A Week in Videos...The popularity of Unknown Mortal Orchestra has been on a slow burning rise for some months now. Taken from their forthcoming second album, helpfully entitled II, ‘So Good At Being In Trouble’...
British folk types Mumford & Sons have caused a minor surprise at the 2013 Grammy Awards to beat off strong competition and take home the much-coveted Album Of The Year for Babel.The banjo-playing, farm-loving Mumfords...
Sting, Alabama Shakes, Neil Young, Elton John Mumford & Sons and John Legend all paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen as he was named Musicares Person of the Year for 2013 at last night's pre-Grammy award...
Though Frank Ocean is going to win every award, it might be worth tuning in to the Grammy Awards this Sunday (February 10, 2013) if only to witness the possibility that Taylor Swift might bump...
Annually, the Grammys is one of the biggest events for music across America and in Europe. In fact, it has dubbed itself 'music's biggest night'. Celebrating the best in pop, hiphop, soul, R&B and much...
Live performers were sent a warning email ahead of the 55th Annual Grammys Awards this Sunday (February 10, 2013), requesting that all “talent appearing on camera adhere to Network policy concerning wardrobe.” The main problem...
Jack White, Carrie Underwood and Ed Sheeran have been confirmed to perform at the Grammy Awards.Nine time award winner Jack will take to the stage at the 55th annual event - held at the Staples...
Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J have been given their first BRIT Award nods, after being nominated for three awards: Best British Group, Best British Album and British Breakthrough.. Still, despite earlier success the band have...
This year’s BRIT Awards nominations look as though they were concocted by a group of strangers, with wildly different cultural backgrounds, on a drunken night out. Is this a sign that the mainstream music world...
To say that the Grammys have attracted a star-studded line-up is a bit like saying there might be a couple of handy actors knocking around the Oscars next month. However, once again it is the...
It's no real surprise that sales of CD albums have dropped by 19.5%, with the rise of mp3 players and everyone using laptops, phones, and tablets along with the internet for all their musical needs,...
All eyes will be on Bruce Springsteen during Grammy’s week, as the New Jersey rocker will be the recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award. To celebrate the honour, a Bruce Springsteen tribute...
Ellie Goulding is an ''electro goddess'' in the US. The British singer had a huge hit in the US with 'Lights', largely due to dubstep remixes of her tracks, and she finds it funny that...
Every single publishing industry, from music, to academic journals, to books have fretted enormously over the impact that digital publishing and online streaming may have on their revenues. Spotify has been part of revolutionising the...
The nominations for the 55th Grammy Award Nominations in 2013 have officially been announced by the award's organisers. Here’s a run down of some of the main awards, and our tips for Grammy's Glory.Album Of...
T in the Park have announced their 2013 headliners and they’ve got some of the biggest players in the world of rock and pop at the top of their bill next year. Both Rihanna and...
UK folk-popsters Mumford and Sons have hit out at claims that they are an unauthentic package during an interview with The Guardian, claiming that Bob Dylan - a supposed influence on the band - was...
It's been less than two months since Mumford and Sons released their number one selling second album 'Babel', but the folk band have already begun to create a new set of songs for album number...
Taylor Swift’s latest album Red has remained steadfast at the top of the Billboard albums chart for a second week. Swift’s popularity appears to know no bounds, as she has made a successful and seamless...
Both Idris Elba and Mumford & Sons are absolutely at the top of their game, so their collaboration in a music video for the band, though somewhat unexpected, is a really good idea on paper....
It’s a mixed bag for UK albums, as the release schedule starts to slow in preparation for the big race for the Christmas sales market. This week, Jake Bugg toppled Mumford & Sons from what...
Ellie Goulding's Halcyon hits shelves on Tuesday (October 9, 2012) and has its sights firmly fixed on the upper echelons of the Billboard chart. It seems domestic success isn't good enough for the Hereford born...
British music occasionally suffers a real drought of popularity with our cousins across the Atlantic. In 2006 there were an entire three weeks in which no British music found its way in America's top 100...
Mumford & Sons have long since conquered their native Britain, but it now looks like they're transatlantic takeover is truly up and running after news that the folk group have topped the American Billboard charts...
“The Brits are coming,” yelled Paul Revere in the 1800s, though we’re not sure he was talking about Mumford and Sons and One Direction. Nevertheless, it’s the two British groups who have dominated the notoriously...
Mumford & Sons' new album 'Babel' has achieved the biggest sales week of 2012 in the US Billboard Chart.The group sold over 600,000 copies of their second LP in America but Daniel Glass - of...
Mumford and Son’s second album, Babel is the fastest selling album of the year, in the UK and the US. A report from The Guardian today reveals that Babel sold 159,000 copies in its first...
Mumford and Sons' rocker Marcus Mumford has revealed that he's planning to go back to college in order to study farming. The front man for the fast-rising indie group married Hollywood star Carey Mulligan on...
When Mumford & Sons performed at the iTunes Festival, they probably didn't expect some of the U.K's biggest stars to attend, but that's exactly what happened according to The Sun.Adele, Chris Martin, Simon Pegg and...
British folksters Mumford & Sons second album Babel came out this week on the back of some mixed critical reviews, suggesting that the much vaunted nu-folk movement that began a few years ago with the...