With the release of her technicolour new album ‘Pink Noise’, the songwriter from Birmingham is embracing a bold new future...
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Listen up! Explore our latest playlist, featuring Laura Mvula, The Wandering Hearts, Rhiannon Giddens, Glimmers, Tamaraebi, Adora, Pixey and more...
This year’s Ivors were awarded last night in London, honouring the very best of the UK’s songwriting and composing community...
Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka, Nick Cave and Skepta are among the songwriters in the running for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards...
The xx, A Tribe Called Quest and Pet Shop Boys will top the bill at the 2017 festival’s new home...
The charity event returns to Union Chapel in 2017 and features London Contemporary Voices, The Beach and Passport To Stockholm...
The grime artist is declared the winner of this year’s award with his fourth album ‘Konnichiwa’, over odds-on favourite Bowie...
Nominations for 2016’s album of the year have been announced and include David Bowie, Radiohead, Michael Kiwanuka and The 1975...
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.