It should be all about the voice. That great soaring gift few are blessed with. And believe me, Sinead O'Connor has been blessed and gifted with a larynx that purrs and soars like a Ferrari.
But then, to the tone deaf, it seems that her talent has become eclipsed by the (unwarranted) cult of celebrity and tabloid tittle-tattle....
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Critic, music theorist and broadcaster, Paul Morley will be dropping in on the South Coast to talk about his forthcoming book, The North (And Almost Everything In It).
A celebratory and beautiful mixture of memoir, social history and cultural observation, Paul Morley's The North is a unique portrai...
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The 2013 Brighton Music Awards a.k.a. 'The Brights' which will be taking place this year at the Clarendon Centre, Brighton, on Friday 21st June, have announced that the Amy Winehouse Foundation has been chosen as the affiliated charity for this year's awards event.
The AWF was set up by Mitch Winehouse following the tragic passing of his daughter Amy on 23rd July 2011, aged just 27, whose music...
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John Parish is best known for his work with the acclaimed British artist PJ Harvey, which dates back to when she was backing singer and guitarist in his cult band Automatic Dlamini.
He is also an accomplished composer, solo artist, and producer. Parish co-wrote and performed on Eels' 2001 album Souljacker, and has work...
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Steve Winwood, as well as having a long and illustrious solo career, was a key member of The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith.
Last year Winwood was one of Roger Daltrey's special guest stars for An Evening with Roger Daltrey and Friends gig, in aid of the
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Her first audiences were unwitting strangers snaking their way home on city night busses. Her initial targets were the influential MC's who guarded the rave microphones. Kate Tempest bled a torrent of words, and now she's damned if the wider public won't fall into her river of socially aware spoken prose.
Tempest grew up in South London in "a shitty part of town, but in a nice house where there was always food."
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Brighton's most successful band of all-time, the Levellers, celebrate their 25th anniversary with an exclusive hometown show in the breathtaking surrounds of St Bartholomew's Church.
Based upon the dimensions of Noah's Ark, St Bartholomew’s Church is not only the tallest parish church in Europe but also one of the bigge...
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Last year Ricky Ross celebrated 25 years in Deacon Blue, they released a Top 20 album and sold out their 17 date UK arena tour.
Now, in 2013, Ricky plans on doing something a little different, it's an opportunity for Ricky to play songs from his solo career, includi...
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Public Image Limited (PiL) is now the vehicle of just one remaining member from its original 1979 incarnation. Long gone are the innovative and pulsating bass lines courtesy of Jah Wobble, and also missing are the spindly psychedelic guitar weaves of the much maligned Keith Levene.
Now it's just John Lydon alone who has resurrected the post-punk colossus and breathed new life into it, courtesy of last year's...
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Devendra Banhart is an accomplished visual artist, as happy creating images for the eye as of those of the mind. The covers he creates for his albums give a strong indication of the sounds that sit within its grooves. In 2010 his artwork and packaging for What Will We Be was nominated for a Grammy.
His eclectic musical pallet was coloured by suggestions from his favourite artists. As a teen he would scour magazine interviews for the l...
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