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Music Weekly podcast: Mercury prize 2011 - the predictions

4681 days ago
Guardian MusicThe xx won it last year. Elbow won it in 2008. But in-between Speech Debelle picked up the Mercury prize, and what's happened to her?This week Alexis Petridis is joined by Rebecca Nicholson and Ruth Barnes. They look at the odds and try to predict wh... more info

Tinchy Stryder And Dionne Bromfield To Record Official Olympic Games Song

4696 days ago
The Hip Hop ChronicleTinchy Stryder and Dionne Bromfield will record the official song for the 2012 Olympic Games. Tinchy and Dionne have re-worked Speech Debelle’s ‘Spinnin’ as ‘Spinnin’ For 2012′ to reference the 2012 London games. a2a_linkname="Tinchy Str... more info

Tinchy Stryder and Dionne Bromfield to release Olympic single

4696 days ago
NMEDuo to cover Speech Debelle track for next year's event more info

Tinchy Stryder - Tinchy Stryder And Dionne Bromfield To Release Olympic Single

4696 days ago
ContactMusicTinchy Stryder and Dionne Bromfield will record the official song for the 2012 Olympic Games. The pair have rewritten Speech Debelle's 'Spinnin' as 'Spinnin' for 2012' to reference the upcoming London games and 'Take Me Back' hitmaker Tinchy admitted... more info

Baaba Maal: In Praise of the Female Voice – review

4804 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonPerhaps taking its cue from the US's recently revived, all-female festival Lilith Fair, comes the inaugural WOW (Women of the World) conference at London's Southbank centre. Alongside three days of discussions spanning the ... more info

New band of the day – No 958: Sound of Rum

4845 days ago
Guardian MusicRapper Kate Tempest is creating a storm among the great and good of UK hip-hop by sheer force of willHometown: London.The lineup: Kate Tempest (vocals), Ferry Lawrenson (drums) and Archie Marsh (guitar).The background: Somewhere in the world, at any ... more info

Top of the Pops had the real X factor | Miranda Sawyer

4988 days ago
Guardian MusicThe cursory coverage of the Mercurys on TV left me pining for a new weekly pop programmeAfter spending my summer in rural France, where popular music is provided by cover bands called Lithium playing in village squares for eight hours straight (audie... more info

The xx enjoy Mercury prize sales boost

4990 days ago
Guardian MusicIndie trio's self-titled debut album expected to reach No 8 in this week's charts following Mercury winThe xx already show signs of a major Mercury "bump", with the London trio topping online charts within hours of their prize win. The group's self-t... more info

Mercury Prize 2010: Every Mercury Prize winner, ever, including the xx

4991 days ago
Guardian MusicThis year's Mercury Prize was won by the xx last night, but who has won the award before, and who tops the all-time sales chart?• Get the dataIndie band the xx won the 2010 Mercury Music Prize at a ceremony at Grosvenor House last night. Their epon... more info

The xx: a safe choice, but the right one

4991 days ago
Guardian MusicWith hushed, early-hours dynamics and an undertow of sexual desire, the xx's debut album is a compelling listen. But that probably wasn't the only reason the judges picked it ...It's always worth remembering that the whole point of the Mercury prize ... more info

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