by Geoff Cowart
Enigmatic singer, songwriter and guitarist Sharon Van Etten was somewhere deep in the heart of Texas nearing the end of her American tour when she…
by Sam Smith
The 20th London Jazz Festival, created and produced by international live music producers Serious, kicks off on 9 November for ten days of pure jazz...
by Tim Lee
Robert Alfons, the man behind Trust, is talking influences. “I grew up listening to and loving things like Ace Of Base, Aphex Twin, the Cocteau...
by admin
In the second of our occasional Why I Started… features series we catch up with label boss Nathaniel Cramp, of Sonic Cathedral – one of...
by Ben Hogwood
Beth Orton is in a slightly bewildered state. We’ve just called her hotel room in New York but she has just stepped off a plane,...
by Ben Hogwood
On meeting Tanita Tikaram in a cafe in Primrose Hill, it is abundantly clear the singer is not about to rush in to anything –...
by Tim Lee
OK, people: Let’s brainstorm. Or mind shower. Or whatever the politically correct term is. The subject is: how to convince children to always ensure they...
by John Murphy
Closure. It’s one of those very American words that’s snuck into the English lexicon of late. We all need closure, otherwise we’re doomed to hark...
by Geoff Cowart
Eight years after Chilly Gonzales put the lid on his first solo piano album, the eclectic Canadian keyboard wizard returns with a sequel of equally...
by Ben Hogwood
In a phone conversation, Matthew Dear’s most immediately striking feature is his voice. That may sound like an incredibly empty observation to make – since...
by Geoff Cowart
Call it a baby sonic boom. For the hordes of Blur megafans taking delivery this week of the mammoth retrospective 21 box set, it will...
by Andy Baber
It has not been a typical festival season this year. Sonisphere, Oxegen and Big Chill were all cancelled and Bloc was shut down; weather has...
by Tim Lee
One For Keeps is a features series in which musicOMH writers wax lyrical on albums they’d just not be able to cope without. Tim Lee’s...
by Ben Hogwood
Many have tried but few have succeeded in bridging the gap between rock and classical music as well as Jon Lord, the Deep Purple keyboard...
by Daniel Paton
It is a rare occurrence for an interviewee to have, only weeks prior to the conversation, escaped from the very brink of death. All things...
by Ben Hogwood
There is a sense that Van Dyke Parks is only now getting full recognition for his contribution to pop music as a solo artist. As...
by Jamil Ahmad
If there’s one thing Bloc has going for it this term, it’s the sheer scale of its ambitious programming and setting. Where previous iterations of...
