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Master returns:Iarla O Lionáird will release his new album Foxlight on September 26th. The sean-nós master will also play several Irish dates. www.iarla.com

Welsh wonders:

Gruff Rhys, The Joy Formidable and Manic Street Preachers are three of 12 albums up for the first Welsh Music Prize. The winner will be decided on October 21st.

Yes, please:The Unthanks will perform the songs of Antony the Johnsons and Robert Wyatt in Whelan's on December 13th.

Back in order:New Order will reform for two gigs later this year, but without bassist Peter Hook.

"There’s a lot of man fans out there in hip-hop"

- The Game is convinced that there are more than a few rappers in the closet