This afternoon, U.K. singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding performed for a sold-out crowd at World Café Live for XPN’s Free at Noon series. She sang six songs, including “Starry Eyed,” “Lights” and a cover of Elton John’s “Your Song,” which you can see in the blurry-but-pretty-sounding video above. Local band Modern Inventors was her opener. The Philly group was there to promote their debut album, Cranes and Aeroplanes.

Goulding will return to the Philly stage tonight, when she plays another sold-out show at the Electric Factory.

Reporting and video contributed by Alexander Kacala

Miley Cyrus has been spotted all over Philly these days – making at least a few stops at Woody’s, we hear – but before the pop star chopped off her long locks in favor of a much more butch look, she recorded this cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” for her Backyard Sessions album. And we love it.

Interesting fact: Dolly is Miley’s godmother (talk about country music royalty). Another interesting fact: Miley’s a huge gay rights supporter. Don’t believe us? Just follow her on Twitter where she regularly takes homophobes to task. You go, girl.

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We love us some George Michael – especially during his Wham! days when he and Andrew Ridgeley delivered classic sing-a-long songs like “Last Christmas.” Fast forward 28 years later and a new English band called xx have reinterpreted the upbeat tune into more somber electronic ditty with no shortage of love pains.

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