album that needs no introduction for anyone even mildly acquainted with the world of hip hop. The debut LP from New York native Nasir “Nas” Jones, the record is a raw account of life in Queens, told through a perfect blend of poetic lyrics and experimental beats....