As a Staffordshire pottery heiress and a renowned lyricist, a female vocalist and member of the international jet-set, Sublime’s latest guest interviewee is making for a very interesting conversation. And we’ve hardly started

From south London schoolgirl to queen of Goth glamour and feted musician, flame-haired Florence Welch, of stadium-packing band Florence + the Machine, reveals the rich wealth of influences behind her latest album

After many years of nomadic existence, Feist finally stopped moving and sat down to write her fifth album, Metals

St Vincent ⚫ Phall Fatale ⚫ Kill It Kid ⚫ Brothers of Brazil ⚫ Bobby Valentino 

Sublime sits down with Adele Bethel, founder of Brit-punk-flavoured band Sons & Daughters, who have succeeded in marking themselves out from the teeming, talented Glasgow scene

Hollie Cook ⚫ Brian Eno ⚫ Berne, Black & Cline ⚫ Other Lives ⚫ Susanne Sundfor

When Ron Sexsmith decided to ditch his rock band and become a singer-songwriter in the classic mould, it was a step that took a great deal of courage. In the late 1980s, singer-songwriters were still suffering from a severe image problem. They were seen as part of the post-1960s malaise – overgrown, would-be adolescents wallowing in egocentricity and spineless self- pity. Since the early 1990s, however, and thanks in part to Sexsmith’s sterling groundwork, singer-songwriters – the odder in looks and outlook the better – have enjoyed a renaissance. Today, Sexsmith counts artists as diverse as Steve Earle, k.d. lang and Feist among his fans, whilst Michael Bublé covered his song ‘Whatever It Takes’. The 47-year-old Canadian recorded his twelfth and latest album with legendary producer Bob Rock in Los Angeles – an experience documented in an affecting film, Love Shines. 

Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi ⚫ Karl Culley ⚫ Africa Hitech⚫ Art Brut ⚫ Narasirato 

The Kills ⚫ Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo ⚫ Juliette Cammagère ⚫Ron Sexmith ⚫ The Naked and Famous 

Ever since Ry Cooder gathered a forgotten generation of semi- ancient Cubans to record the seminal Buena Vista Social Club album, there’s been a continual search in all corners of the world to find other ‘scenes’ that might be similarly turned into a global phenomenon. While the excellent film Rocksteady: the Roots of Reggae is following the Buena Vista blueprint almost step by step, documenting the pre-reggae music of Jamaica, a number of African artists who made their names in the 1970s have also profited from this interest in history