The Winner of Season One of "The Voice" UK is....

...this lady!! Yay, a Diva won the first ever series of The voice, UK. I should mention her name, it's Leanne Mitchell, and having not watching any of the series I am in no position to offer anything but congratulations! I don't even know if she wins anything, though I assume she gets a recording contract. What I do know is that she was mentored by Tom Jones, and was not the bookmakers favourite to win (Thanks BBC website!).

Coldplay & Rihanna "Princess Of China" [New Video]

Coldplay and Rihanna finally release the green-screen heavy video for single Princess Of China [which I reviewed here, what seems like an eternity ago]. The teaser released a while back hinted that something a little special, and dare I "iconic" was in the making, but the actual video doesn't quite fulfil that promise. Well not to me anyway.

Reader Spotlight: Karen Vinter

Today is quite a momentous day for us here at Divadevotee. For today is the day that we shine a little bit of love and light on one of our most loyal supporters, Ms Karen Vinter!

Karen has been one of a group of people- you know who your are- who have kept this blog going with their participation, support and kind words.

Over the course of our many exchanges it transpired that Karen was in fact a singer, and knowing this I couldn't help but push for a taster! It took some time, but eventually she was kind enough to send me audio of some of the songs she had covered. Songs which you too can now hear below. 

[Free Music] Ellie Goulding: 'High For This'

Ellie Goulding has released a free track for fans to pass the time as they wait for her new material, scheduled for release in October. It may not be an original song- it's actually a cover of The weeknd's High For This- but it's still a quality offering from the electro-pop Diva.

So whatcha waiting for, take a listen and download!

[New Video] Florence + The Machine: "Spectrum"

Florence + The Machine have released the video for one of my favourite tracks off of the Ceremonials album, Spectrum.

Keen to mirror the opulence and luscious feel of the track itself, Florence + The Machine enlisted world renowned photographer David LaChapelle to direct the clip.

There are some gorgeous set pieces to be found in the video for Spectrum, for instance the flooded cityscape, and the golden-hued apartment, but it feels like they either ran out of time, or money to really use them to their best advantage. The choreography looked particularly loose. But I suppose that will happen when you're trying to squash in a video shoot while on a world tour.

An introduction to the Americana/Acoustic Scene by Opie Ever [Guest Post]

Recently DD (DivaDevotee) suggested I might want to write a bit about "acoustic" music for this blog. Flattering as that suggestion was, it was also a daunting one.

[New Music ]Lana Del Rey & Bobby Womack, "DayGlo Reflection"

Lana Del Rey continues to infuriate detractors by getting to not only work with some of the coolest people in music-in this case Bobby Womack- but also manages to gain praise from those collaborators too.