In the manner of, say, Al Stewart, Smith pens a set of historical story-songs based around everyone from Oscar Wilde to singer-activist Paul Robeson to 19 th century female Chinese pirate Zheng Yi Sao ...
Bastille's Dan Smith has enlisted his mum to sing on the group's new album. The 38-year-old frontman asked his mother to contribute to the band's new tune 'Telegraph Road', which was inspired by a ...