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From genre-hopping innovators like Cosmo Jarvis and MC Xander to heart-stopping cabaret chanteuses Camille O'Sullivan and Patti Plinko, the IaI's music and performance collection hosts the most sensational acts from our legendary parties at the HowTheLightGetsIn and Crunch festivals. Whether you're after foot-stomping folk, side-splitting stand-up or electronic euphoria, you'll find hours of enchanting live entertainment to watch, listen to and share.
Brian Eno calls genre-hopping songwriter Cosmo Jarvis a “new kind of artist”. His effusive imagination and contagious tunes have brought him over three...
Siôn Russell Jones performs 'Lover Come Closer' at Crunch 2011. With his imaginative songwriting and beautiful acoustic melodies, this young artist has al...
Having recently supported Newton Faulkner, Cardiff rising star Siôn has also been compared to Paul Simon. He presents imaginative pop-folk songwriting and...
Drum-synth collective Beaty Heart deliver afro-inspired party pop to set hearts and minds on fire, earning comparisons to Animal Collective and Vampire Wee...
Australian singer songwriter Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo won a slew of awards including a BAFTA for their song Nostalgia, used as the theme for the ...
Hot foot from New York, the former creative force behind legendary Brooklyn band The Hold Steady, Franz Nicolay has been compared to Nick Cave and The Pogu...
Old folk hits a new groove as three troubadours collide in rich harmony, with songs carried by guitar, accordion, clarinet and vocals. It's a sound, it's...
Fronted by the seductive ‘manic chanteuse’ Patti Plinko and consisting of guitar, violin, mandolins, whisky bottles and old vinyl, the Maddening’s da...
Drawing as much inspiration from sea shanties and folk ballads as from the grit of the city, Dizraeli and the Small Gods bridge the divide between folk tra...
Inventive reimaginings of English traditional folk music blended with orchestral flourishes, guitars and electronics. A slew of album awards and major perf...
UK festival favourite uses nothing more than his voice, a mic, an fx box and a loop-pedal to create intricate, multilayered music that enchants, amazes and...
Twisted folk-driven quartet that is built to fuel good vibes and stomping mayhem. They’ve taken their cross-genre ceilidh music all over the world, enter...
Sweet, soulful acoustic pop peppered with weird sounds and funny, unusual stories. Kate Nash loved them so much she brought them out on tour with her, an...
Gifford’s Circus’ official touring band bring thier tongue-twisting cross channel collective to the globe. Merging French Brass Fanfare, Ska, Reggae,...
This pioneering London quartet draw on 70s funk, rock, hip-hop and drum and bass to create their own brand of hi-tempo dance music. They deliver the intell...
Fabulous trio fusing African melodies, garage shuffles, reggae skanks, soulful vocals and party raps, with percussion, trumpet and vocals. Fresh from a...
Fresh from sell-out shows at the Sydney Opera House and London's Royal Albert Hall, Time Out cover star and 'singer of the moment' Camille O'Sullivan sasha...
After the laughter, comes the dancing. Mad Jack and The Hatters’ mission statement is to bring music with attitude, atmosphere, and a crazily good beat t...
Cool kids about town Man Like Me electrified crowds at HowTheLightGetsIn last year with a euphoric set that left us buzzing for more. We've had a year to...
Band of the moment The Correspondents bring their unique brand of swing-hop to Hay. Clad in spandex and spats, the super cool cats merge electro and hip-...
Elegant, beautiful, understated songs from one of the UK's rising folk stars. She's collaborated with Tunng, the Unthanks and Nitin Sawney and is one to wa...
The Liberal calls Silvera epic and intimate, with songs that offer us a landscape of the human heart. Hers is a tapestry carefully crafted, often woven w...
Epic, widescreen pop with a keenly felt indie sensibility. Kyla's exquisitely smoky voice is laid over rich instrumentation to bewitching effect. Miss ...
