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Featured Artist - Jodie Marie

Signed to Decca to relaunch the Verve label, 20-year-old Jodie Marie follows a strong lineage of artists - from Nina Simone and Billie Holliday to the Velvet Underground - and is set to transcend trends and convention with her debut album (produced by Bernard Butler and Ed Harcourt) that is due out in March 2012.

Scots Trad Music Awards – 2011 winners

TONIGHT: Power Down live at Metropolis Studios

Tonight we’re bringing you some live music for your enjoyment, and you don’t even have to leave your sofa – the show will be streamed right here, live, from 8pm. This month features Rickstar, Laura Steel, and Rosanna.

2011 Scots Trad Music Awards

The 2011 Scots Trad Music Awards take place on Saturday 3 December at the Perth Concert Hall, Scotland.

Congratulations to our Grammy nominees

Congratulations to the British 2011 Grammy awards nominees, announced last night. Brits include Adele, Mumford & Sons, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Radiohead, Jeff Beck, Susan Boyle, Corinne Bailey Rae, Marsha Ambrosius and producer Paul Epworth.

PRS for Music backs Next Brit Thing

Next Brit Thing backed by PRS for Music

Almost Famous - free tickets

Almost Famous, the free PRS for Music live music showcase for emerging and breakthrough acts, is coming to the Club 229, Great Portland Street London on 30 November.

Liz Green part one

Although she grew up in the North-West of England, there's a lot about Liz Green that makes a listener think of the American deep south or a windblown mid-western prairie.

French expats help break acts across channel

UK artists are drawing unprecedented support from French ex-pats in Britain, helping them to break through across the channel, said PRS for Music chief economist Will Page.