The Kingsway Music Library is a boutique sample library created and curated by Grammy-Award winning producer Frank Dukes. Initially a place for Dukes to release volumes of his own compositions that were then sampled by many producers and artists on many pinnacle songs of the last decade, it grew to include compositions and releases from many young up and coming producers such as CVRE, FORTHENIGHT, Mino, Louis Bell, Wallis Lane, Allen Ritter and others.

Never been done before. Never existed before. A queer, female activist who doesn't have a derivative bone in her body. She shreds guitar, bass, vocals, production... You name it. I'm here to change the game and flip some mofo tables. #imwithyou

Songbird ILana Lorraine, An Artist/Songwriter/Producer and Community leader who began songwriting at 10 years old and kept her musical talent hidden as she built her career within the Music and Entertainment Industry helping other talent and bringing people together. 
Now with 20 years experience that kicked off at Sony Music,  Ilana chose to take the DIY independent root, crowdfunding her debut album My Little Tree and later gaining support from the Arts Council UK to produce  her own initiatives to inspire others to find their own artist way. 
From handmade album covers, organising  intimate pop up gigs, Flashmobs & public showcases Ilana founded  communities, gathering people together through her music and events.

Ilana curated successful tribute events for Michael Jackson on the MTV EMA’s, for Amy Winehouse and Prince;
'She's brought together seasoned and fresh musicians from around the world at Sessions58 and Tea n’ Jam, including performances by Eartha Kitt, Beverley Knight and The Roots.

Ilana then went on to create her own Artist Retreat and Development Consultancy  “The Coach House” to help other talent find their artist way.

She’s been a Guardian of Bespoke, Historic Homes; a Promoter of Iconic, Global Music Careers; a Curator of the Fairytale in Hampstead Heath during Lockdown Times, and now she is back to make yet another dream a reality. 

Ilana’s music is hauntingly beautiful. It stirs the soul, the mind, and plucks ever so gently at the heartstrings. Her transformative lyrics and soulful voice awaken the senses, provide hope and evoke courage.

Her internal voice optimistic and determined to keep love alive, a prayer to encourage hope, an inner mantra to awaken her heart, and a calling to have self-love and find strength.

Ilana’s singing voice and songs became a mantra and call out to passersby as she sang overlooking a lake in her lockdown initiative “The Fairytale” to keep music alive and bring serenity to the public in the Summer of 2020. It bloomed into a safe haven for the local community in  London infamous Hampstead Heath and got imprinted and recorded in history when it got written as a full chapter in the book The Heath, written by The Beatles Biographer Hunter Davis and published last year.

Harmon International, Waves Audio and the British Arts Council have recognised her as an authentic guiding light as her work, her support, her guidance - has touched so many over the years. Ilana is more than a producer, a promoter, a songwriter, a vocalist and an artist. She's a curator of dreams, a magical creator of communities an architect of making anything possible!.

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