成人快手

A classically trained soprano, she is perhaps best known for her work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops who recently put in a stunning appearance on Jools Holland, though you heard them here first! Rhiannon Giddens dropped in to Arts Extra, along with Skip Shyree, to perform 'Knockin'...

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Kim Lenaghan spoke to Cleo Laine (pictured right) from backstage at the Waterfront.

Can you learn how to write a song? Or is it a creative art that can't be shaped by formula or technique?

Songcraft is an annual weekend organised by NIMIC - the northern ireland music industry commission - which brings together professional and amateur writers. Everyone stays in a cluster of cottages at the Giant's Causeway, and get down to some serious writing under the watchful eye of tutors such as Bap Kennedy, Eleanor McEvoy and Iain Archer.

Arts Extra's own wannabe songwriter Conor McKay went along to compile this special report...

Marie-Louise meets Shlomo. The man with the amazing voice-box...

Earlier this year Robbie Meredith caught up with Nick Cave ahead of the release of the Bad Seeds album 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig' - he began by asking Nick what attracted him to the story of Lazarus...