Mumford & Sons are to headline a day of music at the site of the 2012 Olympics this summer. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Vampire Weekend are also on the bill for the show which will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on July 6. The event is part of...
Communion records have announced the release of a brand new compilation titled “New Faces”. Being the brainchild of Ben Lovett (Mumford and Sons), Kevin Jones and Ian Grimble, Communion have been putting on monthly shows of their favourite up and coming artists for over 3 years now, in locations such as London, Manchester, Leeds...
“The phenomenon that is Ben Howard” is a pretty common headline we’ve been hearing and seeing over the last few months, and with that in mind I’m rather unsure of where to start. I luckily happened upon a ticket to the gig a few weeks back and have been counting the days until last...
Both Ben Howard & Michael Kiwanuka were last week announced as guests of Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland’s special ‘Little Noise Session‘, originally curated by Radio 1′s Jo Whiley, at St John-at-Hackney Church, East London. The night scheduled is Thursday 24th November and the evening is in aid of Mencap. Tickets for the show...
Due to the recent success of his debut album “Every Kingdom” (hitting the top 10), not to mention his complete sell-out European tour throughout October and November, Ben Howard has announced a second gig in London’s Shepherds Bush Empire; to pair with the original one booked for the 24th February 2012. The additional gig...
If you weren’t lucky enough to be part of one of the many festival crowds Ben Howard has been thrilling this summer, within the first listen of Every Kingdom you’ll be transported to a (briefly) warm Friday afternoon in the Sunrise Arena deep in the woods of Latitude festival *insert alternative festival anecdote here*....
Hello readers! We have a whole bundle of singles to rattle through. To begin at the beginning, Dent May is a very cheerful sort of person. A bit manically happy, but if you like ‘Fun’ and weddings (or fun weddings?) he might be your man. Ben Howard is also perky, with ‘Keep Your Head...
During festival season in Edinburgh, anything goes. Oxford students ride stationary exercise bikes, leafleters dressed as Victorian gentlemen heckle passers-by and opera singers cover pop classics for loose change on street corners. Yet only meters beneath the chaos, in a dark, stony basement, Ben Howard saunters onstage looking refreshingly normal in jeans and a...
Ben Howard – The Wolves The Wolves have been kicking around for well over a year now, but they must be getting hungry (or rather Howard’s fat cat record label Island were) as the mellow summer beach ditty with its fairy tale lyrics has been packaged up as a single. This isn’t the Mountain...
The 23-year-old Ben Howard hails from South Devon, comfortably nestled between the moors and the sea. Taking inspiration from his surroundings, he goes back to his youth with his latest EP, The Old Pine. Together with Chris Bond on bass and drums, and India Bourne on cello, Ben Howard recorded The Old Pine in...
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