I am very pleased to announce more dates from my forthcoming 'The Acoustic Sessions Tour' in Amsterdam at Amstelkerk on 23rd Septemb...

Saw a wonderful gig at the Barbican on Sunday. First on were the truly infectious grooves of the New Orleans brass combo 'Soul rebels ...

Amy Winehouse's death rounded off a grim weekend for news. She was one artist who everyone, whatever their age or taste, agreed was ve...

I've just returned from a short trip to Munich. I went to the opera & saw a production of Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'. The ...

The new album teaser # 2 is on line on the new home page http://www.tanita-tikaram.com/ !! love tt

This week's wake up song 'Candy Apple Red' is from an artist I've recently discovered with the coolest name Bonnie Guitar (...

I saw the French film 'Potiche' ( Trophy Wife ) last night. It was silly & charming & idealistic & features a delicious...

Yesterday evening I went with some friends to the Tate Modern exhibition [link] of the Spanish Surrealist painter Joan Miro. We were all ve...

The new album teaser is on line on the new home page http://www.tanita-tikaram.com/ !! love tt

This week's TT Test is taken by the great American singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier [link] . Her songs have been covered by many artists ...

This week's wake up song is Psapp's 'Sad Song '. The song sounds so crunchy it always makes me smile & even if the refr...

Just finished reading 'A Monster Calls'. The book's own history is worth telling. Siobhan Dowd was a children's writer who d...

I have developed a bad habit of not setting time aside to really listen to albums in their entirety. I tend to hear a new song I like &...

This week's wake up song is performed by the legendary Alberta Hunter. The beautiful 'Darktown Strutters' Ball' was written...

London is so beautiful & sunny at the moment, I am spending a lot of time outside, discovering new places especially the markets which...

This week's TT Test is taken by Sarah Waters [link] one of Britain's best loved novelists. Her first novel 'Tipping the Velvet...

London is super loved up today !! This morning there was not a sound in the park or on the roads, everyone was watching the wedding. It...

This week's wake up song is from the German band 17 Hippies (actually, there are only 13 of them !). I've recently discovered this ...

I caught the exhibition 'Last Days of the Comet' at the Hayward Gallery last week. This is number 7 of the British Art Show Series...

I saw the Neil Labute play 'In a Forest, dark and deep' last night, basically because a friend of mine has a crush on the actor Math...