Core News — Gilles Peterson is away from 6 Music until mid of February. Mike Skinner, Kate Tempest and Karl Hyde steps in as guest hosts. “Mike Skinner from The Streets takes us through his influences of lyrics and storytelling in music. He plays 3 hours of mu... more info

Core News — “Gilles looks back on some of the show’s highlights of the past 12 months, including words and music from Chaka Khan, George Clinton and Stanley and session tracks from Kate Tempest, Jarrod Lawson and Dorian Concept.” Check out other Gilles Pet... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — London artist Kate Tempest has been receiving a lot of acclaim over in her home country for her debut music album, Everybody Down, which came out earlier this year and is an interesting mix of spoken word and UK... more info

Nialler9 — Young Fathers were deemed the winners of the 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for Album of the Year tonight. The Scottish band won the £20,000 prize over the rest of the shortlist which included favourites FKA twigs, Royal Blood and Kate Tempest. The... more info

NME — Tempest is nominated for the 2014 Prize for her album 'Everybody Down' more info

NME — Plus; tickets for tours from Kate Tempest and Lionel Richie more info

Core News — “Gilles is back in the studio for another Saturday afternoon mix up selection, joining the musical dots between soul, hip hop, house, afro, electronica, jazz and beyond, in his own inimitable style. This week Gilles re-plays session tracks from his... more info

The Independent — A street poet who started rapping on night buses is set for mainstream success after her debut album was nominated for the Mercury Prize - and then a few hours later she was hailed as the future of UK poetry. more info

NME — Rapper says that "Music and poetry awards satisfy different parts of my personality" more info

The Telegraph — The music world should embrace the polymathic Kate Tempest, argues Alice Vincent more info