All About Jazz — THE HAY FESTIVAL - Thursday 27 May to Sunday 6 June 2010
Hay Festival 2010 will not only stimulate your minds, but your ears and feet too. With an eclectic line-up of artists, DJs and musical aficionados, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes ... more info
Culture Bully — St. Vincent, Laura Marling, the Swell Season, Stars & the Avett Brothers are just a few of the performers who will appear at the 2010 Calgary Folk Music Festival. more info
The Yellow Stereo — More Little Big Planet goodness coming our way? You can count me in. The original game was one of the many great reasons to be owning a PS3, so hopefully this upcoming title continues to show people why they made the right decision in choosing a co... more info
The Yellow Stereo — Even though Local Natives’ debut has been out for a few months now, it’s still an album that I have been playing frequently during my lengthy absence from the blog. I get a major Fleet Foxes vibe whenever I listen to them, which is not a bad th... more info
Some Velvet Blog — I spent a goodly amount of time this weekend listening to Me Oh My, the new album from Cardiff/Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon. She's managed to break the spell that Laura Marling has had over me the last month, which is no small feat given just ... more info
Topix — Khaela Maricich, of the Portland, Oregon-based, low-budget electro-pop group the Blow, and Britain's dauntingly young and talented folk star Laura Marling don't, frankly, deserve to be lumped together like this. more info
Culture Bully — Video coverage of Laura Marling's performance of "Rambling Man," "Goodbye England," and "Devil's Spoke" on the April 27 edition of Later... with Jools Holland. more info
DrownedInSound — A show which involves sitting down in proper seats is always welcome, especially of a Sunday evening. Gigs in theatres are also always a nice change, particularly in one as grand as the London Palladium. Having arrived irritatingly and unsalvagably l... more info
Guardian Music — The life of a rock'n'roll journo can be dangerous sometimes. Who can forget the time Joe Lean got riled with me near the pancake stall at Reading festival? Or that treacherous moment when Dominic Masters told me not to sit near him on the 56 bus to C... more info