One on One

1 week ago | oneononemusic.co.uk | Danny Angove

At least, it’s hard not to think that right now. We’re standing in a field at LIDO Festival in East London and a brash, bold, and occasionally obnoxious pop phenomenon known as Charli xcx is holding court to a packed-out crowd.

Feb 28, 2025 | oneononemusic.co.uk | Danny Angove

The Manchester-based poet, songwriter, and performer has spent the last year-and-a-bit steadily making a name for himself as something of a BBC Radio 6 Music darling; and now, with the release of his debut album, ‘Service Station At The End Of The Universe’, we think he’s set to break into the mainstream.

Aug 19, 2024 | oneononemusic.co.uk | Danny Angove

It’s a Sunday afternoon and things are rather nice, really. There are young couples around us, enjoying the atmosphere. Families with children saunter softly over the green grass, pausing only to pick up ice creams from the van parked a few feet to our left. Twenty-somethings are lounging, thirty-somethings are chattering, and a legion of forty-somethings have arrived armed with cider and an almost reckless enthusiasm for the pursuit of a good time. It is, frankly, bliss.

Jul 7, 2024 | oneononemusic.co.uk | Danny Angove

We’re standing in the middle of London’s Hyde Park and we’re completely at the mercy of a man who looks like he’s having just as much fun as anyone else in the field. This human ball of charisma has spent the last hour blasting out the kind of bombastic, yet oft emotional pop belters that he’s spent twenty-odd years producing, and there’s not a soul here that isn’t completely under his spell. If he were to ask the crowd to storm Parliament right now, they would. That’s how much control he has here.

Jun 3, 2024 | oneononemusic.co.uk | Leah Davies |Marcus Royce

He’s the infectious Minneapolis singer-songwriter who’s spent the last few months building up a catalogue of absurdly anthemic adult contemporary pop music. If you’re a fan of Paul Simon, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, or some of Michael Bublé’s more defiant moments, then you’re going to love him. .