Andrea Corr's show at the Union Chapel - the final night of a UK tour promoting her recent covers album, Lifelines - wasn't quite the car crash it might have been... more
The nu-folk scene has everything a musical movement needs: a strong aesthetic (flat caps and grandad shirts), a defning instrument (the banjo), sex and betrayal. Richard Godwin on the Mumfords, Noah and the Whale and why everyone loves Laura Marling... more
Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey loves music almost as much as he loves clothes. For his Burberry Acoustic initiative he has handpicked the best (and best-looking) young musicians to showcase their sounds and fashions... more
Four young unknowns from Fulham are the surprise nominees in this year’s Novello music and songwriting awards. Richard Godwin meets Patch William.... more
Mumford & Sons are leading lights in the new literary London folk scene that everyone wants to join. Singer Marcus Mumford talks Steinbeck and Shakespeare... more
A feast of instruments ranging from cellos to bongo drums and flutes to synthesisers all featured during an eerily motionless performance by The Earlies.... more
No one expected Gareth from The Office to act everyone off the stage in Chekhov. But that's just what he did at the Royal Court where The Seagull opened last week.... more
The Magic Numbers' second album continues from where last year's debut left off, Joanna Newsom is in a magical universe all her own and Damien Rice releases the brilliant gimmick-free 9.... more
The first night of the Electric Proms opened with the rock equivalent of Jerusalem - the pomp and circumstance of another British institution, Mr Paul Weller.... more
The Absolut Icebar celebrates its first birthday, guitarist Keith James plays Nick Drake songs and Water Rats hosts a kitsch and kinky retro night.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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