Little Moon
2023 NPR Tiny Desk contest winner Little Moon has announced her sophomore album, Dear Divine, due out October 25th via Joyful Noise, and shared the swirling chamber-folk lead single “now”. Led...
Mya-Rose Craig
Mya-Rose Craig is a 22-year-old British-Bangladeshi birder, race activist and environmentalist campaigning for equal access to nature, to stop biodiversity loss and climate change, and to ensure...
Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for "her grace and intelligence in writing." She is the author of Gilead, winner of the...
Michael Mears presents The Mistake
Following a three-week run off-Broadway in New York… and prior to performances in Japan… ESSENTIAL THEATRE presents THE MISTAKE by Michael Mears When the decision is made to use the atomic bomb...
Leena Norms
Leena Norms is a writer, YouTuber and podcaster from the Midlands, UK. Her YouTube channel has amassed over 23 million videos with her weekly video essays and imperfect thought experiments to help...
Lande Hekt
Lande Hekt's music is born out of self-reflection, social and political awareness, and her capacity for evocative storytelling. Having explored this personal song-writing approach with her former...
Lamorna Ash
Lamorna Ash is a writer and freelance journalist based in London. Her first book, Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, won a Somerset Maugham Award...
Hugh Mann
Hugh Mann is a Completely Ordinary Human Man, and definitely NOT an alien from outer space who intends to eventually get round to conquering Earth. Hugh Mann explores what it means to be a human...
Jordan Stephens
Jordan Stephens is a creative, musician, writer and performer, perhaps best known as one half the chart-topping duo, Rizzle Kicks who have recently made a come back after a 9 year hiatus. Jordan is...
Jenny Goodman
Jenny Goodman is a medical doctor, author, lecturer and broadcaster, living in London. She qualified at Leeds University Medical School in 1982, and worked as a junior doctor in General Medicine,...
Kate Rusby
Of all the stars in folk music's wondrous firmament few shine as brightly as Yorkshire's Kate Rusby. A remarkable interpretive singer with a back catalogue spanning two decades, Kate's vocals...
Harlot
Harlot are a dynamic, angry trio of South Yorkshire scream queens who are ready to make some noise
K.O.G
“I view MUSIC as a major WEAPON in the BATTLEFIELD for PEACE of MIND in the world” – K.O.G Kweku Sackey aka K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) is a multi-dimensional creative force, combining exquisite...
Jayne Manfredi
Jayne Manfredi is an Anglican Deacon, writer, teacher and regular contributor to BBC Radio Four. She lives in Crewe with her husband and four children. Her first book Waking the Women: Faith,...
Good Habits
Good Habits are one of the most exciting and fast-rising indie-folk acts to emerge from the UK. Their joyous genre-fusing sound has received international critical acclaim, awards, and opportunities...