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Michael Kiwanuka takes classic raw soul and country blues elements and transforms them with some clever modern arrangements. If it wasn’t for the more modern stylish embellishments and arrangements I’d swear I was listening to an old legend, you can hear the essence of the likes of Otis Reading and Marvin Gaye, brilliant!

Watch: Alexander – A Million Years, directed by Benjamin Kutsko. I knew it would be something very different but this really clever.

Arborea’s new album, Red Planet, is released today and to celebrate we’re very proud to be offering this first exclusive viewing of their new video for Phantasmagoria in Two, a beautiful and ethereal Tim Buckley cover which features on the album.

Well it is the Bank Holiday and the sun is shining, at intervals admittedly, so I thought I’d dig back for a suitable tune and came up with this Belle and Sebastian one. I also stumbled across this great animation video that was drawn and directed by Nicole Benz.

Shearwater release live album: Island Arc trilogy. Frontman, Jonathan Meiburg, releases new EP and the band sign to Sub Pop, they start work on a new album shortly. Listen now and watch a great documentary.

David Thomas Broughton is to release his new album, Outbreeding, through Brainlove Records on 23 May. The release is to coincide with an album launch tour. Get your first taster by watching the new video for Nature below.

Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show gave a 100 lucky punters their first taste of the Railroad Revival Tour. Watch them perform below.

Bon Iver, the musical project of Justin Vernon, confirms the release of his new album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, to be released on 20th June. Watch the video trailer.

Neverest Songs, the project of Margate musical maestro Luke Twyman, is set to play Wales’ Green Man Festival this summer and he has recorded the score for New York based independent film ‘All That Glitters’.

Following the 50th anniversary in 2007 of Jack Kerouac’s world renowned novel ‘On the Road’, interest in the beat generation went on the rise with the film industry quick to pick up on the trend. On the Road is due for release this year and filming has begun on Big Sur.

Sideshow is an exhibition of drawings and poetry by Will Burns and Jason Butler exploring the lives of the people in and around the fairgrounds and penny gaffs of an older England.

The much loved Emily and the Woods is due to release her new EP titled ‘Eye to Eye’ on May 4th. You can watch her new video for ‘Steal His Heart’ below which features a mammoth chase by a postman from London to Brighton!