#1xtra

[afrotumble]

CKay - Love Nwantiti | 1Xtra's Afrobeat Concerto

[dontsweatthefresh]

Central Cee x Dave - Sprinter [Music Video]

“...wearing Skim cause she wanna be Kim and nem..” 🤣

Boy Better Know - Too Many Man at 1Xtra Live 2014

[maryjbligefashionbook]

Event: @therealmaryjblige - Black Music Love 1Xtra BBC Session - January 28, 2008 . #maryjblige #bbc #1xtra #session https://www.instagram.com/p/CqS-dCmugO3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ontherisedjacademy]

CHLXXE brings the heat with her 1Xtra mix

DJ CHLXXE was a guest on Nick Bright’s BBC1Xtra show recently. Packed with Dancehall jams, this is perfect for streaming on the way to the club and a nice prelude to warmer, happier days here in the UK. You can listen to more DJ CHLXXE sets and Spotify playlists here

[formulatrash]

I can't find the tweet now but one of f1twt (a barren land)'s greatest early hits was a screengrab of Lewis and Fernando gossiping captioned "gassing with your frenemy about the two new frenemies forming in front of you" and I think about it like 5 times a week to this day

Fernando and Lewis messing around in the infamous 2016 Daniil/Max mid season driver swap press conference because they were barely getting asked questions.

Everyone was serious in the front and then you got these two in the back just simply not caring. 💀

[cantquitu]

"The unfortunate thing is that because BBC is basically who chooses the lineups for the Reading and Leeds festivals Louis can never be on those lineups."

- an anon on Sea. Sea didn't contradict the anon but just went with it. It's not true though is it? Sorry, I'm not from the UK/Europe.

No, it's not true.

[blatantlybluntblog]

DEJA  - Mo Farah

ack with a sonic twist, DEJA reveals her latest single ‘Leave Me’, a feisty cut which refuses to turn its back on the good vibes of the summer, set to release this November 10th.

‘Leave Me’ is effortlessly powerful – both sonically and sentimentally. With mellow pads and an infectious afro-beat groove providing a bed to DEJA’s sassy vocals, she confidently delivers her message of keeping bad vibes away with the assistance of her indigenous African tongue.

The bar is continually lifted higher with each DEJA release as she demonstrates her innate musicality into various forms, from slow-tempo, hip-swaying R&B, to body-shaking, vibe-instilling afro-beats, illustrating her sheer versatility and unchallenged tenacity. Consistent across all her tracks, the energy of self-worth and self-love permeates as she continues on her one-woman mission of female empowerment.

In her own words, DEJA explains;

“Don’t get me wrong - I’m definitely an extrovert at heart but sometimes I just want to be left in my peace.

https://www.instagram.com/dejadejadejaaa/

[kumasionlinegh]

Akon to snatch Black Sherif, warns major record labels

Akon to snatch Black Sherif, warns major record labels

Akon strongly warns major international record labels about Black Sherif, he’s the voice of the youth in Africa. Globally acclaimed African-American music superstar, Akon talks about Black Sherif. He spoke about him in connection with the rise of Afrobeats in the global music scene. He was speaking in an interview with Eddie Kadi on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Akon revealed he is a huge fan of Black…

[thealieninhiding]

The Katie McGrath Archives (WIP)

A repository of my ongoing digital archeology & archival work please contact me if you have anything to contribute and buy me a coffee if you value my content

message me if you want a link to her complete filmography 🤫

Updates

(last updated 2024-07-03)

2024-07-03

Scans:

2014-02-07 London Times - Dracula sets

Audio:

(Un)likeminded 2x02 How to Survive The Apocalypse

2024-05-24

Video:

2017 Katie McGrath interview [CW|KMcGsource]

2017 Supergirl Season 3 Sweet dreams (are made of this) Music Video

2017 CW SDCC Promo Supergirl and Arrow

2019-01-01 The CW Promo Open To All

2021-04-25 Supergirl Season 6 Katie McGrath Lena Luthor

2021-09-15 Supergirl Season 6 Katie McGrath Reflecting on Supergirl

2024-05-22

Audio:

Interview - 2009-07-17 Katie McGrath Mr Media interview

Interview - 2009-10-15 Geek Syndicate Merlin BTS special

Video:

BTS - 2008-10-08 Blue Peter Merlin BTS

Events - 2009 TV Choice Awards Digital Spy interview

Events - Getty Videos of 2009 TV Choice Awards, 2010 Merlin Series 3 launch, 2011 W.E. premiere, 2017 King Arthur Premiere

2024-05-17

Archived interviews

2008-12-07 Tribune Magazine - What Katie Did

2011-10-14 What's on TV - Merlin's Katie McGrath- 'Bad girls have more fun!'

