In these chaotic times when we need a more tender touch, Lianne la Havas returns with her rich, honey-like voice and a basket of 11 beautiful feminine songs about love, loss, and rebirth. Picture the tasteful mixture of neo-soul, folk,…
The Summer Series at Somerset House is back for 2013 with an altogether more FFS-friendly line-up. Eleven open-air concerts will be held during July in the building’s stunning courtyard, a use which beats their winter ice rink hands down, in…
Hearing Josephine Oniyama for the first time made us very happy indeed, and forthcoming single ‘What A Day’ had us dancing around and telling all our friends how ace it was. This bodes very well indeed for her debut album…
A gorgeous voice, fresh-faced good looks, a trailor load of youthful exuberance and an original songwriter to boot. The myriad of Cowell-sponsored TV talent shows could run for the next hundred years without turning up a little star like Lianne…
It’s an uncharacteristically beautiful Friday evening as we hot foot it down the A23 to Brighton for the most exciting new music festival of the year, The Great Escape. We may have missed a cracking first couple of days, but…
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by…
You may have noticed the name Lianne La Havas on the BBC’s Sound of 2012 longlist at the turn of the year, but please don’t hold that against her. That particular barometer of cool has been malfunctioning for some time…