Legendary singer-songwriter Richard Thompson has been announced as this year’s Meltdown Director.
Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 guitarists of all time and the recipient of both an Ivor Novello Award for songwriting and the 2006 BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, Thompson first emerged in 1967 as a founding member of British [...]
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Since his album Veneer reached the UK Top Ten José González has experienced record-breaking international success with a shower of awards and acclaim accompanying his latest album In Our Nature. In 2006 González’ cover of The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’ became virtually ubiquitous after featuring in a Sony commercial accompanying the sight of 100,000 multi-coloured bouncy [...]
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This May Joanna Newsom returns to Southbank Centre to play two very special nights at Royal Festival Hall in support of her eagerly anticipated new triple(!)-album Have One On Me (Drag City) out later this month. Not short of new material the folk-inspired harpist and singer will perform songs from her new record along with [...]
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Where Did The Night Go
Gil Scott-Heron’s I’m New Here represents one of the most talked-about and most welcome artistic comebacks of recent years. Stark, tough, modern, wise and utterly uncompromising Scott-Heron’s new record has had praise lavished on it from all corners of the music press, The Observer declaring:
‘This is as [...]
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‘One of the most ambitious albums ever released under the name of ‘pop’… a masterpiece.’ – Rolling Stone
‘John Cale’s 1973 album Paris 1919 has long been justly celebrated as the most accessible and most purely beautiful record of his storied, multi-faceted career.’ – Pitchfork
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Carving a new frontier on pop performance The Irrepressibles have been responsible for some of the most extraordinary live spectacles seen in the UK in recent years. With a team of film, dance, costume and make-up artists Jamie McDermott leads his 10-piece performance orchestra through mystical and theatrical stories of love, anger, lust and loss. [...]
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In association with Red Bull Music Academy Southbank Centre presents a very special night of electronic music at Royal Festival Hall. Bringing together a host of pioneers from the world of experimental electronics and avant-garde music.
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