Ten Artists for the British Bit

Those of you who know me know that I love British culture. As an excuse to share that love with other people and to get bit of a byline, I started a weekly column called “The British Bit” in my school’s online magazine last spring. I took a break from in the fall while I was off campus on an internship, but I’m back at it this quarter and I’m very excited for my first column of 2012: Brit bandwagon: artists you should listen to now. It’s about ten British musicians who are under the radar in America — five who released albums in 2011 and five who might just blow up in 2012. Rather than rehash what I wrote there, I’ll let you go read the column for yourself…

http://northbynorthwestern.com/story/the-british-bit-under-the-radar/

Sound Snack: Birdy

Just heard this beautiful cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” by Birdy on BBC Radio 1. Is it sad that I had no idea what the song was until I heard “My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my”?

Here’s the original in case you want to compare: