As she personally told us here at LOFT965.com, Kelis has finished recording her new album set for 2012 release. Her record company has confirmed: “Kelis is now finishing her new album due for release in autumn 2012 and has been working with producers including Skream, BURNS, Tom Neville, Dan Black and Caspa.” This is exciting news. We want more.
It’s been a while since we updated you about the status of the blog and what’s going on behind the scenes here at LOFT965.com. Well, there are many things that have improved. As you can tell, the layout is changing every now and then, yet the content is still the same. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
This February we managed to notch up the highest number of readership ever in the history of the blog since 2008. That means some big numbers in the 6 digits for us. This also happened to occur during the shortest month of the year! That is marvelous news. Great things that have happened this month are:
As always, we will strive hard to bring this place to higher ranks. But we assure you it’s a lot of hard work maintaining and managing it. You just keep coming by the truckloads on daily basis and we will give you more music news, recommendations and reviews. Thank you, it is muchly appreciated. Now, strut…
1. Greetings from Kuwait! Loft965.com picked your album It All Starts With One as an “Album to look forward to in 2011.” How do you feel about that and what do you think this year holds for you?
I’m very proud and happy to hear that! I hope that as many people as possible will hear this album, because I’m very happy with it. I’m going to do my best to spread my music around the world.
2. The first single “Do You Remember?” is a different sound from your other singles. What inspired this direction and what’s behind the song?
The demo for this song is me playing a bass line on one string of a guitar. It’s a kind of melancholic love folk song, and this rhythm was already there in the bass line. But we decided to make it bigger, and we invited 3 drummers to the studio. I felt like making a production where you just can’t stand still. I hope everyone wants to move to it.
3. You recently toured with Ani DiFranco, whom we love here at Loft965.com, how did you find the experience and should we look forward to more collaborations in the future?
Ani DiFranco is a very lovely woman, and I’m a big fan of hers. She was my main inspiration when I first started playing guitar 12 years ago. I loved doing the gigs with her, and playing for her audience, and I hope that I can do it again in the future.
4. What will be the next single from It All Starts With One and why did you choose it?
We chose “Worship” as the next single from the album. I love José Gonzales’ voice and I love this recording. It’s a bit hypnotizing.
5. We love quotes, what is your favorite quote or motto?
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
― Nelson Mandela
This is as fresh as they come. This video just debuted and Loft965.com is bringing it to you first! Will Young’s new album, which we really haven’t given the time it needs to listen to, Echoes has spawned another single and it features a dog show!
We woke up this morning to find that March 2011 holds a new record for us. Loft965.com not only broke into the top 50 most-read music blogs worldwide, according to blog analysis monitoring website Wikio.com, but also landed on sweet #47. Yes, the world in its glorious entirety. This marks a new era for the blog and also puts us on the map with sharper colors. As usual, we are grateful for the love and support that comes from the readership we get, which propels us into new ground and opens new doors for this tune-loving blog. We’ll keep it coming if you keep it coming!
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