Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light – exclusive album stream
Have a listen to the second album from the Mercury-nominated singer and let us know your thoughtsReading on mobile? Listen hereGhostpoet doesn't oversell his music. "It's a chance for me to mumble over...
View ArticleGhostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light – review
(PIAS)There's a clue to this album's contents in its title – a phrase that suggests a deeper meaning, if only you could work it out. Ghostpoet is a former Mercury prize nominee whose style is someplace...
View ArticleGhostpoet: why tech hits the right notes
The singer and producer on social media, apps – and lightbulbsWhich social media do you use?Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. In that order. Before that, I was on MySpace. They are good for having an...
View ArticleA week in Mali with Africa Express – Olugbenga Adelekan's diary
The Africa Express collective visited Bamako, Mali, to make an album from scratch with local musicians. Joining the likes of Damon Albarn and Brian Eno was producer and Metronomy bassist Olugbenga...
View ArticleWhy Africa Express's Maison des Jeunes is the one album you should hear this...
Alexis Petridis recommends Africa Express's Maison des Jeunes, a collaborative album recorded during a week-long trip to Mali. Featuring a mix of western and Malian artists including Damon Albarn,...
View ArticleLatitude Festival - in pictures
Latitude in Suffolk has a reputation as a relaxed, family friendly festival, as I found when I dropped in to shoot these photos. Although getting backstage is important, there is still lots you can do...
View ArticleGhostpoet review – claustrophobic and utterly compelling
Chats Palace, LondonThe rapper’s brittle, anxious interior monologues should see him cross over to a wider audience There are many reasons why people make music. One of the most rare, and beyond...
View ArticleGhostpoet: Shedding Skin review – new alt-rock territory grabs bigger ideas
PIASGhostpoet’s Obaro Ejimiwe has tussled with the challenge of living up to lofty critical expectations since his debut. Album Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam picked up a 2011 Mercury prize...
View ArticleGhostpoet: Shedding Skin review – tentative hopes for happier times
(PIAS)After his Mercury-nominated debut, Obaro Ejimiwe’s second album, beset by breakups and self-doubt, felt like the product of a bad hangover. “It was a depressing record,” the south Londoner...
View ArticleFive albums to try this week: Steven Wilson, Ghostpoet and more
Listen to new albums from indie artist Keath Mead to MC Ghostpoet. Which artists will you be playing this week?Why you should listen: London MC Obaro Ejimiwe drifts away from the minimal electronic...
View ArticleGhostpoet performs Off Peak Dreams live in session – video
Ghostpoet, alias London MC Obaro Ejimiwe, performs Off Peak Dreams in an exclusive session recorded for the Guardian at the Lexington in Islington, north London. Off Peak Dreams is a song on his latest...
View ArticleWhy Ghostpoet's Shedding Skin is the one album you should hear this week – video
Alexis Petridis recommends Shedding Skin, the third album by Coventry's Mercury-nominated anti-rapper Ghostpoet. He says this bleak and lovelorn album sees Ghostpoet shifting from electronics and...
View ArticleGhostpoet: soundtrack of my life
The Mercury-nominated rapper on dancing to UB40 as a child and his Muddy Waters obsessionCompetition: win tickets to the festival of your choice this summerObaro Ejimiwe, who records as Ghostpoet, was...
View ArticleMy big break: Ken Loach, Caitlin Moran, Lennie James, Grayson Perry and more...
Are the arts today really closed off to anyone who doesn’t have the right background or financial support? We asked musicians, film-makers, actors, artists, architects and others at the top of their...
View ArticleGhostpoet: 'It's not a competition. Musicians should support each other'
Despite tweeting his disdain for the acts at the Brit awards each year, the singer believes musicians should respect and encourage fellow performersGhostpoet, in his zip-laden black leather jacket,...
View ArticleBenjamin Clementine wins the Mercury music prize 2015 - as it happened
Who made the best British album of the last 12 months? A panel of music people decided it was Benjamin Clementine with At Least For Now Look at Jamie xx – now there’s a pop star who loves to hog the...
View ArticleThe fest test: Francis Rossi v Ghostpoet
Who’s had the wildest festival experience? The veteran Status Quo frontman takes on the Mercury-nominated musicianRossi: We were working a festival in Scandinavia once, and this guy with long, blond...
View ArticleGhostpoet: Dark Days + Canapés review – grey-sky thinking about modern life
(Play It Again Sam)Poet and musician Obaro Ejimiwe’s fourth album opens with a groan. So the mood is set for the rest of this exhaustingly bleak record; a grey-skied documentation of modern hot-button...
View ArticleGhostpoet: Dark Days + Canapés review – languid and assured
(PIAS)It’s a depressing time to be alive, according to Ghostpoet. After years of heavy-hearted introspection, the twice Mercury-nominated Obaro Ejimiwe turns his gaze outwards on his fourth album,...
View ArticleGhostpoet: I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep review – dark but defiant
(Pias)Since his last outing, the south London musician and producer has eased up and moved to Margate. Yet this atmospheric return still carries the weight of the world Ghostpoet– the brooding alias of...
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