After a decade of silence, the daddy of neo-soul has regained his groove and is playing Brixton tonight. What's all the fuss about, asks David Smyth
Read full article...Viers, her guitarist and violinist seemed perfectly at ease on stage, bantering among themselves about their "tour goals" and creating a sound that was simple and bare but allowed the singer's voice to skip and soar
Sound check: With Plan B as his mentor and an equally catchy name, rapper turned soul singer Maverick Sabre is a voice to be reckoned with, says David Smyth
Enthusiastic endorsement from Adele should have given Philadelphia singer-songwriter Amos Lee a hit over here by now. The fact that he has a number one album in America and earned a gushing response from a packed crowd here should confirm to him that he's on the right track
Sound check: Can 45 million people be wrong about the latest YouTube music hit? 'The success constantly surprises me,' says its little-known creator Gotye
The big story to emerge from the Brit nominations is Ed Sheeran, an ordinary 20-year-old who is up for four awards - and, he tells David Smyth, aiming high
While January is so quiet for quality live music, there's still plenty to look forward to in the first half of 2012
Christmas Day's edition of Top of the Pops celebrates the year that British hits dominated the world's charts
A quiet year for Stereophonics ended in noisy fashion with three greatest hits sets in Shepherd's Bush
Singer-songwriter Jamie Woon is on a mission to take London's dubstep sound to Asia
The only smells you usually get at a gig emanate from the shirtless man in front of you, so it was a bizarre pleasure to find a chef sizzling up pork at the back of Matthew Herbert's One Pig experience
You have to work hard to upstage a drummer with one arm. Tommy Lee managed it when his band, Mötley Crüe, shared a bill with Def Leppard last night - he put his drum kit on a rollercoaster
You win some, you lose some. New Order lined up for their first London gig since 2006 in the presence of long-absent keyboard player Gillian Gilber but were missing the iconic slouch of bassist Peter Hook
David Smyth has his own awards to hand out to 2011's pop players who have made us laugh - and cry...
Despite the grand surroundings this was a show about simple pleasures, with Hearts on Fire proving that there's not much that can top a craggy voice, a hefty riff and a great tune
While music consumption is so simple these days - anyone can pick up the latest albums with little more than a few casual mouse clicks - it's the more dedicated fan who cares enough to own books on the subject
Nerdy they may be but Real Estate's particular brand of introspection is quietly striking a chord
The Evening Standard previews the weekend's best gigs to look forward to...
A headline spot at London's biggest New Year's Eve celebration tops a triumphant year for Kasabian. 'We want the crowd to lose their minds,' the rock kings tell David Smyth
The Kolacny brothers' ethereal rock-classical work has featured on The Simpsons, The Social Network and even Downton Abbey but their music really comes alive on stage, as they tell David Smyth
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