ContactMusic — Ellie Goulding has said that she "unexpectedly" wrote songs for Diana Vickers before she sprung to fame earlier this year.The 'Starry-Eyed' singer - who won this... more info

The Music Fix — Ellie Goulding, Swedish Country singers, 60's Pop Legends + more! Day Two of Newcastle's Evolution Festival more info

Guardian Music — Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside"This is a lot bigger than when we played here five years ago," say local heroes the Futureheads, noting Evolution's expansion from its beginnings as a free festival spanning Newcastle and Gateshead. You could be forgiven ... more info

Guardian Music — From Mungo Jerry to Florence + the Machine, we all have our sunshine tracks. Below, we asked some leading lights from the music business for their top tunes of the summer. By Hermione Hoby, Caspar Llewellyn Smith and Gareth GrundyEllie Goulding"Jump ... more info

Guardian Music — More Kate Bush than Kate Nash, this young female singer writes catchy, commercial songs that never fail to hookHometown: Walthamstow.The lineup: Jess Morgan (vocals, synths, guitar).The background: Let's not sit on the fence today (the splinters are ... more info

The Music Fix — and see here duet with Ellie Goulding here more info

Nialler9 — Ellie Goulding joined Lissie on stage to do backing vocals on Lissie’s ‘Everywhere I Go’ at The Great Escape festival in Brighton last week. more info

Idolator — We were cursing ourselves for not being across the pond this weekend for Europe's biggest free ticket event of the year: BCC Radio 1's Big Weekend. Thankfully, we have some smashing concert pics that are almost as good as being there (well, not almos... more info

Idolator — Pop stars descended upon Bangor, North Wales, over the weekend to perform at the Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival. (After all, why should we have all the fun here in the states?) Artists like Rihanna, Ke$ha, Cheryl Cole, Alicia Keys, Ellie Goulding a... more info

NME — Plus Prince William on hand to check out Ellie Goulding's set at the Bangor bash more info