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From Yinka's head..., Special Features, UKGospel.com

UKGospel.com Existential (Part 2): You can only say what THEY want you to say…?

I had a completely different update to share this week about plans for this site However: something happened that gave me a disturbing glimpse into a possible future. Control your own narrative Now more than ever it’s critically important to have complete and direct control of your own narrative. Hopefully I’m preaching to the choir on this, but just in case you still doubt the … Continue reading UKGospel.com Existential (Part 2): You can only say what THEY want you to say…?

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Celebrating UKGospel, From Yinka's head..., Special Features, UK Gospel Music Industry, UKGospel Legacy

Existential: the New UKGospel.com? It’s the old UKGospel.com, actually…. (Part 1)

Existential: the future of UKGospel.com (Part 1) When I started writing this forward-look several weeks ago I opted to do it in stream of consciousness. It felt right because it’s setting out the UKGospel.com roadmap for – God willing – the next 5-10 years. Additionally, sharing my thought process this way lends itself to the feel of a story that’s unfolding almost in real time… … Continue reading Existential: the New UKGospel.com? It’s the old UKGospel.com, actually…. (Part 1)

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From Yinka's head..., Industry Tips, Music Industry, Special Features, UK Gospel Music Industry

Put your Black life in music – NOW.

Nobody liked *Colin. What made things particularly ironic was he was such a nice guy. Colin was sales manager in a company I worked for in the 90s, and back then (I don’t imagine it’s any different now) sales was hard. Horrid Put it this way: if sales were a girl she’d be the little one from the nursery rhyme: when she was good, she … Continue reading Put your Black life in music – NOW.

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Celebrating UKGospel, From Yinka's head..., Special Features

Celebrating #UKGospel: Brits Abroad (Part 1)

I knew I was on to a good thing when I launched the ‘Celebrating UKGospel’ series… I get excited when I can come up with different and interesting ways to honour the great work so many people continue to put in across the UK Gospel scene. Most-shared feature It’s also especially rewarding when many other people share that same excitement: the ‘Celebrating the Ladies of … Continue reading Celebrating #UKGospel: Brits Abroad (Part 1)

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Audio, Essential UK Gospel Tracklist, From Yinka's head..., Special Features

5 UK Gospel AfroPop Songs to Soundtrack Your Day

‘Summertime and the livin’ is easy…’ Today is a perfect UK summer’s day: the maximum temperature is a cinderella-optimum, entirely agreeable 15 degrees: not too hot and not too cold. So here are a few AfroPop tunes to turn up the heat just a little more and soundtrack a hopefully already perfect day. Sarah Teibo – Blessed This G Kid-produced track almost certainly needs no … Continue reading 5 UK Gospel AfroPop Songs to Soundtrack Your Day

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From Yinka's head..., Music, Special Features, UKGospel Legacy

Michelle John’s ‘Paper Doll’ – The Back Story that Never Got Told

Introduction I wrote this back in April 2016, with the original intention to have it coincide with the release of Michelle John’s EP, Paper Doll. If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of Paper Doll, the answer is simple: it was never released.  I asked her a few years later why she didn’t go through with it and she cited two reasons, which – on … Continue reading Michelle John’s ‘Paper Doll’ – The Back Story that Never Got Told

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From Yinka's head..., Special Features, UK Gospel Music Industry, UKGospel Legacy

Legacy Series: Focus on Kingdom Choir

This series is part of the content migration programme from earlier versions of UKGospel.com, ensuring the history and evolution of the UK Gospel music scene is recorded and publicly accessible Original publication date: 26 June 2005 Written and edited by: Yinka Awojobi I realised recently that UKGospel.com hadn’t done a decent piece on any UK choir in an age.  It wasn’t a deliberate thing, but … Continue reading Legacy Series: Focus on Kingdom Choir

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From Yinka's head..., Special Features, UK Gospel Music Industry, UKGospel Legacy, UKGospel.com

UKGospel.com version 3: We’re Live!

After about 5 or 6 years of: Starting and stopping Copying and pasting Writing and editing Doubting and being confident HTMLing and Adobe Flashing Today, the BRAND NEW UKGospel.com version 3 website is LIVE!!!! YAAAAAAAY!!! So, what next..? Well, the UKGospel.com project has been going for almost 2 decades. As you can imagine so many things have changed in that space of time: We’ve gone … Continue reading UKGospel.com version 3: We’re Live!

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From Yinka's head..., New Music, New Music Friday, Special Features, UK Gospel Music Industry

I live in the future. And it’s better than I thought it’d be…

Huge Dream Back in the day (as in: well over a decade ago), when I was publishing new music release information on the UK Gospel music scene, I had this huge dream to have a BIG problem. I realise that sounds counter-intuitive but stick with me. I longed for a time when I’d be pushing out updates about consistently high quality releases, so much so … Continue reading I live in the future. And it’s better than I thought it’d be…

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