Anna Calvi is to release her second album, One Breath, in October. The follow-up to to her self-titled debut, which was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize, will be unleashed on Domino on October 7. The release will be celebrated…
You know you’re seriously big time when you get famous actors to be in your videos. So following on from the likes Christopher Walken featuring in Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice‘, Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler starring in ‘Crazy‘ by…
There was mixed news for Midlake fans as the band announced the upcoming release of a new album at the same time as confirming the departure of frontman Tim Smith. In a statement on their website, the Texas folksters said…
Nick Mulvey will continue his breakthrough year with a headline UK tour this autumn. Mulvey, who gained attention for his Fever To The Form EP earlier this year, will follow up his support slot on Laura Marling’s tour with with…
With her latest single, ‘Boxer’, Abi Wade lays a military drum beat over her customary voice and ‘cello arrangement, creating a theatrical urgency reminiscent of Florence Welch. The idea that the ‘cello can be a popular music instrument is gaining…
Louis Armstrong, born on this day in 1901, might not be the first name you think of when you think of folk. Or the last, or anywhere in between. So why does he make the select list of great artists…