Entries in Acoustic (152)

Wednesday
Sep212011

Emeli Sandé - Heaven (Live on Jools Holland)

Last night on Jools Holland, Emeli Sandé took to the floor and blessed us all with this stunning performance of the lead single from her forthcoming debut album, Our Version Of Events. You can pre-order the album HERE and follow Emeli on Twitter HERE. I seriously can't speak highly enough of this lady, she is incredible.

Tuesday
Sep202011

James Anderson - Nobody's Perfect (SBTV A64)

SBTV catches up with the talented 12 year old James Anderson, who takes on Nobody's Perfect by Jessie J, and absolutely smashes it. Needs a lot of work, but he has a naturally pure voice, really cool harmonies and is definitely one to watch, until he hits puberty at least anyway. Follow him on Twitter HERE.

Thursday
Sep082011

Ed Sheeran - Heaven x Swim Good (Radio 1/1Xtra Live Lounge)

After reaching number 4 with You Need Me on Sunday and with his debut album coming out in 3/4 days, Ed Sheeran dropped into the Radio 1/1Xtra studios today to perform his latest single along with two pretty special covers. For Sara Cox and Radio 1 he put his own unique Reggae infused twist on Emeli Sandé's debut single, Heaven, which charted at number 2 behind Wretch 32 a couple of weeks ago. For Trevor Nelson and the 1Xtra listeners he took one of my favourite Frank Ocean songs and absolutely smashed it to pieces - I've seen him perform this before, but he never fails to impress me. You can listen to the two covers below and download all three performances HERE.

Review of the album coming soon...

Wednesday
Aug242011

Josh Kumra - Oaktree (Stand Your Ground)

A lovely new piece from upcoming soul singer Josh Kumra, who features on the current number one UK single 'Don't Go' by Wretch 32. Josh has been on the road with Wretch for the past few months, but he's also been working on some of his own stuff for an upcoming EP and a debut album. You can download a copy for free HERE.

Monday
Aug222011

Wretch 32 & Emeli Sandé - Underdog Law

On Friday Wretch 32 and Emeli Sandé hooked up for a studio session - two days later, after charting at 1 & 2 respectively, they have let go of this beautiful piano driven ballad which perfectly portrays both of their feelings about where they have come from to get to where they are right now. Wretch's album is currently sitting at number 5 on iTunes and Emeli sold out the London date of her forthcoming UK tour within seconds earlier today. Download your copy for free HERE.

Friday
Aug192011

Emeli Sandé - Next To Me (Mistajam Live Lounge Session)

Emeli Sandé dropped into the Maida Vale studios earlier this week to perform an exclusive Live Lounge session for Mistajam's show last night. The session included the soon to be hit single Heaven, along with two stunning new tracks, one of which you can watch below - you can download the entire session HERE. You can also watch Emeli performing a spectacular cover of Coldplay's new single for The Sun's Biz Sessions HERE. What a voice.

Tuesday
Aug162011

India Benet - Valerie (Amy Winehouse Cover)

India Benet, daughter of the legendary Eric Benet, pays tribute to Amy Winehouse by performing an acoustic version of Valerie in her bedroom. She is stunning, and has clearly inherited some of her dad's talent when it comes to singing side of things. A great cover, even with crazy Curtis dancing around for the entire video. Looking forward to hearing some of her own material.

Monday
Jul252011

Daley - Be (Pinboard Acoustic Performance)

A stunning exclusive performance from upcoming Manchester-born Soul/R&B artist, Daley. This is the first in Pinboard's new 'introduces' series, which is aimed at concentrating on good music and an important undercurrent of that is discovering and exposing a new generation of music makers. One of my favourite blogs + one of my favourite new artists = great combo. Enjoy.

Tuesday
Jul192011

Birdy - The A-Team (Ed Sheeran Cover)

Earlier today 15 year old singer/songwriter Birdy visited the Maida Vale studios to perform a stunning live lounge session for Fearne Cotton. Whilst she was there she covered The A-Team by Ed Sheeran, which is currently at number 3 for the fifth week running. Nobody will ever be able to better the original, but this is a brilliant take from a girl who has a very bright future ahead of her.

Friday
Jun242011

Jamie Woon - Shoulda (A64)

Jamie Woon with a stunning performance of Shoulda for SBTV, which is one of my favourite tracks from his debut album Mirrorwriting - still the best release of 2011. Guy is a genius.