2012-12-03 Fanhattan Blog - Colin Morgan, Katie McGrath and Bradley James on Season 5 and The Series Finale

2018-08-01 The TV Junkies - Supergirl SDCC 2018 Interviews- Lena’s Impractical Lab Outfits, the Return of Reporter Kara and a More Grounded Season 4

Audio

HHush samples

Interview - 2009-2011 Sci-fi Talk rewind merlin the series specials episode 1

Interview - 2011? Merlin S4 Sci-fi talk byte katie mcgrath on morgana

Interview - 2013 BBC Radio 1xtra part 1 & part 2

(Un)likeminded 1x02 While You Were Dreaming

Trees a crowd- Irish folklore segment

Magazine scans

2008-09-20 Radio Times

2009-06-08 TV Week (Aus)

2010-09-05 Sunday Express

2010-09-30 Totally Merlin Magazine

2011-12 Total Film

2012-03-14 Sci-Fi Now

2012-10-06 Radio Times

2013-04-06 Irish independent

2013-09-02 Marie-Claire (UK)

2013-12 Instyle

2013-12 Total Film

Video:

Fans - 2012-04-16 Merlin4 [carlospyrrhus]

Fans - 2017-08-30 Supergirl cast together on set [Joyce Law]

Interview - 2009-09-?? Merlin S2 audio interview with Katie McGrath [BJsRealm] part 1

Interview - 2010-09-06 Merlin Series 3 - BBC Radio 1xtra Interview with Angel Coulby & Katie McGrath [BJsrealm]

Interview - 2011-10-14 Merlin S4 Colin Morgan, Eoin Macken Katie McGrath on The Late Late Show

Interview - 2012-07-15 Colin Morgan and Katie McGrath at SDCC 2012 - innerSPACE [merlinnetwork2]

Interview - 2012-07-18 Katie McGrath Talks Merlin At Comic Con 2012 [ThinkHeroTV]

Interview - 2012-10-25 BBC Radio 1 Breakfast - Colin & Katie part 1 & part 2 [BJsRealm]

Interview - 2012-12-03 Merlin S5 Katie McGrath interview international press day [BJsRealm]

Interview - 2012-12-03 Colin, Bradley, Katie phone interview [BJsRealm]

Interview - 2013-11-09 Katie McGrath on BBC One Saturday Kitchen [BJsRealm]

Interview - 2019-07-22 ENTREVISTA SUPERGIRL Elenco fala sobre a nova temporada [Warner Channel Brasil]

Interview - 2019-07-23 Melissa Benoist Teases Directing An Episode Of 'Supergirl' [ET Canada]

Interview - 2020-02-21 ‘Supergirl’ Celebrates 100th Episode [ET Canada]

Panels - 2011-07-28 Merlin Comic Con 2011 Panel [ThinkHeroTV]

[pro-royalty]

FLO x BBC Radio 1Xtra Live Lounge

[rtfics]

Burn Gorman.

Burn Gorman played the spiritually loquacious priest in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice -- who, I have no doubt, keeping with BJ2's 70s vibe, was named after Damien in the 1976 supernatural horror classic, The Omen ( saw what you did there, Burton.)

I've been a fan of his for years. First saw him in an excellent 2005 adaptation of Bleak House.

He's been in tons of other things. But he's especially excellent in another great adaptation, this one of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. The 3-part 2015 series is worth watching, if for Burn alone.

Heads up for those unfamiliar with the novel: It's quite dark, and this version is even darker. But very well done.

