PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician,
singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a
vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of
instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, harmonica, and most
recently, the autoharp. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she ... read more

Why pop music loves TS Eliot

Scratch any literate songwriter – Win Butler, David Bowie, PJ Harvey – and beneath the surface you will find a debt to TS EliotThe New Yorker critic Louis Men...
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Adele - Adele Pipped By Pj Harvey To 'the Big One' At Ivor Novellos

The winners of the prestigious Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards have been announced and though as expected Adele was top of the pile on a couple of occasions she far from ...
Posted 17 May 6.09pm — Comment on this

Adele triumphs at Ivor Novello awards

Adele wins two prizes at songwriting awards, while Harvey's Let England Shake and Sheeran's The A Team are also honouredPJ Harvey and Ed Sheeran threw spikes under the Ad...
Posted 17 May 4.41pm — Comment on this

PJ Harvey contributes two new songs to Mark Cousins documentary

Singer's first new material since Let England Shake will appear on soundtrack for What Is This Film Called Love?PJ Harvey will premiere two new songs on the soundtrack fo...
Posted 17 May 11.37am — Comment on this

Adele, Take That, PJ Harvey pick up Ivor Novello awards

Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey and Siouxsie Sioux also rewarded
Posted 17 May 11.07am — Comment on this

Two new PJ Harvey songs to feature in new documentary

'Horse' and 'Bobby Don't Steal' used in new film about happiness
Posted 17 May 8.52am — Comment on this

Duran Duran: I've hated them for 30 years but they're the perfect band for the Olympics

The veteran New Romantics would not have been the choice of all music-lovers to showcase English culture to the world. But they have a gift for empty spectacle that suits...
Posted 5 May 2.27pm — Comment on this

Kate Bush's snow shows footprints worth following

The veteran risk-taker's Ivor Novello-listed album maps out a future for female musicians, according to one of her famous fansThe nomination this week of Kate Bush's late...
Posted 20 April 5.04pm — Comment on this

New music: Foe – A Handsome Stranger Called Death

Foe makes herself sound all about the darkness. But a pop heart beats amid the despairFoe, aka Hannah Clark, lists her influences on her Facebook page as PJ Harvey, Nirva...
Posted 19 April 12.38pm — Comment on this

Adele - Adele To Take On Harvey And Bush At South Bank Awards

Adele Pj Harvey and Kate Bush are set to battle it out for the top pop prize at Britains 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Awards The soul sensations album 21 faces stiff competit...
Posted 2 April 4.06pm — Comment on this

New band of the day – No 1,241: Danny Brown

This rapper's radical new sound suggests a hip-hop Trout Mask Replica or SwordfishtrombonesHometown: Detroit.The lineup: Daniel Sewell (vocals, music).The background: The...
Posted 2 April 4.05pm — Comment on this

Women are a gender, not a genre

In denying EMA, St Vincent and Anna Calvi a link to their male forebears, the music press is guilty of keeping rock dividedWho owns rock? It was a woman, Sister Rosetta T...
Posted 7 March 3.53pm — Comment on this

The Horrors - The Horrors Wanted Harvey To Win Nme Award

The Horrors rocker Tom Cowan was baffled when his band won a top prize at the Nme Awards - because he was rooting for Pj Harvey to take the trophy The British group scoop...
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Dirty Three: Toward the Low Sun – review

(Bella Union)It's 20 years since instrumental post-rock trio Dirty Three formed in Melbourne. Between them, violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim ...
Posted 1 March 9.30pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played PJ Harvey songs in the past year.

  • Let England Shake  9 plays
  • The Words That Maketh Murder  3 plays
  • The Glorious Land  3 plays
  • Rid Of Me  1 plays
  • Sheela-na-gig  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by PJ Harvey over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 17 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 90s 12 plays

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