Album - On an Island Artist - David Gilmour

This is David Gilmour's first new solo album since 1984 when he launched the experimental About Face. Experience the Pink Floyd front man return to style, which is more in keeping with the classic Pink Floyd sound. Gilmour's trademark slow-tempo delivery is apparent and his voice is too good throughout.

Album - In Between Dreams Artist - Jack Johnson

Singer cum songwriter Jack Johnson has carved out quite a remarkable career on the mainland with this amazing album. In Between Dreams is quite uncharacteristic of a man who gets his biggest kicks surfing the waves and strumming his guitar on a lonely beach in native Hawaii.

Album - Corinne Bailey Rae Artist - Corinne Bailey-Rae

Corinne's mastery in music becomes self-evident the moment you hear her sing the very first note of her very first EP. It showcases a slice of sublime Billie Holiday blues delivered in the softest but most persuasive of ways, to the wall; a voice that floats.

Album - In the Hands of Love Artist - Vittorio Grigolo

Warm, resonant, and uniquely expressive, Vittorio Grigolo has the voice to explode every preconception about classical music. His singing simply plays down the barriers which have sprung up between the worlds of opera and pop.

Album - Eye to the Telescope Artist - KT Tunstall

Eye to the Telescope is a pleasing album on mediation between the traditional demands of brooding egocentricity and frothy commerciality by Edinburgh-born chanteuse/guitarist KT Tunstall.