Burn also does stage, including musicals, and he's a musician and beatboxer (seriously; he's even competed and won the title of Radio 1Xtra's Human Beatbox Champion)

[afrotumble]

Protoje & Friends | 1Xtra Team Takeover ft. Lila Ike & Jesse Royal

[musicblogwales]

L E M F R E C K - 'Come Outside En' Video

Rising Newport artist L E M F R E C K shares the video for his brand new single ‘Come Outside En’, a commanding call to action that captures his poetic lyrical form and ability to effortlessly transcend between hip hop and alternative R&B. The stunning video, filmed in Southerndown on the Welsh coast and impressively self-produced and directed by L E M F R E C K, features an appearance from Skindred’s / Dub WaR legend Benji Webbe.

L E M F R E C K speaks on the track, “It’s a perfect term used in the depths of South Wales when you've had enough of a situation and it’s just time to step outside and have it out. I had reached the end of my patience and decided the only way I was going to get through this was by stepping out”.

‘Come Outside En’ is the first new music from L E M F R E C K since last year’s album Blood, Sweat & Fears, a bold, honest reflection on his Welsh community, alongside the balance of preserving inner peace but also pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. The release saw widespread support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra, BBC Radio Wales, Rinse FM, Clash, Viper, Dummy, Notion, WhyNow, The Line Of Best Fit & more. The release culminated in his producing and presenting of acclaimed BBC Documentary ‘Black Music Wales’, a celebration of the incredible talent and legacy from his home region past and present.

Over the weekend, L E M F R E C K was announced as a Welsh Music Prize shortlist nominee for the release of Blood, Sweat and Fears.

L E M F R E C K’s unique blend of introspective lyrics and elegant, grime-infused beats have already gained him a Welsh Music Prize nomination, alongside and a place on BBC Introducing’s Ones to Watch 2021 before being named BBC Radio Wales’s Introducing Artist of the Year in 2023. Additionally, off the back of a North American tour that included SXSW and M for Montreal he has had an incredible live performance journey - selling out The Social in London and Paradise Gardens in Cardiff, alongside performing at The Great Escape and Horizons Gorwelion festivals.

Beyond simply flexing his lyrical muscle, L E M F R E C K’s an ardent supporter of reformulating what it means to be a Black, British rapper. Expect more new music soon.

[newleasemusic]

OUT TODAY: Megzz shares new single, 'Love Tonight' - a delightful cocktail of R&B, Afrobeats & Pop

OUT TODAY: Megzz shares new single, 'Love Tonight' - a delightful cocktail of R&B, Afrobeats & Pop

Out today (23rd August), across various music platform, MEGZZ‘s single, ‘Love Tonight’, is an irresistible blend of R&B, Afrobeat and Pop that embodies the feeling of an everlasting summer. Already receiving national radio play on BBC 1Xtra, the not-so-typical love song brings friendship and platonic love to the forefront, in a bid to knock romantic love off its pedestal. Megzz shares her…

[lillaurenp96]

FLO - Check - 1Xtra Live Lounge

In celebration of them announcing their album today 😄, more FLO live performances on the timeline

[thestylesindependent]

Cassandra Gracey, president, 4th Floor Creative

“Harry Styles – Harry’s House. The album is a classic and I will be listening for decades to come.”

Dipesh Parmar, president, Columbia

“This is slightly off-piste for my dance creds, but Harry Styles has done it again! Harry’s House is the epitome of the perfect credible pop record. It's confident, yet fragile but also so incredibly slick, I love the fact that As It Was is laid back production-wise, but the lyrics remains so powerful at the same time.”

Chris Price, head of music, BBC Radio 1/1Xtra

“If you could alchemize the perfect blend of my personal and professional passions in a lab, it would sound an awful lot like Harry’s House by Harry Styles. Creatively it draws on many of my ’60s and ’70s heroes – Harry Nilsson, David Bowie and Paul McCartney among others – layering contemporary pop production onto exceptional song writing for standout singles that light up the radio. A week after it came out, Harry headlined Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Coventry – it was a joyful celebration of an album that would go on to become the biggest of the year.”

Nick Burgess, co-president, Parlophone

“Harry's House and our very own Gabriels’ Angels & Queens Part 1.”