PJ Harvey became the first artist to be awarded two Mercury Prizes when her Let England Shake album was honored during ceremonies last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. ►
PJ Harvey was interviewed and performed three songs from her Mercury Prize-nominated album Let England Shake on Absolute Radio recently. The session and interview can now be heard on demand on Absolute Radio’s Web site. ►
PJ Harvey and her band performed her new Let England Shake album in its entirety as well as some older gems at the second of two sold-out shows at New York City’s Terminal 5 on Wednesday, April 20th. ►
In a wide-ranging video interview with NME.com that was posted in two parts this week, PJ Harvey discussed the themes of and the inspirations behind her forthcoming Let England Shake album. ►
The video for “The Last Living Rose,” the first from PJ Harvey’s forthcoming Let England Shake album, has premiered on her Web site. The video was directed by Seamus Murphy, who will create videos for every song on the album. ►
Katie Melua and William Orbit, who produced Melua’s latest album, which is titled The House, did an excellent two-song live acoustic session for Absolute Radio last month. ►
PJ Harvey appeared on the Sunday, April 18th edition of BBC-TV’s The Andrew Marr Show to be interviewed and to perform a new track called “Let England Shake.” ►