Lydia Hughes

fiN, the alternative rock quartet from Wandsworth played at Bush Hall, London this week to launch their new single 'Twenty Three' / 'Eve'. Beforehand I got talking to them about partying, death, and performing with Rihanna at this year's Brit Awards.

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There has been uproar since last night. Adele had just been awarded what can be considered the most notable award of the evening: Mastercard British Album of the Year, for her album 21. However, during her gracious acceptance speech, whilst thanking her country and fans and stating the pride she...

At the SB.TV Xmas party I caught up with Ms Dynamite. She's been on the down-low for some time, a lot of us wondering what she's been up to, but now she's ready to make a comeback.

An event host to top names in the current...

Lady Leshurr, who has been previously dubbed as the UK's female version of Busta Rhymes, performed at SB.TV's first live event at Koko in London this week. Other contributors included Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder, Meesha B., Ms. Dynamite and Cher Lloyd. Whilst the event was about promoting young entrepreneur Jamal Edwards's...

This Japanese-American singer-songwriter at just 26 has already been making music for over 10 years. From a young age she began tinkering with instruments lying around the house, but as of recently she's gone from playing alone in the stairwells at college to having over 90 million listeners. Her story...

At V Festival this year I met the notorious Welsh rappers, Goldie Lookin' Chain. Given their somewhat infamous reputation I expected a torrent of hilariously explicit antics, although I can't say I was prepared for the dose of free sex and clunge that came...

Frontman Fitz (Michael Fitzpatrick) had just been through a shattering break-up, feeling as though he was about to lose his mind, when writing songs became medicinal, and the development of the album Pickin' Up the Pieces acted as part of the self-healing...

It was a YouTube video I randomly stumbled across one day that compelled me to buy Lykke Li's second album Wounded Rhymes. As I watched the acoustic version of 'I'm Good, I'm Gone' from her debut album Youth Novels, I was introduced to an alternative singer-songwriter from Sweden who, at...

Darwin Deez, I love you! Whilst I'm already a massive fan, this was my first time seeing the New York-based, minimal pop/rocker in the flesh -- and what a show. It's obvious from the music videos alone that frontman Deez (Darwin...

As I stood in New York's Mercury Lounge, after walking what felt like the length of Manhattan, my feet ached. When I plonked myself down I realized, to my delight, that I rested next to William B. Johnson. Former bucket drummer to Alicia Keys during "The Diary of Alicia...