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 our opinion. Among the acts will be Icelandic folk-pop rousers Of Monsters and Men;...
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 of the same name, out on the 20th August, and which we can’t wait...
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 La Havas. Although not overburdened by hype, her debut album hardly arrives out of...
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 we’re determined to fit as much folk and folk-related loveliness into 36 hours as...
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 it all, so – without wishing to give away our entire shopping lists –...
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 now with poor calls ranging from the anonymous Clare Maguire to the objectionable Vaccines...
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