
With her self-titled debut album Corinne Bailey Rae ? who has just been voted the Sound of 2006 by the BBC ? has already been compared to the likes of a young Erykah Badu and at first listen you can see why, says Marchelle Hermanus.

The man with the jangly guitars and a hairstyle that defies age is back with his fourteenth studio album. Find out why Tom Petty is the Fidel Castro of the music world...

This album, which spans 15 years of ground-breaking work, is a salute to the Massive Attack sound: a dark mix of electronica, hip-hop, dub and rock. Marchelle Hermanus is impressed.

The Manic Street Preachers haven?t released a phenomenal album since 1994. Or even a great one since 1996. ?Send Away The Tigers? changes that.