Guardian Music — Whether it was intended that way or not, Michael Kiwanuka's debut ticks a lot of the boxes required for pop success in 2012If such a thing as a racing certainty still exists in these turbulent times for rock and pop, then Michael Kiwanuka's debut alb... more info

Guardian Music — A lost recording by the late singer has been turned into a UK-wide photography project. Laura Barton takes partOne summer evening in the late 1970s, Michael Burdett was scavenging through a skip behind Island Records HQ in London. He was a teenager, ... more info

From Mato, From London — Ben Howard Devon (UK) Acústica folk, preciosas acrobacias de guitarra y una voz a la que se le oye el terciopelo y la dulzura. Como escuchar a Nick Drake por primera vez. Te gustará si te gustan Todo lo que hay en el medio entre Mumford and Sons y... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)When a classically trained young piano improviser called Brad Mehldau emerged in the mid-1990s, he quickly established a patient, subtle and richly contrapuntal approach that took jazz piano-trio improvisation to a new level. Warner Brother... more info

411 Mania — It's like Nick Drake meets Black Sabbath... more info

Guardian Music — London band's next record will feature a much heavier sound, like 'Black Sabbath meets Nick Drake'Mumford & Sons' second album will be a "doom folk" record, inspired by the heavy sounds of Black Sabbath as well as, apparently, Adele. There is still n... more info

Swedesplease — I believe I’m the worldwide expert on Klifton Filente (posts here and here). With that said I really know very little about him. The band is really just Jonas Lundvall from Gothenburg. In the past I have compared his sound to that of Paul Simon or ... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)If eyebrows were raised when guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones left the Coral in 2008, his debut album should send them into the stratosphere. A score inspired by Italo Calvino's novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveller is a long way from the Liverp... more info

Guardian Music — (ECM)Not quite a jazz album, this exquisite performance for voice, harp and period fiddles joins Susanna Wallumrød's light-touch singing and the evocative, interweaving lines and stately enunciation of Henry Purcell's 17th-century church and theatr... more info

Guardian Music — King Tut's, GlasgowThe world has lost so many pioneering acoustic guitar virtuosos lately – Davey Graham, John Martyn, Bert Jansch – that seeing a young man channelling their spirit and technique before an enraptured crowd can't help but prove he... more info