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50 GREATEST HITS OF 2013A-ZALBUMSGIRLS ON

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DELILAH ROSETHE NATIONS SWEETHEART

CONTENTSREGULARSON TOUR WITH 67WE FOLLOW SINGER ELLIE GOULDING AROUND ON HER HIT UK TOUR

SOUND REVIEWS 140WE REVIEW THIS MONTHS FAVOURITE SONGS AND ALBUMS

SOUNDS OF THE MONTH 03WE GIVE YOU OUR FAVOURITE 20 SINGLES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR PLAYLIST THIS MONTH

LIVE WITH 52FIND OUT WHERE AND WHEN YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS WILL BE PERFORMING

THE SOUND INTRO 12WE INTRODUCE SOME ARTISTS THAT WILL BE HITTING IT BIG IN THE UP AND COMING MONTHS

VIDEOS OF THE MONTH 46WE’VE FOUND OUR FAVOURITE MUSIC VIDEOS FROM THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

TWITTER TALKS 29HAVE YOUR SAY AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR SOUND INTRO OF THE MONTH

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ARTIST INDEXLondon Grammar 09Adele 10Jake Bugg 56Florence & The Machine 21Kasabian 10Arctic Monkeys 15James Arthur 13Lorde 40Lily Allen 96OneRepublic 78Mumford & Sons 17Imagine Dragons 22The 1975 63Fall Out Boy 33Bastille 31The Lumineers 18Lana Del Rey 23Of Monster and Men 11Kodaline 108Passenger 44Gabrielle Aplin 22Tom Odell 66Ed Sheeran 88Ben Howard 70Daughter 75Nina Nesbitt 85The Vaccines 91Kings of Leon 89Coldplay 132CHVRCHES 77The Script 55Keane 65The Killers 99Paramore 119The White Stripes 131Vampire Weekend 78You Me At Six 63Linkin Park 81Evanescence 145My Chemical Romance11The Pretty Reckless 52Lawson 54U2 07Oasis 58Madness 69Haim 09Two Door Cinema Club 10All Time Low 65The Goo Goo Dolls 54The Fray 94Bon Jovi 55Guns ‘n’Roses 66

ISSUE NO. 1FEATURESDELILAH ROSE 25THIS IS OUR SOUND INTRO OF THE MONTH - DELILAH ROSE. FIND OUT ABOUT HER MUSIC, LIFE AND MUCH MORE.

CHRISTMAS SONGS 82SEEING AS ITS CHRISTMAS - WE THOUGHT WE MUST REVEAL OURFAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONGS

SONG WRITING TIPS 14THIS MONTH’S STAR DELILAH ROSE TELLS US WHAT SHE THINKS MAKES A GOOD SONG

WE HEARD IT FIRST 18WE’VE BEEN ASKED TO LISTEN TO A FEW SONGS BY UNSIGNED ARTISTS AND THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT OF THEM

GUESS WHO 74LOOK AT THESE BABY PHOTOS AND TRY AND GUESS WHICH BILBOARD HITTING ARTIST THEY ARE

A-Z ALBUMS 91OUR A-Z FEATURES ARTISTS SUCH AS THE ARCTIC MONKEYS TO BON JOVI, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME!

FESTIVAL GUIDE 16GETTING OUR TIPS IN EARLY - WE GIVE YOU THE DO’S AND DONT’S OF WHAT TO DO AND EXPECT AT A FESTIVAL

ARTISTS ARTWORK 54WE REVEAL WHAT WE THINK OF SOME ALBUM ARTWORK THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED

INDIE V. ALTERNATIVE 137THE INDIE ALTERNATIVE BATTLE HAS RETURNED AND WE TELL ALL ON OUR FAVOURITE INDIE AND ALTERNATIVE ARTISTS

MUSIC MUST HAVES 109AS THIS IS OUR FIRST ISSUE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE YOU OUR ALL TIME FAVOURITES - THEY’LL PROBABLY FEATURE A LOT!

