TJPL News

08/08/2025

📢 NEW ISSUE OUT NOW!
Independent Music Weekly – Vol. 15 | AUG 2025
🎧 Your ultimate source for new music. Discover 15+ global independent artists who are reshaping sound, story, and spirit.

💿 Cover Star: Carol Jarvis drops euphoric summer anthem “I Want You To Stay” – brass meets bass like never before.

🎶 PLUS:

goes glitch-pop with a manifesto

explores grief with grace

brings Laurel Canyon to life

blends Americana & groove

turns trauma into truth

revives raw UK rap

delivers q***r summer vibes

takes Atlanta alt-trap global

drops a riff-heavy protest anthem

channels dream-born piano healing

whispers stillness into sound

brings dancefloor drama & pop heat

🔥 We're not just sharing songs — we’re shifting narratives.

🌍 This issue also features our Standing With Gaza campaign. Art has power. Let’s use it.
💛 100% of donations go directly to via our official JustGiving page (link in bio).

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08/08/2025

https://www.tjplnews.com/post/highgate-gospel-choir-donavan-hepburn-40th-anniversary-revival

🎶 40 Years in the Making 🎶
From Birmingham’s streets to national stages, the Highgate Gospel Choir has carried a legacy of faith, family, and music since 1979.

In this TJPL News Podcast episode, Donavan Hepburn shares the story of reuniting 4–5 original choir families — including five of his own siblings — and introducing the next generation to the stage.

We talk history, community, and the powerful gospel revival that led to The Legacy Project and its upcoming Deluxe Edition (August 2025).

🎧 Listen now — available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music & Audible.

Donavan Hepburn on reviving Birmingham’s Highgate Gospel Choir for its 40th anniversary. A powerful gospel revival uniting generations in independent music.Music News, Underground Artists, Independent Artist Press For Independent Artists

07/08/2025

Spotted in the Top Results on Apple Podcasts (UK) 🔥

The TJPL NEWS Podcast is now appearing alongside Billboard and Sony in the “Music News” category.

Thanks to all of you tuning in, subscribing, and sharing — this visibility helps us push independent music to the front of the global conversation.

📲 Listen now on Apple Music, Audible, Spotify, Amazon Music, Lounges TV and more!

Screenshot from Apple Podcasts UK Search (August 2025)

06/08/2025

✨ NEW ISSUE OUT NOW ✨
TJPL News Magazine – Issue 32
Cover Star: (previously Mason Noise)
From X Factor to spiritual rebirth. From ego to elevation. 🎭💫

This month, we dive into Matreya’s sonic transformation + feature 20+ groundbreaking global artists redefining music on their own terms. Think:
🎤 Gospel reunions
🌀 Synth-driven ritual pop
🇪🇸 Spanish debut ballads
🎸 Guitar-led story albums
🎧 Smart tech for musicians
… and SO much more.

👇 Grab your copy from authorised outlets👇
tjplnews.com/magazine

Tag us when you read. 📖

06/08/2025

✨ NEW INTERVIEW OUT NOW ✨
Italian composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Francesco Digilio takes us deep into the romantic world of his latest album Smooth Jazz In Love. 🎷💖

From reimagining timeless classics to crafting original works of emotional depth, this 10-track collection is a love letter to the heart—and the soundtrack to every kind of affection.

In our exclusive feature, Digilio opens up about:
🎶 The inspiration behind Smooth Jazz In Love
🎸 Collaborating with Alfredo Bochicchio
🖤 Why love is the most powerful muse of all

📖 Read the full interview in TJPL News Magazine Issue 32 or catch the full post now on the blog!

01/08/2025

🗞 INDEPENDENT MUSIC WEEKLY – VOL. 14 IS HERE
💿 Cover star: brings 1998 into 2025 with the explosive rebirth of Hard to Love — raw, poetic, unforgettable.

Also featuring a wave of fearless talent:
🌊 – cinematic nostalgia + velvet vocals
🎸 – indie-rock with emotional grit
🧠 – lofi textures from a neurodivergent lens
🎭 – chaos, charisma, and creative anarchy
🕊 – ambient noir meets emotional honesty
💫 – spiritual soul with Icelandic roots
🎹 - pain meets poetry across continents
💖 – bold, reflective indie-pop
🌿 – Afro-soul meets sacred storytelling
🎧 – dancefloor-ready with philosophical depth
🎸 Strike a chord.
💫 brings the power of gospel.

🎶 Real stories. Global sounds. Zero filters.

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👇 Drop your favourite track & tell us what indie means to you this month!

