Guardian Music — Like Tinie and Tinchy, these purveyors of shiny, grime-y R&B have just enough grit. Think of them as a more credible JLSHometown: London.The lineup: Mark, Cairo and Pierre.The background: It was nice to read in the daily industry newsletter CMU an ar... more info

The Music Fix — Caught in a Tempah Trap. more info

MTV.co.uk News — Frisky MC Tinie Tempah has quashed rumours that he is joining Jay-Z's Roc Nation label in the US, saying that he isn’t ready to sign with an American record label just yet. Instead, the Pass... more info

Unreality Music — It's funny how some collaborations come about. It seems that amongst today's seemingly randomised duets ready to explode into our ears with the talents of not one, but two (or even more) artis... more info

ContactMusic — Tinie Tempah doesn't want to sign with Jay-Z's Roc Nation record label. The British 'Frisky' rapper was said to be being courted by Jay for his New York based label... more info

Altsounds — David's Lyre continues his wonderful Advent Calender countdown with a host of fantastic covers, original tracks and poems.... Just a taste of things to come for DL, with the release of his debut album on Hideout/Mercury scheduled for early 2011! ... more info

Guardian Music — 17 Dec: Our Christmas countdown continues with this festive playlist from TrickyTricky shows off his disparate influences with a playlist that features everything from NWA to Kylie Minogue ... Tricky's playlistNirvana – Smells Like Teen SpiritFlyma... more info

Guardian Music — From Glee to The X Factor, Journey's Don't Stop Believin' became inescapable in 2010. Dorian Lynskey on the 30-year-old track that slowly burned its way into our consciousness"Just a small town girl …"When was the last time you heard Don't Stop Bel... more info

The Mirror — Tinchy Stryder showed some real application when he and his band paid a special trip to The Carphone Warehouse, creating versions of his biggest hits using only iPad music apps. Also keeping Tinchy ‘appy is the idea of continuing to collaborate wit... more info

Guardian Music — Her debut single might have hit written all over it, but Yasmin is not in the same league as US R&B divas like Ciara and CassieHometown: London.The lineup: Yasmin (music, vocals).The background: Yasmin has already had a top 20 hit as a featured vocal... more info