Ed Sheeran - Small Bump (Live on Jo Whiley)

Earlier tonight Mr. Sheeran dropped in to speak to Jo Whiley and do a little session for the Radio 2 listeners, which included a performance of mine and his favourite track from his highly anticipated debut album, which will be released on September 19th. I have been lucky enough to hear about half of the album and can assure you that it is nothing short of spectacular. This song in particular pulls on my heart strings every single time I hear it. Stunning.

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Ed Sheeran - Skinny Love (Cover)

As part of his Biz session for The Sun, Ed Sheeran decided to cover Skinny Love by Bon Iver, which was recently made commercially well-known by Birdy. I know Ed has been a Bon Iver fan for years, so this cover will have meant a lot, and I think it's safe to say that he did it justice (as always). Watch the rest of the session, HERE. A-Team is out in 3 days. Download the MP3 of Skinny Love HERE.

City And Colour - We Found Each Other In The Dark x The Grand Optimist

Here are my two favourite tracks from Little Hell, which is the third album by City And Colour, an acoustic side project of Alexisonfire vocalist/guitarist Dallas Green. It will be released on June 7th and is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the 2008’s Bring Me Your Love, which was certified platinum in Green’s native Canada. The album is worth buying for these two tracks alone. We Found Each Other In The Dark is one of the most beautiful love songs I've heard for an incredibly long time.

Ed Sheeran - XFM Live Session

Following on from his session for Zane Lowe the other night, Ed Sheeran dropped into the Manchester based XFM studio to perform 5 tracks; including A-Team, UNI, Wake Me Up, Wayfaring Stranger & You Need Me. As Ed said himself, it's refreshing for a radio station to let him perform a small set, rather than squashing him in to a small booth to do just one or two tracks. Below you can hear one of the best performances of You Need Me that he's done, and you can download the entire session HERE. Onwards & upwards.

David Stewart v Ed Sheeran - The A-Team

Here is the latest edition in David Stewart's series of covers. This time round he has tackled the exceptional A-Team, which is out in less than a month's time. David had to make it his own, and that is exactly what he did, producing an brilliantly unique twist on what is likely to be one of THE songs of 2011.

Bring It Back: The Life & Rhymes Of KanYe West

Back in 2005 superstar rapper KanYe West dropped into the MTV Base studio with DJ A-Trak to tell the stories behind the rhymes from his first two albums, College Dropout and Late Registration. Jay-Z did a ridiculous MTV Unplugged session, but for me this is the best live session that any rapper has ever done. This is the KanYe that I fell in love with 7 years ago and this is the KanYe that I will always remember. You can download all 11 tracks HERE and reminisce about how incredibly talented this man is.

Jamie Woon - Live on The Album Chart Show

Jamie Woon was on Chennel 4's Album Chart Show tonight, where he performed 3 tracks and had a chat, in which he gave some background knowledge on himself and the expceptional debut album, Mirrorwriting.

P.S. Channel 4 don't do embedding, so you'll have to watch it on YouTube.

David Stewart vs Phil Collins

Time for another cover by David Stewart - this week he has chosen to take on one of Phil Collins’ all-time greatest hits, and I’m glad to say that he’s smashed it once again. So much talent.

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Ed Sheeran - Live on Jools Holland

After being given the Hottest Record In The World by Zane Lowe, Ed Sheeran dropped in to see Jools Holland last night where he performed his stunning cover of Jamie Woon’s ‘Wayfaring Stranger’. You can catch an extended version of the show on Friday @ 11:50pm where he performs two of his own tracks. So bloody proud of him.

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UNI x Wayfaring Stranger

Ed Sheeran released a live 3 track EP called One Take this morning that was recorded at the Rocket Studios in the West End. Below you can hear a stunning new album track, UNI, and a mind blowing cover of Wayfaring Stranger, which uses the same arrangement as Jamie Woon’s cover. You can download both of them with You Need Me HERE and watch a video of him performing Wayfaring Stranger HERE. I feel so lucky to know this man - talented doesn’t even come close.

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