Music

Camping in style at Scotland’s T in the Park.

The Stone Roses, Kasabian and Snow Patrol will headline T in the Park, Scotland’s major summer music festival. Elbow, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Chase & Status, Florence and The Machine, New Order and David Guetta are among the 180 artists who Continue Reading →

Guest Post: Classical Manchester

*The following is a guest post. Welcome to Barbirolli Square in central Manchester. These offices and the square itself, complete with Mancunian palm trees, are named after John Barbirolli (1899-1970). He was an English conductor and cellist best remembered for Continue Reading →

British Photo of the Week: John Lennon Peace Monument

“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 for sure.” “If everyone demanded peace instead of another television 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 →