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The House of St Barnabas teams up with Eat Your Own Ears for a Soho micro-festival

May 5, 2017

THE Soho-based charity that works to break the cycle of homelessness through training and academy-based employment have teamed up with the founders behind London’s Field Day festival to create an uplifting one-...

Glass speaks to Suffolk-born solo musician Jay Ducker

Katrina Mirpuri

May 2, 2017

Feature, Glass Talent, Music

GOING solo is never easy when you have a background in a well-established band. However, in this case it seems to have worked out just fine for Suffolk-born Jay Ducker, previously of Cove Hithe, who reveals an ...

Glass Reviews Ryan Joseph Burns’ debut album, Absence

Emily Rae Pellerin

April 11, 2017

Culture, Glass Talent, Music, News

IN HIS debut album Absence, out this week, Scotsman Ryan Joseph Burns soulfully croons into his harmonica, an unaffected, impassioned glimpse into the lovesick and forlorn psyche of a 20-something musician. He ...

Glass speaks to Ellis Ludwig-Leone from San Fermin

Katrina Mirpuri

April 7, 2017

Culture, Feature, Music

NAMED after a week-long festival in Spain, San Fermin are a group led by musical mastermind Ellis Ludwig-Leone. With a classical music degree from Yale, Ludwig-Leone has an impressive back catalogue of musical ...

Glass talks to Chinese superstar singer-songwriter Jay Chou

Livia Feltham

April 6, 2017

Feature, Music

WHEN a press conference reaches a fevered climax and a stampede seems imminent, that’s when Glass finds itself ducking for cover to dodge both overseas fans and Chinese press. Both were united in admiration of ...

New music platform Salute to offer £50,000 to unsigned artist

Katrina Mirpuri

March 27, 2017

Music, News

THE UK’s newest music platform Salute Music Makers has been launched. Fronted by the ex-Undertones lead singer and music industry stalwart Feargal Sharkey, Salute aims to scout of the best new unsigned artists ...

Listen to the Glass Spotify Playlist Spring 2017

Livia Feltham

March 24, 2017

Feature, Music, The Glass Playlists

THE GLASS latest Spotify playlist for Spring 2017 is now available to listen and stream. Here is our breakdown of each track in the playlist for your listening pleasure. 1. Often – Abhi Dijon With insigh...

Glass In Motion loves… Glass Animals — Pork Soda

Livia Feltham

March 22, 2017

Glass TV, Music

UK-BAND Glass Animals reveal the saturated and surreal new video for Pork Soda, the third single to be taken from their critically acclaimed second album How To Be A Human Being. Outlandish and of...

Glass reviews … Tinariwen at Electric Brixton, London

Katrina Mirpuri

March 17, 2017

Glass LIVE, Music, News

IT'S hard to see the bright side of things when political unrest surrounds us, however in this rare occasion it seems to have brought together something great – Tinariwen, and band whose members bonded over the...

Glass went to the NME Awards 2017

Katrina Mirpuri

February 19, 2017

Feature, Music

THE NME awards at Brixton’s O2 Academy proved to be an action-packed night, celebrating the year’s best independent and rock musical talents. Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro picked up the award for Best Britis...

Convergence 2017: Music, Art and Technology

Katrina Mirpuri

January 19, 2017

Music, News

CONVERGENCE festival returns again for its fourth year this March celebrating a great array of music, art and technology. This years lineup boasts international talent with Sunn O))), Actress, Coldcut, Flamingo...

Beyoncé leads the NME awards with five nominations

Katrina Mirpuri

January 17, 2017

Music, News

BEYONCÉ leads the NME awards shortlist this year, gathering the most nominations following the success of her unexpected visual album Lemonade. Standing against other musical behemoths such as Radiohead and...

Glass In Motion loves… Glass Animals – Season 2 Episode 3

Livia Feltham

November 30, 2016

Feature, Glass TV, Music

GLASS Animals release their latest video for current single Season 2, Episode 3. The psychedelic video created by lead singer Dave Bayley and director Whoopi sets about creating a nightmareish, pixelated f...

How To Dress Well at Village Underground, London

Katrina Mirpuri

November 24, 2016

Glass LIVE, Music, News

TOM Krell is an open book. His brutal honesty and willingness to pour his heart out on stage is what sets him aside from other artists. How To Dress Well’s notoriously powerful live shows are why they have mana...

Glass check out London’s cool new venue Omeara

Katrina Mirpuri

November 24, 2016

Music, News

AT the height of London’s nightlife crisis, a saviour has arrived in the name of Ben Lovett (of Mumford & Sons and Communion Records) as he’s just opened a hip new music venue called Omeara. Omeara Liveroo...

Kate Bush releases single And Dream of Sheep and new live recording Before The Dawn

Michele Kirsch

November 23, 2016

Music, News

WHILE we wonder why an artist revisits a pretty much perfect, and perfectly weird song, And Dream of Sheep, in its first incarnation as part of 1985’s Hounds of Love, Kate Bush’s slightly deeper timbre changes...

Veuve Clicquot present the second instalment of 'The Widow Series', introducing 'Radiant You' curated by FKA Twigs. On the 27th and 28th October

Veuve Clicquot celebrates Halloween with a show curated by FKA twigs

Sara Hesikova

October 27, 2016

Culture, Music, News

THE leading champagne brand Veuve Clicquot partnered with singer, songwriter and producer FKA twigs for its second instalment of The Veuve Clicquot Widow Series to celebrate Halloween a few days earlier. The ev...

Ebe Oke (Musician and artist) Opr Rehersal at The Watermill Center , NY

Musician and artist Ebe Oke’s Open Rehearsal at The Watermill Center, New York

Emily Rae Pellerin

October 26, 2016

Culture, Feature, Glass Talents, Music

UPCOMING next month is experimental artist Ebe Oke’s open rehearsal at Robert Wilson’s The Watermill Center in New York, where he is a current artist-in-residence. Oke is an operatic spoken word artist-cum-e...

Bat For Lashes to headline Mirrors festival

Katrina Mirpuri

October 25, 2016

Glass LIVE, Music, News

HACKNEY’S Mirrors Festival is returning this weekend after making its first debut last year. This year boasts a strong line-up of artists, with the event taking place this week in East London. The day festi...

Glass reviews the Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia

Katrina Mirpuri

October 5, 2016

Feature, Glass LIVE, Music

LIVERPOOL’S International Festival Of Psychedelia (Liverpool Psych Fest) has left a strong footprint on the music calendar since it began in 2012. Despite being fairly small compared to Europe’s other competing...

Plaitum release hypnotic video for MYO

Katrina Mirpuri

September 30, 2016

Glass Talent, Music, News

ELECTRO-pop duo Plaitum have just put out a stunning new music video for their new song MYO, taken from the band’s most recent double A-side release Grace Hits/MYO. The single is out now via Wolf Tone records. ...