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HEY THERE DELILAHAs we are sat around

waiting out the back of her London based recording studio, Deli-lah Rose is running late, yet again. Well known

for her not so punctual punctuali-ty, the nation’s sweetheart still has everyone waiting around for her. Af-ter what seems like hours, the fresh faced solo artist comes running through the door – Starbucks in hand – apologising profusely because of the so called “bad traffic”. This down to earth Brit Award winner really doesn’t know what’s about to hit her.

Born and bred in rural Dorset, London is a completely new experience for this not so typical country girl. With her ‘I’m so relaxed I might as well be lying down’ attitude, she really knows how to make you feel at ease when you are in her presence. When saying that she has “never wanted to be one of those uptight, bitchy ce-lebrities who has everyone running around after her” we can see why the UK and the rest of the world has fallen head over heels in love with this level-headed singer songwriter.

One thing that stands out against the rest is her passion and love for mu-sic – telling us about one of her most prominent memories of when she used to visit her Nana every Sunday. She would sit on her knee listening to all the old records whilst her Nana would tell her about her life experi-ences. “The one Sunday that stood out against the rest for me was when I was about 5 or 6, and the rest of the family were out of the room, and I remember her telling me one thing, and that was no matter how many problems you face, music will always be the rock you can cling to that helps you stay anchored to reality.”

Carrying on our conversation about what family life was like for her as a child and in her teens, we get a

deep and meaningful understand-ing of the hurdles that she had to overcome to get to the place she is today. When asking about her par-ents she tells us“whenever I get onto that topic it always ends in tears so please bear with me.” She takes a couple of minutes to contain her emotions and then starts to relay to us the story which is obviously some-thing which is extremely difficult for her to talk about. “My mother trag-ically passed away when I was a young girl, and sadly I know very lit-tle about her. Her death led to my fa-ther being a bit of a recluse, which I think is the reason why I am so close to my Nana –I definitely would not be the strong and independent girl I am today if it wasn’t for her.” We can see that Family is something that has instilled some strong morals in this easy–going singer after hearing about some of the tough times she has had to go through.“Sometimes I feel like I am on a rollercoaster at one of the world’s biggest theme parks, and for me music is always there to alleviate the pain. You find people visiting psychiatrists and counsel-lors to deal with their problems, but I like to write mine down and share them with the world through song.”

After talking about this we decided that we wanted to talk about some-thing a little bit more light-hearted, which Delilah is more than happy with as she laughs and tells us that “serious is too mainstream for me, music is supposed to be something enjoyable – not something that makes me want to cry 24/7.” So we thought we would get on to the topic of musical inspirations. “Artists inspire you for many different rea-sons- from the type of music you produce to the clothes you wear.” We can tell that this girl has a wise head set on those shoulders with all of these inspirational quotes that she has been throwing at us! “It might seem strange but one person, who

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when looking at me you wouldn’t think I would listen to, is Etta James. The music that woman produces is just legendary. The soulful and raspy tone to her voice just sends shiver down my spine every time I hear her sing one of her sensational songs.” For those of you who don’t know Etta James was a singer-songwriter whose style spanned from Jazz and Blues to R&B and Rock and Roll and in 2003, she won the Grammy’s life-time achievement award which is an accolade any artist would want to achieve. “I also aspire to be like artists such as Adele – she is such a strong and independent woman, and I admire the amount of emo-tion that is portrayed through her songs. One performance that re-ally stands out to me is when she performed someone like you at the Brit Awards 2011. The amount of passion that was behind her perfor-mance was sensational, and I hope that one day I will be as high class of a performer as she is today.”

After talking about who inspires her, Delilah starts to tell us about what life at school was like for this talented young star. ”School for me was pret-ty basic. I never had the privileges of attending one of those high cost-

ing performing art schools – even though it was a passion of mine – because of how bloody expensive they are! I attended a normal sec-ondary school – Shaftesbury School – and I never was one of those ‘pop-ular girls’ but I wasn’t someone who didn’t have any friends either. I had a good group of friends who sup-ported me and who I could talk to.” Do your friends still support you now,

even though you are always in the limelight? “The majority of my friends treat me exactly the same, some ditched me at the word go because apparently the thought that I was go-ing to turn into one of those conceit-ed, supercilious celebrities” – well you definitely aren’t one of them! “haha, thanks, but any way, I can see why they might have thought that would happen but I think they should have given me a chance first. They have always known that

this is the one dream that I wished to follow, right from the very start, and I supported them when they were telling me that they wanted to become doctors or teachers –they just couldn’t be bothered to stick around and support me. I do thank them in some ways now though, because even though I find it hard-er to trust people, I find it easier to work out who my true friends really are.” You come across as someone who thinks quite logically, especial-ly when it comes to life and those around you. “Well I think it’s impor-tant because otherwise, you would just become one of those celebri-ties who goes off the rails and be-comes uncontrollable – I definitely don’t want that to happen with me.”

