Entries in Folk (183)

Wednesday
Aug012012

Ed Sheeran confirmed to perform with Pink Floyd at Olympics Closing Ceremony

Whilst in Australia over the past few days, Ed Sheeran revealed to Nova 106.9 that he will be performing at the Olympics Closing Ceremony with legendary Rock band Pink Floyd. The 21-year old singer/songwriter explained that; "I'm doing a song with Pink Floyd, we'll be doing 'Wish You Were Here'. I will take on vocal duties, with Nick Mason on the drums, accompanied by violinist Stephane Grappelli."

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Tuesday
Jul312012

The Milk - Chip The Kids (Official Video)

Uploaded to YouTube today, here are the cool official visuals for the latest single to be lifted from The Milk's forthcoming debut album 'Tales From The Thames Delta', which is set to be released on September 3rd. Most of the time it's easy to put an artist/group into a genre bracket, or two, but with these guys it's impossible, they're just extremely f*cking dope. Pre-order the album HERE.

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Tuesday
Jul312012

Nina Nesbitt announces new single & UK tour

Following the success of her recent mini-UK tour, Scottish singer/singerwriter Nina Nesbitt has today announced a more extensive tour of the British Isles, which will be coincide with the release of the lead single from her highly anticipated forthcoming debut album. The tour is entitled 'Boy', which is also the title of the single. The release date for the single is set to be announced later this week, with exclusive pre-sale for the tour going up at 9am tomorrow (August 4th) for 48hrs, before general sale will become available on Friday. Visit Nina's new website HERE for all the details, and hit the jump for the full list of dates.

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Sunday
Jul292012

Glen Kirkham - Still Alone Together (Official Video)

A touching and beautifully directed video for the new single from Glen Kirkham. The single is lifted from his forthcoming album, which if you like this, is a must buy. Get your copy of 'Still Alone Together' HERE.

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Monday
Jul232012

Sian Sanderson & The Charm Offensive - No Sweeter Love

'No Sweeter Love' is my favourite track from London-based singer/songwriter Sian Sanderson's debut EP 'Write Your Wrongs', which is available as a pay-what-you-want download on her Bandcamp. Sian is one of my favourite discoveries of 2012 so far, with her unique vocal tone and refreshing outlook on making music, and life in general, allowing her to create music way beyond her years. Big fan...

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Thursday
Jul192012

Leddra - Give Me Love (Ed Sheeran Cover)

Filmed by MidTeaTV, here is Leddra's cover of 'Give Me Love', a song from her good friend Ed Sheeran's record breaking debut album. My favourite song from the album, and this is a great rendition.

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Sunday
Jul152012

Ed Sheeran - Full Performance (Thetford Forest)

On July 12th, Thetford Forest played host to Ed Sheeran's highly anticipated homecoming gig in Suffolk. The gig was his biggest headline show to date, playing in front of 7,000 adoring fans, with support coming from long term friend Kal Lavelle. His set included all of his hit singles, some album tracks and a couple of massive covers. You can watch the whole set from start to finish after the jump.

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Tuesday
Jul102012

Newton Faulkner - Soon

'Soon' is one of the standout tracks from Newton Faulkner's third and highly anticipated studio album 'Write It On Your Skin', which was released yesterday. Although his debut was a ground-breaking release, his sophmore album didn't hit the spot, but this one sees the Surrey-born singer/songwriter back to his best, in all departments. Get your copy HERE, and expect yourself to be singing along to the whole album after a couple of listens...

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Thursday
Jul052012

COMPETITION! Win 2 Tickets to Nina Nesbitt, Friday 13th July @ Manchester

A friend of friend unfortunately can't make Nina Nesbitt's gig at The Deaf Institute next Friday (13th July), so The House Of Coxhead will be giving away two tickets to see the 17-year old singer/songwriter play live. The person who is giving me the tickets to give away is running in the Race 4 Life to raise money for Cancer Research next week, so if you would like, could you please donate a small amount HERE, in return for entering the competition (not a necessity, but would be a nice touch and is for a great cause). All you have to do to enter is send your name, Twitter username and answer to the following question, to: tjc89209@hotmail.co.uk.

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Wednesday
Jul042012

Ryan Keen - Orelia (A64)

Ryan Keen performing my favourite track from the recently released 'Focus' EP for his long overdue A64 for SB.TV. One very talented young man.

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