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Songhoy Blues are a desert blues-punk band from Timbuktu, Mali. The band were exiled to Bamako during the unrest in Mali. The band features Aliou Toure, Oumar Toure, Garba Toure and Nathanael Dembele. Read more on Last.fm

Bob & Marcia was a Jamaican vocal duo that consisted of Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths. The duo had a #5 UK hit single in 1970 with "Young, Gifted and Black" (a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine). They followed up with "Pied Piper", which peaked at #11 in the UK Singles Chart in 1971. Those two releases spent a total of twenty five weeks in that chart in a period of less than eighteen months. They discontinued their partnership in the mid-1970s, both feeling that it was not bringing them adequate financial reward. Read more on Last.fm

Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe & The Masterplan. Originally released in 1990, mainly turning out a series of funk & rare groove inspired 12″s and one LP. Plenty of heavyweight house producers re-mixed their tracks including David Morales, Joey Negro & Larry Heard Barrie K Sharpe was also involved in setting up the clothing label The Duffer of St George. This is the original extended version Read more on Last.fm

Four Tet is the name used by Kieran Hebden (born 1977 in Putney, London, UK) for his experimental electronic music-oriented solo efforts, to differentiate from his work with post-rock band Fridge. Hebden's solo work typically utilises samples lifted from various sources including hip-hop, electronica, techno, jazz, and folk mixed with his own guitar playing. Four Tet shares some stylistic similarities with other musicians, such as Prefuse 73, who use computer editing techniques that give the music a staccato, cut-up feel. Read more on Last.fm

Poppy Ajudha is a singer songwriter and newly signed model from South East London. Being influenced by the soulful rare grooves and reggae of her childhood she marries jazz and blues with funk beats in the 6 - piece band she sings in, as well as slow and soulful when performing acoustically. Read more on Last.fm

indie rock and garage rock band from Newcastle, UK. The band consisting of Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Archis Tiku (bass guitar), Tom English (drums) and Lukas Wooller (keyboards), the band has drawn comparisons to Northeastern counterparts The Futureheads, as well as Franz Ferdinand, Pulp and Bloc Party for their addictive musical style and direct, edgy rock-pop sound. After releasing 300 copies of two of their songs, the band was discovered by Read more on Last.fm

There are at least two bands named The Staves: 1) a three-member folk-rock band from the UK; and 2) a baroque pop band from New York City. 1) a three-member folk-rock band from the UK. Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor have been making music together since they were children, growing up in Watford, UK, England. Brought up in a house that echoed to the sounds of Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Beatles, singing in perfect 3-part harmony came naturally to these three sisters. Read more on Last.fm

Signed to Warp, LoneLady is a pseudonym of Manchester, UK musician, songwriter and producer Julie Campbell. Her psychogeography-inspired second album Hinterland was released in March 2015 to widespread critical acclaim, and shows dance and funk influences coming to the fore. The Quietus called it a "vibrant and urgent combination of genealogy and vision – and it is this that truly makes it a masterpiece." ''Groove It Out'' was released November 2014 on 12'' and download and featured a remix by Ekoplekz. Read more on Last.fm

Famously described by John Peel as being "always different, always the same", The Fall were formed in Manchester, England in 1976 during the Punk era although their style quickly evolved into something more idiosyncratic. The one permanent fixture amidst the Fall's ever-changing line-up was Mark E. Smith (1957 – 2018). Smith's lyrics are free, unboxed and unpredictable, touching on an extremely wide range of subjects and places, and caring little for being tied down to easily digestible messages. Read more on Last.fm

Baxter Dury, son of the late Ian Dury, is an indie-rock singer-songwriter. In the summer of 2001 Baxter Dury released his debut single, the "Oscar Brown EP". The single picked up rave reviews, which included 'Single of the Week' in NME. It also achieved 'Single of the Week' in the Guardian. Read more on Last.fm