Her debut album is called Hold On, filled with 13 emotional and meaningful ballads which Delilah has written herself, it is expected to head straight to the top of the charts when it is released on the 1st December, just in time for Christ-mas. At the mention of the album a glowing aura illuminates Delilah which really confirms the fact that music is what this girl is meant to be doing. “This album holds a lot of meaning for me,” says Delilah, “the album was named after one of my tracks ‘Hold On’ which relates back to the saying that my Nana always used to tell me when I was finding something difficult – It’s the one that I mentioned at the beginning of this interview.” She tells us that the al-bum was completed about a month and a half ago, and after attending the listening party last Thursday evening we can see that there is a new generation of music on its way. “The songs that are currently hitting the top of the charts feel to me as if there is not a lot of meaning behind them, I wanted to change that, pro-duce songs that people would be able to relate to. The world has lis-tened to enough cliché love songs, it’s time for something different and that is what I plan on bringing.” Delilah wrote the album herself, with the input from people such as Tom Fletcher who stated that “this girl has talent – she definitely will go far,” and Greg Kurstin who helped the likes of P!nk and Kelly Clarkson. With talented people like these helping and guiding her along the way – this will definitely be a hit. “I loved working with all these tal-ented song writers and producers –they were amazing. Since working

“Just stay true to yourself and don’t forget where you

come from”

with them, my writing and song producing has come on leaps and bounds. I really can’t wait to start producing my next album – I hav-en’t even had my first one out yet!” she says whilst laughing.

Talking about what’s up next for this vivacious young star – we can see that there is a lot coming her way. With invites to perform at multiple venues and festivals in 2014, she also plans to head over to America, which we are sure she’d be able to crack after her debut single Helpless was released their two months ago and went to number 2 in the bill-board charts. “I did a couple of promotional tours for a couple of weeks at the end of summer this year when I went to your generic Florida, New York, and LA. But I would love to go over there for a good couple of months and travel through the whole of North Amer-ica with my team – I’d like to take my Dad and Nana too!” she says with a little giggle at the end. We just wish Delilah the best of luck with this album, and that America sees as much in her as we do. At the end of the interview, we ask her to finish off with a few words on what advice she would give someone who was starting out just like she was 18 months ago – “Just stay true to yourself and don’t forget where you come from. We see artists whose fame just goes to their heads and that’s just not cool. My nana has always told me to stay grounded, and that is what I’m going to tell you.”

Written by Zoe Ramsdale-Clark

Delilah Rose

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We asked new star Delilah Rose on what she thought of singing sensation Adele and here is what she had to say:

“Anyone who says that Adele does not posess the art of sing-ing is crazy - there is nobody more talented than her. If I could just do a tenth of what that woman has done I would be more than happy with how my musical career would have transpired.”

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5 Quick Facts

01) Pet cat named Garfield

02) Favourite Holiday - Christmas

03) Favourite Season - Winter

04) Place to Visit - Alaska

05) Birthday - 26th December

OUR READERS GIVE US THERE OPINION ON NEW ARTIST DELILAH ROSE

Twitter@tommcfly I helped writing this album and I’m really proud with how far she has come

@maryloucelle11 New favourite album of the year!!!!

@vanessawanner the new album is amazing, can’t stop listening to this!!!

@GregKurstin Great to see how this new artist has come so far in such a short amount of time

@chelslautnerTW Can’t wait to hear what she has next after hearing this!

@edsheeran she is a talented writer, interested in what will be coming up next.

@caspar_lee I’ve decided that this is my favourite album. ever.

@chrissiecb_ Can’t get this album off repeat #addicted