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UNCOVERED: Sault | History Defined

Raye, Tyla, FKA twigs and more reviewed at All Points East 2025: hit and miss

3/5 Distinctly lacking in Doechii, it was a patchy and fragmented day of pop that didn't always gel

Evening Standard

Sault review – GCSE-level drama performance borders on the pretentious

Standout moments included Chronixx captivating on stage, Yasiin Bey delivering a seamless guest verse and Cleo Sol’s ethereal appearance – but the theatrics felt alienating

The Guardian - UK

Sault, Cleo Sol and Chronixx open All Points East with mammoth five-hour set

The performance took place on two stages, with the main stage decked out like Star Wars’ Tatooine, and a second platform like a sci-fi pyramid.

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SAULT added to All Points East lineup: everything you need to know about London festival

SAULT will perform at the opening night of All Points East 2025 in a world-exclusive performance, marking their second-ever live appearance

Evening Standard

Little Simz on breakthroughs, betrayal and becoming one of the UK’s best-ever rappers: ‘I don’t want to shy away from how I feel’

Critics’ favourite and curator of this month’s Meltdown festival, the British artist is flying high. But a nasty legal battle with her closest collaborator and a crisis of confidence left her close to calling it quits. Instead, she put it all on the new album

The Guardian - UK

"Unable to pay her full tax liability": Little Simz is getting legal to the tune of £1.7 million to recover cash from her former producer, Inflo

The rapper claims that Inflo failed to repay loans that left her short of cash and unable to make her tax returns

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Little Simz sues former producer Inflo over unpaid debts

The British rapper and actor alleges that Dean Cover has failed to repay a loan of £1.7m from 2023

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One to watch: Ganavya

The California-based artist, who performed last December in London with Sault, melds spiritual jazz and south Asian classical music with ambient textures

The Guardian - UK

Little Simz - Drop 7 EP review: the north London rapper heads to the club

The Mercury Prize winner takes a fascinating detour into the world of dance music

Evening Standard

Sault review – utterly astonishing debut show by UK soul enigmas

Joined by string sections, choristers and teams of dancers, the eclectic collective – including Cleo Sol, Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka – lead an electrifying immersive event

The Guardian - UK

Sault live at Drumsheds review: Show of the year? That's an understatement – this is an all-timer

This truly remarkable debut show felt like being there at Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, Beychella, or Kendrick Lamar’s masterpiece Glastonbury headline set

Evening Standard

Cleo Sol: Heaven review – soulful succour from the Sault singer

Part of the enigmatic London collective, the singer-songwriter’s third album is a balm of cool, dreamy reflections on faith, love and courage

The Guardian - UK

Wet Leg named songwriters of the year at Ivor Novello awards

Isle of Wight duo hailed for ‘fresh, unapologetic and direct’ songs, while Harry Styles, Raye, Sault, Charli XCX and Florence + the Machine are among the other winners

The Guardian - UK

Harry Styles, Kate Bush Among Nominees for Ivor Songwriting Awards

Singers Harry Styles and Kate Bush are among the nominees at next month's Ivors, the annual awards honouring songwriters and screen composers. Kate Bush is being recognized for her 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" which enjoyed a resurgence in popularity last year thanks to Netflix show "Stranger Things", the…

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The best pop music albums of 2022

If 2022 was a year of at least trying to return to normalcy, part of that process for music makers was putting all they had to say out there, releasing the pent up accumulation of ideas accrued over two years of pandemic living.

The Guardian - UK

Sault: Aiir, Earth, Today & Tomorrow, Untitled (God), 11 review – an act of supreme generosity

The esteemed collective release five dazzlingly eclectic albums, melding rap, post-punk and modern classical composition

The Guardian - UK

The curate’s Easter egg: how Taylor Swift turned pop into a multiplayer puzzle

Filling her new album Midnights with cryptic clues and hidden messages, the singer is just one artist transforming pop culture into a game. But social-media sleuthing can have a dark side

Evening Standard

Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes review: New songs with a vintage air

Densely layered and sophisticated, these tracks immediately feel like familiar favourites

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Cleo Sol review – rare gig shows neo-soul star is a natural live performer

The Sault singer creates an intimate atmosphere with her affable yet commanding stage presence, as if she knows everyone there personally

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Brit awards 2022: Inflo is first non-white winner of producer of the year

Sault co-founder, who has worked with Adele and Little Simz, thanks ‘all the Black producers before me – I am you’

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