31/07/2025

On 30 July 2025, the people of Birmingham lined the length of Broad Street to honour the life and legacy of Ozzy Osbourne. It was more than a funeral procession— it was a chapter of music history written in the heart of the city that gave the world heavy metal.

We were there. On the ground. Among the crowd.
As Birmingham’s own underground rock and metal publication, Plectrum Magazine, we were granted permission by Birmingham City Council to capture the moment in real time.

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🖼️ Now, we present two extremely limited edition commemorative art prints, each rooted in that day, in that street, in that silence:

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⚫ THE PROCESSION – BROAD STREET (30.07.25)

📸 Featuring the hearse carrying Ozzy through Broad Street, surrounded by a sea of mourners and reverence.
– A3 print on 350gsm satin stock
– Signed and numbered by photographer Tamara Jenna
– Limited to just 50 worldwide
– Certificate of Authenticity included
– Free global shipping

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🥁 THE PROCESSION: BRASS BAND – BROAD STREET (30.07.25)

📸 A powerful still of the full brass band leading the procession along Broad Street, captured mid-march in full regalia.
– Also A3 satin, signed and numbered
– Only 50 copies available worldwide
– Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity
– Free global shipping

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This is not merch. This is a documented legacy.
From Broad Street, Birmingham — to collectors and fans across the globe.

🔗 Pre-orders open this week via www.tjplnews.com

Follow us and stay ready.

Birmingham remembers. The world reflects. Ozzy forever.

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29/07/2025

https://www.tjplnews.com/post/ozzy-osbourne-funeral-cortege-birmingham-broad-street

Ozzy Osbourne's Funeral Procession Planned for 30th July at 1pm - Birmingham Broad Street to Black Sabbath Bridge. More details coming soon.

Birmingham will honour Ozzy Osbourne with a public cortege on Broad Street, 1pm, 30 July. Fans invited to gather at Black Sabbath Bridge for final farewell.Music News, Underground Artists, Independent Artist Press For Independent Artists

25/07/2025

🗞 NEW ISSUE OUT NOW – INDEPENDENT MUSIC WEEKLY VOL. 13 🔥

From ’s ambient journey shaped by Brian Eno 🌀
to stephanie happening’s raw portrayal of life with DID 💔
and the Afro-Neo Soul fire of@miraclesofmoses 🕊
this week’s issue is a powerful reminder:
🎵 Independent music isn’t just sound — it’s truth in motion.

Also featuring:
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🌿
🎧
🌎
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🎹 .music
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23/07/2025

🕯️ Birmingham’s Heart Breaks: Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Unfolds Live

From Broad Street to Rea Street, today the city became a living, breathing tribute to its loudest son — Ozzy Osbourne.

We walked the streets live as murals faded, fans gathered, music poured from The Brasshouse, and messages were scrawled across signs, walls, and hearts. From the Black Sabbath Bench to the overlooked Rea Street mural, the message was clear:

Ozzy wasn’t just a legend. He was Birmingham.

🖤 Read the full story of mourning, memory and music now via
👉 www.tjplnews.com/post/birmingham-s-heart-breaks-ozzy-osbourne-tribute-unfolds-live

📸 Captured live on 23.07.25
✍️ Words & visuals by

22/07/2025

🖤 BREAKING NEWS 🖤
Birmingham’s legendary Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, has passed away at the age of 76 — just weeks after his emotional farewell show.
From Black Sabbath to global icon, Ozzy defined a generation and reshaped the sound of rock forever.

Raise your horns. Tonight, the world mourns a titan.

🕯️ Rest in Power, Ozzy.
🖤 1949 – 2025 🖤

18/07/2025

The latest Independent Music Weekly is HERE and we’re raising the volume with our cover stars who light up the issue with their post-trauma rock anthem “Crush” 🇺🇦🎸

💥 ALSO INSIDE: 13 fresh drops from artists across the globe bringing the heat, the heart, and the healing:

🎭 – glam, noir, and drag brilliance
☀️ – school’s out with “Anuther Sunny Hulliday”
🎙️ – love and miles in “Home to You”
🕊️ – protest ballads with power
🔥 – unapologetic bars in “Haters Pressed”
📢 – bold truths in “Things About to Change”
🎤 .the.dream – feel-good funk energy in “Juice”
🖤 – lo-fi confessionals in “Frustrate”
💔 – seductive psychology in “Intermittent Love”
🌊 – 20 years of harmony & hope ft. Yoed Nir
🎸 .e.d_band_ – Gen Z pop-punk fire in “Goodbye Eric”
💃 – dance through the darkness in “Please”

💻 Read the issue now for FREE at https://www.pressreader.com/magazines/m/independent-music-weekly
(link in bio!)

✨ Discover artists who feel like truth — not trends.