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Pete Wareham

We quiz Melt Yourself Down’s Pete Wareham on how he’s revitalising jazz via a love for Diplo and Nubian sounds

By Jim Ottewill 11 Jun 2013

NITIN SAWHNEY

We interview acclaimed songwriter and composer Nitin Sawhney from the Ivor Novello Awards' red carpet to talk about recording new album OneZero, collaborations and the British music he is currently loving...

By Kyle Fisher 7 Jun 2013

Collaborations

Welcome to this week's playlist. This Friday we're tackling the theme of collaborations so we've put our heads together to come up with a whole heap of great music for your aural delectation. Our list includes classics by Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith, David Bowie and Micke Jagger and as well as more recent cuts by the likes of current industry darlings Disclosure and vocalist Sam Smith and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard...

By Jim Ottewill 7 Jun 2013

Alt-J

The ultimate buzz band reveal their desire for endless rounds of sarnies & a preference for songwriting in the bathroom

By Anita Awbi 5 Jun 2013

Beardyman

Beardyman is an award winning beatboxer who is as much of a motor mouth in conversation as he is on stage. M finds out how he’s pushing his gift of the gab even further forward with new real-time music production invention, the Beardytron5000mkII…

By Jim Ottewill 5 Jun 2013

Lianne La Havas

Lianne La Havas made crashing waves with her 2012 album, Is Your Love Big Enough?, so it should come as no surprise that it was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. We caught up with her to find out about her influences and the strangest place she's ever written a song.

By Kyle Fisher 4 Jun 2013

Marc Almond

When legendary Soft Cell founder Marc Almond picked up the coveted Inspiration Award at The Ivors earlier this month we jumped at the chance to chat to him about his career so far and the early days of British electronic music.

By Anita Awbi 31 May 2013

Him & Her

Welcome to our latest playlist. This week's theme is 'him and her' so we've compiled a stack of hits from our favourite male and female solo artists and picked off some great tunes from bands that reference lads and lasses. You'll find odes to long lost lovers, lamenting R&B divas, good-time disco and some starry-eyed pop classics. Tune in now...

By Anita Awbi 31 May 2013

Tim Burgess

Solo artist and Charlatans front man Tim Burgess talks songwriting and why the music biz needs more ‘fun and chaos’

By Jim Ottewill 31 May 2013
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