<div><p>The shadowy Burial is our tip for the Mercury prize, although he won't be able to collect the prize as a line drawing</p><p>Another year, another set of Mercury (or Nationwide Mercury Prize, to give it its full title) nominations for everyone to get angry about in ...

<div><p>Night time, some kind of big house in the Hollywood hills, probably, at the kind of party where Andre 3000 and Estelle might stand around drinking colourful cocktails ... </p><p> ... with some impressive sounds because John Legend is the pianist-for-hire, sitting at a baby grand, tinkling out some soft ballad ...

<div><p>The organisers of the Mobo awards yesterday claimed nominations for this year's ceremony represented a crucial breakthrough for British urban music into the mainstream but said record labels needed to do more to develop homegrown acts.</p><p>After Estelle, Dizzee Rascal and Leona Lewis this year conquered the ...

<div id="subtitle">Legend on becoming a 'stadium artist,' album disappointments, charity work and Kanye's singing</div><div><p>A platinum CD is hardly a disappointment, especially in these rocky times, when even veteran acts find it hard to crack the one-million mark.</p><p>But John ...