Artist: Billy Lockett

The Northmapton based singer-songwriter has recently been on tour and now he's back with an amazing new single called "Pathways". "Pathways" is also the name of his début EP, and it'll be released May 23rd on iTunes. Buy / Billy Lockett - Don't Wait Up Follow / [FACEBOOK] / [TWITTER] Other / [LAST.FM]

Billy Lockett performs "Never Let You Go" for his last cellar session. Stellar. Previously: Billy Lockett - Stay (Rihanna & Mikky Ekko Cover)

Mr Lockett has recorded a very Christmasy song that's set for release in a couple of days time. The song called 'Only In December' is already attracting a lot of people to his music! We've put him in our list of 2013 and this proves why he has deserved to be on that list! Buy / Billy Lockett - Don't Wait Up Follow / [FACEBOOK] / [TWITTER] Other / [LAST.FM]

Billy Lockett is a Northampton based artist who crafts amazing love songs with his guitar, he has a very acoustic style with him using tambourines, pianos and even horns on his tracks. We've been very fond of him ever since my friend Emily pointed him out to me. He has bags full of heart and soul and he has got the vocals to capture the crowd from the first chord of the song. Now reports back from my friends all say that you have to [...]

Billy has just released a brand new song called 'Hard Man', this was recorded as a part of his 'Cellar Sessions'. This song is slowly getting to be one of my favourites by him, and one of the best acoustic tracks I've heard all year. No wonder we picked him up as a 'Sounds of 2013' contender, he's doing really well and may it continue! Buy / Billy Lockett - Don't Wait Up Follow / [FACEBOOK] / [TWITTER] Other / [LAST.FM]

When I first started writing for Sean here at BIYL, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the site would develop to the stage it has now. Most of this is down to the hard work Sean put into building the site in the early days. The last few months have been a real juggling act as the live music nights have seemed to have devoured lots of my time and energy. Friday night was the culmination of all that work, as we were lucky enough to host the very first night of what promises to be an [...]

• Billy Lockett - Balance

I came across talented Northampton singer/songwriter Billy Lockett by chance via Twitter. Social networking is a great tool at times! The son of artist John Luce Lockett - who produced the fantastic painting above - Billy cites artists such as Radiohead and Massive Attack as influences for his musing's as a musician, alongside more contemporary acts like Foals, Little Comets, and Bright Eyes. There is a certain depth and quality to the lyrics that have sprung to the fore, alongside some catchy melodies. It can sometimes be all too easy to fall into a trap as both [...]