A significant year for musical excellence and diversity is highlighted by the 12 Albums of the Year shortlisted for the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize , announced on Tuesday 21 July, 2009. "This has been a rich and creative year for British and Irish music," says Simon Frith , Chair of Judges. "There are seven fine debut albums on the list and five outstanding records from more established acts, all marking out new ground. What most impresses is the imaginative verve with which British and Irish musicians continue to [...]
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Irish rockabilly-jazz-boogie-woogie blues belter Imelda May will release her debut Love Tattoo stateside on August 11th on Verve Forecast. Handpicked as a virtual unknown by British TV icon Jools Holland to perform on his program, Imelda May quickly landed a label deal with UK's Universal Records, on which she released Love Tattoo this past January and spent two weeks at the #1 spot on the Irish charts just ahead of Bruce Springsteen , Paolo Nutini and Eminem . [...]
MUSIC NEWS - US audiences will finally get the chance to experience Seasick Steve. He'll be here this summer, live and in concert. The American-born wanderer and blues man (born Steve Wold ) has become one of the UK's most popular and respected acts; winner of Mojo's Breakthrough Act award in 2007, was the subject of a BBC documentary (Bringing It All Back Home), and a frequent guest on Jools Holland's TV show, and the recipient of dozens of glowing reviews. Since the release of his first record in 2004, with Norwegian [...]
pppp MUSIC NEWS- Ovation TV, announcedp the acquisition of Later…with Jools Holland through apBBC Worldwide deal p Under the agreement, this highly-acclaimed BBC music program will run exclusively on Ovation TV for the next 27 new episodes. pp Ovation TV will kick off the series with a Labor Day Weekend Marathon consisting of new and archival episodes. p Later ….with Jools Holland will get apregular Thursday night, prime-time slot as of September [...]
Enjoy Tuesday night's stellar performance of 'Blue Lips' in the clip below. MP3: Regina Spetkor - Hotel Song
The Pretenders perform "Don't Lose Faith In Me" and "Don't Cut Your Hair" on the May 19 episode of Later... with Jools Holland.
Regina Spektor performs "Blue Lips" on the May 19 episode of Later... with Jools Holland.
Kasabian performs "Fire" and "Underdog" on the May 19 episode of Later... with Jools Holland.
Enjoy last night's amazing performance of 'New In Town' in the clip below. MP3: Little Boots - Meddle (Remix)
Little Boots performs "New In Town" on the May 12 episode of Later... with Jools Holland.
New York Dolls perform "Cause I Sez So" and "Personality Crisis" on the May 12 episode of Later... with Jools Holland.
The Mississippi river basins modern folk vagabond William Elliot Whitmore recently made a trip over the pond to show his literary and musical vocal talents to the British population, and the results that were captured on film are stunning. Whitmore's powerful, old-time oration skills are truly a wonder in this day-and-age, and in this video performance for his "Old Devils" he sounds spectacular. The last time I had the fortune to see Whitmore play live, he was sandwiched between the chaotic grind of local metal band Ambassador Gun and the expansive post-rock of [...]
William Elliott Whitmore recently performed the song "Old Devils" on Later...with Jools Holland (which apparently is one of the UK's most popular music shows). As always, Whitmore killed it. See for yourself below: *Additionally, a BBC web exclusive of Whitmore performing "There' Hope for You" backstage at the show taping can be viewed HERE.
Here's a video of Grizzly Bear's wonderful performance of their new single 'Two Weeks' on UK TV show Later... With Jools Holland . You'll also find the equally as gorgeous performance of 'While You Wait For The Others' from the show after the jump. Both songs appear on the band's upcoming album Veckatimest , released on May 26.
If you look past the huge "evaluation copy" label, you can watch Grizzly Bear perform "Two Weeks" on last night's Jools Holland. I love this song. And you should too Technorati Us
Sonic Youth graced Jools Holland's stage last week for a performance of "What We Know" from their new album The Eternal , but what we didn't know was that they also recorded a performance of "Teenage Riot" for the show that day. Watch above to see the band dominate through their classic in ways that I didn't know possible anymore! If this is any clue, the band look like they'll be playing their old songs with a renewed fervor on their world tour this spring - I hope we can expect them to embrace [...]
Manic Street Preachers perform "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" and "Me And Stephen Hawking" on the May 5 episode of Later... with Jools Holland.
Enjoy last night's magnificent performance of 'Two Week's in the clip below. MP3: Grizzly Bear - Shift (Acoustic)
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