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BAFTA winning Icelandic composer, musician and producer Ólafur Arnalds has released his fourth solo studio album, re:member, out now on Mercury KX. He is currently performing his new material on a huge worldwide tour, which includes two dates at London Palladium on 30 and 31 October. The album features Ólafur’s Stratus Pianos – two self-playing, semi-generative player pianos which are triggered by a central piano […]
Former 5ive member and Celebrity Big Brother star Abz Love will make his debut appearance in Melton Mowbray as part of his ‘Hits & Hooks’ Tour. Saturday 27th October, Roadhouse Night Club sees Musicvein Entertainment present a night of ghoulish antics, 90’s party anthems and more, with a special guest appearance by Abz Love. Peforming […]
Spotify has announced its launch of a new beta feature that enables independent artists to upload their music directly to the service. Since the launch of their Spotify For Artists platform, the streaming giant have been working with a handful of Independent Artists and Labels to gain feedback on what tools would work best for […]
Andrea Bocelli has teamed up with some of the hottest musical stars on the planet for his forthcoming album ‘Si’ – reuniting with Ed Sheeran, collaborating with Dua Lipa, Josh Groban, Aida Garifullina and Tiziano Ferro – release date 26th October. After the chart-topping ‘Perfect Symphony’ with Ed Sheeran, the duo will collaborate again on new Sheeran/Ferro penning ‘Amo […]
Sunday 25 November, Royal Festival Hall, London sees the return of Melody Gardot with her interpretation of a Jazz, Americana, Chanson, Bossa Nova and Blues infused repertoire, accompanied by an orchestra specially created for this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival. Tickets are available now from efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk
Hollywood icon Jeff Goldblum and his long-time band The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, announced the release of new album ‘The Capitol Studios Sessions’. The highly anticipated debut from the jazz pianist will be released on 9th November 2018. Jeff and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra come to London next month for their first ever UK live shows, which have sold out immediately. They […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg announced her December European Tour, which will include a show at London’s Koko – 11th December. The show will be Charlotte’s first since the sold-out Village Underground performance which drew critical praise from The Guardian and Independent newspapers. Tickets for the London show go on sale on Friday 7th September at 10AM. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG LIVE – […]
Drum n Bass pioneer Goldie has been honoured at this years Aim Awards with the ‘Pioneer Award’. The news announced ahead of tonight’s awards ceremony, also sees Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) win Outstanding Contribution To Music, electronic artist Sophie picks up the Innovator Award and Femi Adeyemi (founder of NTS Radio) announced as […]
Iceland’s Agent Fresco front-man Arnór Dan releases his debut solo single ‘Stone by Stone’. The award winning vocalist, whose collaborated with Ólafur Arnalds (most notably on ITV’s Broadchurch soundtrack), Hugar and Yoko Kanno (‘Yankyo No Terror’ – anime) wrote the debut together with Janus Rasmussen (Kiasmos) and Sakaris Emil Joensen. ‘Stone by Stone’ is a fragile and haunting lament that […]
