Entries in Folk (183)

Wednesday
Jul042012

Newton Faulkner - Payphone (Maroon 5 Cover)

Singer/songwriter Newton Faulkner dropped into the Maida Vale studios today to perform a live lounge session for Fearne Cotton and the BBC Radio 1 listeners. During the session he did his latest single, and a simply stunning cover of Maroon 5's latest single 'Payphone'. Miles and miles ahead of the original (never realised how good the lyrics were until hearing this).

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Tuesday
Jul032012

Ed Sheeran & Julian Perretta - Lego House (Live in Paris)

Ed Sheeran surprised fans in Paris last night by bringing out Julian Perretta to perform a duet of his hit single 'Lego House'.

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Friday
Jun292012

Sian Sanderson - Some Kind Of Fool (Live @ Hop Farm)

MidTea bring us footage of Sian Sanderson performing her track 'Some Kind Of Fool' at Hop Farm. Really need to see Sian and her band live soon, this is sick.

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Thursday
Jun282012

Lewis Watson - Windows (Official Video)

Some really cool visuals for the latest track to be lifted from singer/songwriter Lewis Watson's EP 'It's Got Four Sad Songs On It BTW'. Get your copy HERE.

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Sunday
Jun242012

Ed Sheeran - Full Performance (Hackney Big Weekend)

Footage of the majority of Ed Sheeran's set at BBC Radio 1's Hackney Big Weekend yesterday, which features all of the singles taken from his quadruple platinum selling debut album '+'. Without doubt one of the highlights of the Saturday - tune in today to see the likes of Rihanna, Professor Green, Tinie Tempah and more take to the main stage.

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Wednesday
Jun202012

Bon Iver - Who Is It? (Bjork Cover)

Between headlining festivals and designing a shoe that features fish bone (yes, fish bone) graphics, Bon Iver have found time to record a special iTunes session that dropped today. The EP features seven performances, including a cover of Bjork's 'Who Is It?', which has been a staple track in their set since the self-titled sophmore album was released last year. This is beautiful, as is everything that this band does. Buy HERE.

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Wednesday
Jun202012

Ed Sheeran scores highest ever charting debut album by a UK male artist in the official US Chart

After rocketing straight to No.1 on the iTunes chart when his album dropped last weekend in America, it has now been announced that '+' has gone in at #5 on the official chart, which is the highest ever debut entry in US Chart for a UK male solo artist. The records just keep flooding in. For those Americans who haven't got the album, pick up your copy HERE.

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Thursday
Jun142012

Ed Sheeran - The City/Empire State Of Mind (Live @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC)

Ed Sheeran is in the USA for most of June promoting the release of his debut album '+', which is currently sitting at #1 on iTunes. During his New York gig at the Bowery Ballroom, he performed a special version of album track 'The City', where he interpolated lyrics from 'Empire State Of Mind'; a cover that he did from Radio 1 earlier in the year. Buy his album in the US HERE.

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Tuesday
Jun122012

Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift - Lego House (Acoustic)

American Country artist Taylor Swift yesterday uploaded a short clip of her jamming to 'Lego House' with Ed Sheeran during a break from their recent studio session in LA. The track is taken from his quadruple platinum selling debut album '+', which was released this morning in the USA & Canada, and is currently sitting at #1 on both iTunes charts. Get your copy HERE and get tickets for his North American tour HERE. After the jump you can also see Ed performing 'Lego House' during a UStream in America last night.

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Wednesday
Jun062012

Newton Faulkner - Clouds (Official Video)

Using some cool stop-motion footage, here is the official video for the new single from Newton Faulkner, which is set to be the lead single from his forthcoming third studio album 'Write It On Your Skin'. His latest EP 'Sketches' was brilliant, but if this is anything to go by, the new album will be on a whole new level for Mr. Faulkner.

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