Discovery 2's Olympic Special Ft Solko + Lauren Housley & Band + Alex Hulme + Goran Kay

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Discovery Discovers the Olympic flavour in British music as the Olympic Torch passes through Kensington. Performing on the night are Suffolk band Solko fusing Funk & Reggae ‘Sly Stone meets Toots & The Maytalls’ , Manchester Soul songstress Lauren Housley and her band of Motown-dance stepping “Dap Kings” are performing as part of their UK tour to promote their debut Ep, Liverpool's finest emerging folk pop singer Alex Hulme, Goran Kay an impressive young songwriter who's songs have been hits in Brazil and one covered by G4 and Dj Delphi from Greece (the resident Olympian) .



SOLKO

Their influences come from Dub, Reggae, Soul, Indie and World music. They formed a year ago, already received airplay from 6 Music's Tom Robinson, performed at Playfest alongside Frank Turner and The Futureheads, as well as releasing their debut EP ‘Fix This Fire’ on All Sorted Records!! This year they’ve attended BBC Musicians Masterclass at Maida Vale Studios , Performed at Liverpool Sound City, Music Week earmarked the guys in their Future Faces section.

“Mixing sensational funk-infused soul pop melodies with unique and vibrant vocal tones, Solko are an interesting blend of all the good new things popping up in today’s UK music scene.” – The Blue Walrus


“one of the most exciting acts in the UK right now... Battery In Your Leg

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Lauren Housley

It’s time to redefine Northern Soul as Lauren Housley and her band of Motown-dance stepping “Dap Kings” tour the UK to promote their debut EP ‘One Step Closer’. A fresh, big voice with the full, rounded flavour and maturity of a retro-classic panorama, dove-tailing the tender tones of Dusty Springfield, the grandeur of Marlena Shaw with the virility of Ray Charles – as delivered by a strutting young lass from Yorkshire.

In an age of pre-fab music, Lauren offers the full package: she’s got the lyrics, the lungs, the looks, mellifluous melody-making – and a better snarl than Cher Lloyd.

A busy run of clubs and festivals across the country, with regular shows at Kendal Calling, Matt&Phreds jazz club and her own Soul:Sessions nights, has honed a golden-toned sound. This, alongside on-stage action with the 11-piece Riot Jazz Brass Band and a seminal show at last year’s Soundwave Festival in Croatia, has established Lauren as a new dominant force in Manchester’s live music scene.

“Chart bound diva” David Sue, City Life Magazine

“Manchester’s very own Lady Day” Riot Jazz



www.laurenhousley.com



Alex Hulme

Its been a good year so far for Liverpool based pop/folk, singer/songwriter Alex. Having played for Sir Paul McCartney ,Billy Ocean and supported a wealth of artists including Willy Mason, Willis. Earl Beal and Emmy the Great. Mixing his use of unusual tunings- inspired by the likes of Nick Drake, Fionn Regan and Foy Vance - with realtime multilayered looping of guitars and vocals. Bolton Label Cityscape recently released his 3rd EP, ‘The Start’.

A beautiful song and a wonderful melody Sir Paul McCartney

A great voice and a great understanding for melody Billy Ocean

His ability to command the room was nothing short of remarkable...Bido Lito

Great songs with performances to match, Alex Hulme is one to watch Liverpool Acoustic

Acoustic magic...An emerging talent. No doubt about it... Salford Music.com

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Goran Kay

A classically trained artist/songwriter who grew up in Switzerland and is now London based. He ‘s fluent in six languages including English, Brasilian Portuguese, French and Kurdish. Already he has an impressive songwriting career, having co written with Hugo de Chaire, a million selling song ‘Another Day’ for G4 . He’s wrote two new verses for the Brazilian hit ‘Oceano’ and other Co writers he’s worked with include Judy Tzuke, Peter John Vetesse (co writer of Heather Small’s ‘Proud’) Rupert Christie (Kate Bush, Coldplay, Russell Watson) and Marky Bates (Faithless). He composed the theme tune for the Roller Figure Skating championships in Brasil and has two songs currently being considered for the next Celine Dion album. Goran’s live performances are being well received and he received 5000 hits on one of his recent You Tube videos.


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