The Music News Round Up! Thursday, May 31, 2012

5. Interview magazine interviews 20 year-old London soul-singer Josh Osho. With a some-what John Legend mixed with a 1950s Blues feel, Josh is an on upward-moving spiral having worked with artists like Childish Gambino and Ghostface Killah. [Interview] Check out some highlights from the interview below! On his start in music: "I knew when I was around 14 that I wanted to have a career in music. Simon & Garfunkel influenced me a lot, their songwriting ability, the way they were able to draw from so many sounds so fluidly, it was amazing." On his work with Ghostface Killah and Childish Gambino: "No words can explain what it was like working with Ghostface Killah, he is a phenomenon—as a creative, as a man and as a visionary. Wu-Tang Clan are legends, so having the blessing to work with him was great, and I felt like we really connected. Working with Childish Gambino was also an amazing experience. Besides his obvious talent, he had a great energy about him and came across as a proper genuine and driven person. He has an insatiable ambition, but humility as well." On what to expect from his debut album L.I.F.E: "People can expect something sincere. It's difficult for me to even begin to try and summarize what my first album is about, because when I was making it, I just sat down, pen in hand, and surrendered everything that I felt and imagined—every experience, every perspective. I felt out of control for so much of it, so I guess that I've managed to encapsulate 45 or so minutes of the sounds and words of my soul." Check out his song "Giants" ft. Childish Gambino below!