Russell Joslin is one of those artists you seem to stumble across by accident and then call it fate when you hear him sing. I heard about him from a friend who saw him live and fell in love, she…
Brian’s Mixtape #29: Parliament of Fowls
Safely installed in his cosy nest, Brian’s been musing on how great his winged neighbours are. Birds are a splendid bunch – lots of them sing (although admittedly with varying levels of success), some of them are darned attractive (Mr…
Save 6 Music: Protest report and gallery
Listeners, DJs and musicians braved the soggy weather today to protest against the proposed closure of 6music outside Broadcasting House in London’s Portland Place. DJs Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, Liz Kershaw, Andy Kershaw, Gideon Coe, Andrew Collins and Adam Buxton…
Hop Farm Festival: Bob Dylan, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve and Mumford & Sons
Hop Farm in Kent has just announed a super-exciting line-up for it’s one-day festival on 3rd July. Amazingly, “the old Bob Dylan”, Bob Dylan, will be headlining. He’s going to be joined by FFS favourites Laura Marling and Mumford &…
Save 6 Music: Saturday protest at Broadcasting House
Fans of 6music have rallied together and organised a protest against the proposed closure of the station. The demonstration, being organised through the 6 Music Protest facebook group, is planned for 12 noon this Saturday 27th March at Broadcasting House,…
Profile: Sophie Milner, artist for Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling
The striking portrait used as the artwork for Laura Marling’s recently-released album I Speak Because I Can was painted by Sophie Milner. A post-graduate student in Fine Art, who has also provided artwork for Mumford and Sons. We fired some…