Guardian Music — (Proper)Formerly guitarist with the Beautiful South, Rotheray has recruited a veritable flock of vocalists to sing a solo debut strewn with jaunty ornithological conceits. Its best songs, however, are pensive chamber-pop. "Almost Beautiful", deftly d... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offAloe Blacc I Need a Dollar Here, Blacc manages to make the story of begging for money to buy whiskey and wine sound almost glamorous. The Marvin and Curtis-inspired trimming... more info

Altsounds — The Crayonettes are Kathryn Williams - 'Without doubt one of the most authentic folk voices in the country' (Q Magazine) & Anna Spencer - formerly of punk band 'Delicate Vomit'; two mums weary of the traditional 'children's cd' format, those we... more info

Guardian Music — The capital's soul is harder to pin down than other cities because its musical climate can change between postcodesIf London had the grid system of Manhattan, or had been rebuilt entirely like the Paris of Haussmann, then maybe it would have a readil... more info

Time Out, London — An eclectic line-up including Chris Difford of Squeeze, Suggs, Mystery Jets' Blaine and Kathryn Williams singing ditties dedicated to London. more info

Guardian Music — Komedia, BrightonKathryn Williams peers out from the stage into an audience she will later, and entirely accurately, describe as "small but perfectly formed". "Did anybody see my tweet?" she asks hopefully. "The one that said anyone who's a midwife c... more info

The Music Fix — Review: Recorded in just four days, this proves to be one of Williams' most satisfying albums....Recorded in just four days, this proves to be one of Williams' most satisfying albums. more info

Time Out, London — The former Soft Boys mainman plays a special set of songs about the sea with Graham Coxoxn, KT Tunstall and Kathryn Williams more info

Guardian Music — Bad gal Courtney Love gears up for a one-off appearance with "a modified Hole" (17 Feb, Shepherd's Bush Empire, ticketmaster.co.uk) before the release of upcoming album Nobody's Daughter …More female guitar-slinging can be caught from Queen of ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Tom Sheehan Folk singer Kathryn Williams has been up and down. She has been an independent that got caught in a media blitz, got signed to a major label, suffered form stage fright, but through it all she kept releasing high quality albums. H... more info