Aug 23rd, 2007 · Pelle Carlberg makes cozy, feel-good chamber pop in the spirit of Belle and Sebastian, with sweet harmonies, infectious melodies and upbeat rhythms. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Carlberg previously fronted the six-piece group Edson before embarking on a solo career.
May 7th, 2007 · Rock the Bells is a documentary about promoter Chang Weisberg's attempt to reunite the Wu-Tang Clan at the 2004 Rock the Bells Festival. The film is now being released in select U.S. cities, with the DVD following in July.
Dec 13th, 2006 · Former Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell radiates tranquility and calm wonder on "Willows Song." Emulating the haunted, melancholic tone of late-'60s British folk, Isobel Campbell, her off-in-the-cosmos soprano lures her listeners past the words, into the sloping melody and the thick swirls of atmosphere around it.
Apr 25th, 2006 · Former Belle and Sebastian member Isobel Campbell has a new collaborator for her latest album. She teamed with occasional Queens of the Stone Age frontman Mark Lanegan for Ballad of the Broken Seas.
Mar 19th, 2006 · They're an odd couple. Angel-voiced Scot Isobel Campbell and gravelly grunge rocker Mark Lanegan of Seattle combine their talents on the CD Ballad of the Broken Seas. Campbell tells Liane Hansen about life after Belle and Sebastian.
Mar 6th, 2006 · Scotland’s art-pop hipsters Belle and Sebastian and the Canadian power pop group The New Pornographers visit Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club for a night of music, webcast live on NPR.org tonight.
Mar 6th, 2006 · Stuart Murdoch is the front man for the Scottish indie-pop band Belle and Sebastian. For the group's new CD, The Life Pursuit, they've broken two long-standing traditions: making quietly precious music, and refusing to embrace the media.
Dec 25th, 2005 · "What's In a Song," the continuing series from the Western Folklife Center, takes a look at the origins of one of the hardiest of holiday perennials: "Silver Bells." It made its debut in a 1951 Bob Hope film, The Lemon Drop Kid.