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Damon Albarn, Laura Mvula, Caribou, Anna Meredith, The Snuts and many more acts have been announced for Edinburgh International Festival 2021.This year’s event, which takes place amid the Scottish city’s other arts festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is scheduled for August 7-29.

Deezer has released a new compilation of 80s tracks covered by contemporary artists. ‘InVersions 80s’ features acts including Wolf Alice, Laura Mvula and Holly Humberstone, respectively taking on Roxy Music, Toto and Prince.“I am so excited to be a part of ‘InVersions’ because the 80s is an era that continues to inspire me”, says Humberstone.

Wolf Alice have covered Roxy Music‘s classic single ‘More Than This’ as part of a new ’80s compilation on Deezer.The London band shared the original version of the 1982 song on Twitter yesterday (May 24) before frontwoman Ellie Rowsell explained that she first heard the track on the credits to the Jane Fonda-starring film Book Club (2018).“In the wee hours of the morning on a plane journey back from Australia I (Ellie) found myself unable to sleep,” she wrote.

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Laura Mvula has shared her latest single ‘Got Me’ – you can hear the new track below.The Birmingham artist is currently preparing the release of her upcoming third solo studio album ‘Pink Noise’, which is set for release on July 2 via Atlantic Records.The follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Dreaming Room’ has been further previewed this week with ‘Got Me’, which is described in a press release as being “a funk-fuelled release of inhibitions; another taste of the euphoric feel-good sonics Laura explores

Laura Mvula has announced that she will release her third album, ‘Pink Noise’, this summer. It came together, she says, after a period of disillusionment and plans to leave the music industry entirely.

Singer Laura Mvula announced the release of her upcoming album, The Pink Room, on Wednesday. Set to drop on July 2, the release will serve as Mvula's first full-length project since her 2016 album The Dreaming Room.

Laura Mvula has announced that she’ll release her anticipated third album ‘Pink Noise’ on July 2, as well as sharing new single ‘Church Girl’.The new effort from Mvula marks her first album with Atlantic Records, and comes after she teased the record with the track ‘Safe Passage’.Hailing the record as “the album I always wanted to make”, Mvula said: “Every corner is made warm with sunset tones of the 80s. I was born in 1986.

Dry Cleaning, Paul Weller and Laura Mvula joined the latest episode of Later… With Jools Holland last night (March 12) – watch the performances below.The 57th season of the show is featuring remote performances, as well as artists talking Jools through their favourite moments from the show’s illustrious history.Mvula was the artist sharing her best bits from Later last night, while Dry Cleaning performed new single ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’ from London’s MOTH Club, and Weller played ‘Glad Times’

DEALSPartisan Records has teamed up with Chris Robbins and Tom Wironen of management firm Friendly Announcer and Brontë Jane of Third Side Music to launch new label Section1. “Our intention with Section1 is to operate in an art-first way that sounds, looks, and feels deliberate in nature”, say the founders.

Laura Mvula has returned with her new single ‘Safe Passage’, which sees the British soul singer experimenting with dazzling ’80s synth-pop.The new effort from Mvula marks her first official release with Atlantic Records, and comes ahead of further releases from the singer that are promised throughout 2021.Describing the new track, Mvula said: “‘Safe Passage’ is a poem about the vehicle that takes us all from the space where we feel like we’re drowning, and we’re trapped to the promised land,

here.A press release reveals that Mvula has signed to Atlantic Records and has been busy in the studio working on new music. The Birmingham artist’s last record was 2016’s ‘The Dreaming Room’, which was released the year before she was famously dropped by her label, Sony, via email.She told the BBC in March 2017 about how her relationship with Sony ended.