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Bob Dylan

Athlete and Nitin Sawhney added to Hop Farm line up

Music Gossip

16 May 2012

Athlete and Nitin Sawhney have been added to the bill for the Hop Farm music festival. The artists have joined the line-up alongside headliners Bob Dylan, Suede and Peter Gabriel at the three day festival held in Kent from June 29 to July…

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey hopes for third Mercury win

Music Gossip

7 Sep 2011

PJ Harvey hopes she can win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for a third time. 'The Words That Maketh Murder' singer became the first artist to take home the award twice - for her eighth album 'Let England Shake' - last night (06.09.11) which she said…

Adele

Adele doesn't need to win Mercury Prize.

Music Gossip

27 Aug 2011

Adele "doesn't need" to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The Grammy award-winning singer's latest album '21' is up for the coveted honour next month, but Fun Lovin' Criminals frontman Huey Morgan thinks it would be better going to a…

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey finds modern pop unoriginal

Music Gossip

8 Aug 2011

PJ Harvey finds contemporary music "largely unoriginal". The 'Words That Maketh Murder' hitmaker - who is joint favourite to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize this year for her album 'Let England Shake' - does not listen to modern music because she…

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey drained by songs

Music Gossip

22 Jul 2011

PJ Harvey says performing her songs is "draining" because she puts so much emotion into them. The 'Words That Maketh Murder' hitmaker - who is joint favourite to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize this year for her latest album 'Let England Shake'…

The XX

The XX win Mercury Prize

Music Gossip

7 Sep 2010

The XX have won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The band, from London, scooped the annual prize for the best UK album tonight (07.09.10), picked by an industry panel, beating Paul Weller, who was bookmaker’s favourite to scoop the award.

Villagers at the Edge Festival

Villagers at the Edge Festival

Tender, poetic pop, now with added Mercury nomination

30 Jul 2010

‘I usually have a picture or a colour in my head as I’m making a song,’ says Dublin’s Conor O’Brien – the dulcet bard and multi-instrumentalist behind Villagers’ picturesque rock. And so it was with Becoming a Jackal (Domino), the dramatic…

Dizzee Rascal

Dizzee Rascal leads Mercury nominations

Music Gossip

20 Jul 2010

Dizzee Rascal and Paul Weller are among the artists nominated for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The 'Bonkers' hitmaker - who previously scooped the coveted accolade for his 2003 LP 'Boy in da Corner' - would love to cap off a triumphant…

Speech Debelle

Speech Debelle wins Mercury Prize

Celebrity Gossip

8 Sep 2009

Speech Debelle was the winner of the Barclaycard Mercury Prize on Tuesday night (08.09.09). The little-known British rapper surprisingly beat off stiff competition from the 11 other nominees, including Florence and the Machine, Kasabian, La Roux and…

2009 Mercury Prize shortlist announced

2009 Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Kasabian, The Horrors, Bat For Lashes and others. Plus Spotify playlist

21 Jul 2009

The shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize - the annual £20,000 award for the best album by British and Irish artists - was revealed this morning. The twelve albums nominated were announced by Lauren Laverne at The Hospital club in London's Convent…

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