Vote For Playlist To Win Intel Asus Ultrabook

Aug 15, 2012 | ,

Selecting the Top 10 Playlists submitted for the competition to win the Intel Asus Ultrabook was extremely difficult. Still loving a lot of them, across genres. Thank you to everyone who entered. But.... a choice had to be made. Below are the Top 10. Please vote in the poll at the bottom of the post for the playlist you feel should win the Ultrabook. Verushka Ramasami Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up One Republic - Secrets John Legend - Ordinary People David Gray - This Years Love Avril Lavigne - Complicated Kelly Clarkson – Stronger The Wanted - Glad You Came Whitney Houston - One...

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Win An Intel Asus Ultrabook

Jul 24, 2012 | ,

Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is probably the biggest consumer electronics show in the world. The big buzz was around the Ultrabook, which is, in essence, a skinnier, lighter version of a laptop, with a strong battery life, ultra fast start-up and great performance. Intel has been a major driver behind ultrabooks across the different manufacturers, including Asus, and Intel Corp SA have been kind enough to make available one “ultra-stylish Intel Asus Zenbook UX31A” for me to give away on Evolutionary. Seeing that I listen to as...

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Aloe Blacc – Billie Jean Cover

May 14, 2012 |

Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, known as Aloe Blacc, exists on the fringes of the mainstream music industry. If it wasn't for the friend of a friend passing on a copy of his 2010 album Good Things, he would probably wouldn't have registered on my radar. The song he is most known for is I Need A Dollar, which is also the opening title track for the US television series, How To Make It In America. Catchy and relevant, I Need A Dollar is one of those songs that just lingers with a hook that takes some doing to get out of your head once it lodges itself in there. It seems he started out as a...

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Anthony Hamilton – True Soul Man

Mar 18, 2012 |

Some moons ago, when I was a teenager, we would put together mixes on cassette tape (yes, cassette) for our romantic interests, incorporating songs that expressed our feelings much better than we could. Or we would phone, put the handset up to the speakers and press play. This was also an era where there were generally regular segments during the course of a party where the DJ would switch to slow jams for some up close dancing. In mainstream music today, it is getting harder and harder to find music that you could do the above with unless you are working to bypass hello and head straight to...

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Museke Online Africa Music Awards

Jul 4, 2011 |

Museke, an online portal for African music, started the Museke Online Africa Music Awards (MOAMAs) in 2010 and, in 2011, they have worked to improve the reach, size and administration of these awards as part of the journey to become the pre-eminent Africa music awards.

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