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Sonny Tennet ‘Howay’

Published

7 months ago

April 12, 2024

Don Reed

Newcastle born Sonny Tennet’s stand out vocal and unique songwriting ability have gained him over 60M streams and secured him a Spotify NMF placement, as well as airplay on BBC Radio One’s Future Pop for his last release. Now the 24y/o is back to turn the heat up further with ‘Howay’, the second single to be lifted from his forthcoming debut album.

“The anthemic chant of Howay came to me completely out of thin air on my way to a songwriting session”, says Sonny. “When I got to the studio, I asked the producer if I could sing the chant and bass line from my head. As I sang, the word ‘Howay’ came out and it just fit the melody. Howay in Geordie means ‘Come On’. I’d just come off of tour and wanted a real entrance to my set on the next run. The song lyrically became about my love of the North, my family, my home, my team. I love how it turned out and can’t wait for it to be out there”, he further explains.

It’s a very exciting time for Sonny who’s TikTok following has recently found him admirers amongst TV soap glitterati with Eastenders star Toby Alexander-Smith secretly arranging for the young singer-songwriter to fly out and perform his track ‘Calm Down’ as he walked down the aisle with Emmerdale actress Amy Walsh in Montenegro at their star studded wedding ceremony last year.

‘Howay’, with its epic chants, rocking bass line and infectious message is set to take things even further, as this ‘soon to be football anthem’ is on Sky Sports radar to be used on televised Newcastle Utd games this year, as Sonny gets ready to embark on a new UK tour in May.

‘Howay’ is out now via The Qworkz and tickets for Sonny Tennet’s May 2024 UK tour are on sale now here- https://linktr.ee/sonnytennettour

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Toneyboi drops new single “No Scale”

Published

11 hours ago

November 22, 2024

Rob Ducketts

Emcee/Producer Toneyboi has re-emerged from a busy year (including work with Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine & Jae Skeese) to drop a new single. “No Scale” Produced by ILL Tone (Elcamino, Lloyd Banks) is the first leak from the forthcoming LP, Patience Pays. To drop on 11/27.

Listen to “No Scale”: https://on.soundcloud.com/JZY7s6q4mx4auwhk6

Patience Pays will be Toneyboi’s first release under the Piff Music Empire logo and features appearances by Jamal Gasol, Jae Skeese, Mickey Diamond, Napoleon Da Legend, L-Biz, DNTE, Gaine$, Skate Cobain, RoCook and Iyam. In addition to ILL Tone’s work on the single, production is handled by Camouflage Monk, AGE, Nom, DNTE as well as Toneyboi himself.

With close to two decades in the game Toneyboi has been a fixture on the Buffalo, NY scene, coming up alongside Camouflage Monk, Daringer, Jae Skeese and others. In addition to his own musical skills, he has contributed greatly to the region by throwing events under the ArtDealer name as well as providing engineering skills and live sound to the Griselda Records and Drumwork Music camps.

Earlier this year Toneyboi also released the Weekend At Toney’s EP, which is also available via all streaming platforms.

More Info: https://www.instagram.com/iamtoneyboi/