Music

British Photo of the Week: John Lennon Peace Monument

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!“It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love.” “Love is the answer, and you know that Continue Reading →

Top 10 British Cover Songs

Welcome to Music Monday! Today I’m being featured over at The Top 10 Blog and I hope you’ll stop in and say hello. As the name suggests, The Top 10 Blog is a blog about lists and I was pleased to be invited to share mine: The Top 10 British Cover Songs. You’ll Continue Reading →

Nigel Kennedy CD Winner

Congrats to @missusblack for winning a copy of Nigel Kennedy’s new CD Shhh! Thanks to everyone who entered. I have plenty of giveaways planned for the future so stay informed by signing up for my updates by email. If you’re still interested in getting Continue Reading →

Win A Copy of Nigel Kennedy's New CD

On May 10th, the Nigel Kennedy Quintet released a new album and the wonderful Natalie from HeadStream PR has sent me a copy to giveaway to a lucky reader. Here’s more on the CD: EMI Classics is proud to present Shhh! the latest Nigel Kennedy Quintet album. Continue Reading →

Exile on Main Street 2010

If you’ve read my About Me page, you know the Rolling Stones were the catalyst for my crazy journey to Britophelia. I was borderline obsessed, no, I was completely obsessed, so much so some of my friends called me “Mick.” Really. On a daily basis Continue Reading →

Britain's Summer of Rock 2010

Get out your wellies (errr, or at least clean them off a bit), the summer music festival season is about to begin. The U.K. is known for having some of the best rock festivals in the world and this year will surely be no exception. Over the last few weeks, festivals Continue Reading →

Keane, The Rolling Stones, Plan B – New Music Monday

One of my favorite bands is releasing an EP next month which sees the band taking a slightly new direction musically. Keane’s, “Night Train” features collaborations with Rapper K’Naan and Japanese MC Tigarah. Early reviews for the EP have Continue Reading →

New Music Monday – I Blame Coco

Who is Coco? Coco Sumner. Surname ring a bell? Or a buzzzz? That’s right, she’s the daughter of Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting. Her birth name is Eliot Sumner but she goes by her nickname Coco. Coco, 19, started writing songs at 15 and by 17 had penned Continue Reading →

Marina and the Diamonds – Music Monday

Marina and the Diamonds is a Welsh singer/songwriter whose first full length album is being released today. Although Marina sounds like she has a band (the Diamonds), she is a solo artist and “the Diamonds”, she explains, are her fans, sort of like Continue Reading →

New Music Monday – Blood Red Shoes

I’m loving this punchy new track from Brighton’s Blood Red Shoes. Their new album “Fire Like This” will be available March 1st, but you can download “Light It Up” starting Feb. 22nd. Interested in guest posting on Smitten Continue Reading →