Gruff Rhys’ American Interior has been nominated for three prestigious awards: one of them for music, two for literature. American Interior the album – Gruff’s highest charting solo album to date – is up for Independent Album Of The Year at the AIM Independent Music Awards while the book…
She and Him have released a short teaser of new record ‘Classics’ which is set for release later this year. ‘New Girl’ star Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward topped the US folk charts with previous offerings Volume 2, A Very…
The Purbeck Folk Festival takes to the airwaves this Saturday when BBC Radio Solent in Dorset previews the Festival on its Big Dorset Brunch show.The festival runs from August 21 to 24 at Wilkswood Farm near Swanage and presenter Tim Butcher thought the Brunch…
Hotly tipped Pennsylvanian band The Districts have announced details of their new live EP, recorded during their first visit to the UK earlier in the year. ‘The BBC Session’ EP is released on 6th October 2014 through Fat Possum. It…
Mark Oliver Everett, the EELS front man, has joined a prestigious list that includes Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, Nelson Mandela and musicians like Bob Geldof, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti after he was honoured with one of the most long…
Montreal’s The Barr Brothers have announced details of a UK tour for the coming Autumn and have unveiled a new track from forthcoming album Sleeping Operator. The album is released on October 6th through Secret City Records with fans lucky…
Ruu Campbell is a man who has travelled the world, collaborated with electric collective the Cinematic Orchestra and worked as vocalist for Leftfield for two years and now he is on the cusp of releasing debut album Heartsong, recorded in…
Fresh from a critically acclaimed debut album release and two brilliantly received Glastonbury Festival performances, opening the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday and on the William’s Green Stage on the Sunday, Nick Mulvey continues to steamroller through the summer. Not…
Oxford’s Glass Animals have built on the success of their live performances of Kanye West’s 2008 hit Love Lockdown over the last few months by releasing the song on their Soundcloud page. Having debuted the track live on Australia’s Triple…
Glastonbury Festival – a plethora of big names, huge atmospheres and legends bringing back catalogues of hits to crowds reaching tens of thousands. This is what you see on the extensive coverage provided by the BBC over the weekend. What…