This year, a 2-day digital festival in May will be followed by a series of live in-person concerts in July.
‘The Pianoman at Christmas’ artist taught a virtual music lesson to 2,282 students.
Other performers will include Mabel, MNEK, AJ Tracey and Clean Bandit
Featuring ten new, self-penned Xmas tunes, the album is out now on Island Records in the UK and Europe and Blue Note in the US.
“'Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ has always been one of my favorite songs to celebrate the holidays, and I’m excited to team up with Amazon Music to share my own version with...
The single forms a central part of the annual fundraising spectacular, and is now available for pre-order.
'The Pianoman At Christmas' will follow on Island on November 20, featuring ten original holiday songs recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
Multiple Grammy-winning jazz superstar Herbie Hancock also picked up The PPL Lifetime Achievement Award.
The joyful new track is a taste of what’s to come from Cullum’s forthcoming festive collection 'The Pianoman At Christmas'.
Due on November 20 from Island Records, the holiday album includes ten original songs featuring 57 musicians.
The annual awards, selected by juries of the winners’ peers, celebrate British songwriting and scoring for film and television.
The Ivors Academy also recognizes such writers as Stormzy, Dave, Nick Cave, Labrinth and Calvin Harris.
Cullum says: "I wanted a video that communicated the feeling of life’s experiences playing out in your mind like a surreal slideshow of an unremembered past.”
Cullum's new album is set for global release on 7 June, through Blue Note in the US and Island Records elsewhere.
With career album sales of ten million to his name, Cullum's new studio record represents a striking new direction.