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Lowlands favourites and must sees for later

Lowlands festival has once again proved to be one of Netherlands' finest. It provided the most diverse program one can ever wish for. Amongst all the talented musicians performing there, it's a fest of cultural shows, theatre, art, and science. At Lo...

Frank Ocean Finally Releases Blonde

After years of waiting and countless reasons for delaying our chance to hear it, Frank Ocean has finally released 'Blonde', his newest work of art! They say good things come to those who wait (not that we had much of a choice) but good things ...

Heir

Five piece band from Leeds. They have spent the last year stamping their unique take on modern pop music, combining powerful harmonies and hooks with grit and organic song craft. Releasing their first single, ‘All Comes Down’, in April 2015 they have...

Must Attend Music Showcase Festival 2017

Showcase festivals have become an integral part of the music industry. Not only for the exciting new bands and artists playing but for the simple fact that the who's who of the music industry all get together in one city for a few days with the sole ...

What’s new in music?! Week 30

Do you ever find yourself surrounded by music connaisseurs that go on and on about the latest trends, news, and releases, while you lost track of everything ever since Kanye called Taylor Swift a 'bitch', with or without her permission to do so, whic...

We Reckon You’ll Like Izo FitzRoy

Izo FitzRoy is a soul singer, songwriter and pianist from London. With a powerfully raw voice, Izo is quickly becoming a recognisable name in the UK. With several successful appearances already behind her including appearing with Paloma Faith and Mus...

Indies, Say Hello To Your Future!

Independent start-up Entertainment Intelligence (Ei) is changing the way the music industry collects, views and utilises it's data. Ei promises to gather, clean and categorise data across your music sales, playlists and social platforms to give you a...

Ok Go Music Video Battle

As a film maker and producer I love a good music video! Whether it is new camera techniques, clever editing, twisting story lines or ways of tricking my eye and mind, I LOVE IT! After all that is what keeps the viewer engaged and entertained. We w...

What’s new in music?! Week 26

Do you ever find yourself surrounded by music connaisseurs that go on and on about the latest trends, news, and releases, while you lost track of everything when Beyoncé dropped a surprise album called Lemonade and you still don’t know who the hell ‘...

Treasure hunting at Down the Rabbit Hole

Even though we at Rockstone Sessions listen to music from dusk til dawn, festivals keep on surprising us with artists that have slipped to our attention. And that's good, because every time we visit a festival, we approach it like a treasure hunt. Sa...

#StormzyForPrimeMinister

As I was scanning the internet for reactions of British musicians to the whole, very sad, Brexit situation, I stumbled upon this tweet of Stormzy: How many retweets do I need to become prime minister— #MERKY (@Stormzy1) 24 juni 2016 Sh...

What’s new in music? Week 25

Do you ever find yourself surrounded by music connaisseurs that go on and on about the latest trends, news, and releases, while you lost track of everything when Beyoncé dropped a surprise album called Lemonade and you still don’t know who the hell ‘...

Sneak Peek ‘All Eyez On Me’

November 11th 2016 will mark the day that the long anticipated movie 'All Eyez On Me' will finally show in movie theatres. It's a movie about the intense life of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Today, June 16, would've been his 45th birthday, so i...

What’s new in music?! Week 24

Do you ever find yourself surrounded by music connaisseurs that go on and on about the latest trends, news, and releases, while you lost track of everything when Beyoncé dropped a surprise album called Lemonade and you still don't know who the hell '...

The inspiration called Prince

With the passing of the musical mastermind Prince, the world yet again lost another inspiration. But the beautiful part is that with every musical genius, comes a legacy musicians can feed on forever. During Prince's life he inspired others with his ...

Signature dance moves you might recognize @ Paaspop

Being at a festival is a wonderful thing. Not only are people dressed up and always in a good mood, they also bring their a-game when it comes to dancing. Especially in the after-hours, when the alcohol is starting to fade away all personal embarrass...

5 inspiring festival visitors @ Paaspop

You see them at every festival: dressed up visitors who go all out to stand out of the crowd. Now Rockstone Sessions is filming at Paaspop, we decided to talk to the most visitors with the most inspiring and creative outfits we could find and ask the...

Happy Easter – Rockstone Playlist

One of the most important religious holidays of the year, Easter brings out another day to celebrate the past. Stores full of chocolate rabbits, coloured eggs in bamboo nests, flowers everywhere! May the official start of the new season welcome you w...

What, where & how @ Paaspop Festival

We're off! Paaspop festival in the Netherlands is the official yearly kick-off of the festival season. And how they do it; with seven stages, a biker café, house palace, restolounge, food, party areas and much much more, Paaspop is not your average m...

5 inspiring female musicians in modern day music

Aye, in the recent light of events of the International Women’s Day two weeks ago on the 8th of March, I want to salute some ladies out there that deserve some recognition and much love. We already know those “we run the world” type of artists - but ...