THE MALTINGS have the honour of welcoming a Mercury Music Prize nominee tomorrow night in the form of Newcastle's The Unthanks. Read More
Having already birthed a pair of offshoots (Hardly Art and the now-defunct Die Young Stay Pretty), Sub Pop 's going into business with KEXP's Best Ambiance DJ Jon Kertzer to launch Next Ambiance, a world-music label that will issue its first digital release, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba's I Speak Fula , on Dec. 1. Read More
I've only heard Stornoway play live once: it was midnight in a rain-soaked field last year just off the M40 near Aylesbury or Thame or somewhere. Read More
In an industry that is currently saturated with bland singer/songwriters that all seem to sound disarmingly similar, Nic Dawson Kelly is refreshingly distinctive. Read More
Sutton Amateurs in pantomime Mother Hubbard (December 2-5). Read More
Ben Reel is a singular artist, the latest original to emerge from the wonderful Irish tradition of great singer-songwriters. Read More
Singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf has said that The X Factor is more about light entertainment than music. Read More
Harden Players in medieval Mystery Play (until tomorrow, 7.30pm). Tickets from Harden Post Office. Read More
So, I'm standing in a tent at Radio 1's Big Weekend, and I'm tense, for a lot of reasons. Read More
Scoring a fifth U.K. No. 1 album should be a momentous occasion for any band, but in October 2007 the Welsh rock outfit Stereophonics wasn't able to savor the achievement for long. Read More
Depending on who you talk to, the irrepressible Jools Holland is best known as a blisteringly energetic piano-pounding ... Read the full Jools Holland bio.