Kate Kingsmill, Journalist

Live Review: Zoo Twilights: The Cat Empire, Alysha Joy

"This band is masterful at the slow, poignant build-up that escalates to peak party vibe such as during 'Steal The Light', which gets the biggest roar for the night (and not just from the lions)."

The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Kate Kingsmill

The Cat Empire Brass-Man Is Getting Up Close And Personal

"Something happens and they just tear up and it really makes you think that music is this way to tap into people's emotions."

Pub Culture 'Round The World, A Reason To Record & The Extremes Of Emotion

"It was just a certain amount of time before we found our feet with it, before we found the reason for it to exist."

Carus Thompson Leaves The Troubadour Lifestyle To Settle Down

"[Being a musician] takes a lot of dedication and it takes a lot of toll on your personal life and your family."

Live Review: The Comet Is Coming

"TCIC's spaced-up, freaked-out jazz is perfect music for sunset at a festival."

The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Kate Kingsmill

Ben Lee On Pretty Much Everything

"There are glamorous moments, but overall what I've been is a musician and someone really hungry to learn."

Gwenno Saunders On Making Peace With Your Roots

"Welsh language... There was a point for it to be political because actually it was about a voice just wanting to keep on existing, political in itself."

How Working In Nashville Is Like Being On Grand Designs

"Me trying to be ultra-confessional also saw me being ultra-playful and remembering some really stupid and crazy moments."