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Jamie Cullum beat Stormzy to scoop Best Song at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. The Ivors Academy announced the winners of The Ivors with Apple Music on Wednesday, celebrating the very best songwriting and screen composition of 2019. Other champions included Dave and Fraser T Smith and Mysie, who scooped Rising Star. Winner: Jamie Cullum … Read more
Dave, Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi and Kate Tempest are among the nominees for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. Streatham rapper Dave, who won the Mercury Prize last year with his album Psychodrama, is up for Best Contemporary Song with his track Black. The politically-charged song, which saw him accuse Boris Johnson of being ‘a real racist’ in … Read more
Chic star Nile Rodgers and James Bond composer David Arnold are among five artists who will mentor musicians as part of the Ivor Novello Awards new scheme. Five British and Irish songwriters and composers have been shortlisted for the Rising Star award, with each winning a spot on the year-long programme with Apple Music. David, 58, … Read more
The Ivor Novello Awards have been postponed to September amid the coronavirus pandemic. The prestigious music ceremony was due to take place in May, but the organisers have now moved the show at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House hotel on London’s Park Lane to September 2. Graham Davies, CEO and Crispin Hunt, Chair of The … Read more