Wayne Shorter brought ethereally timeless beauty to the sometimes impatient soundtrack of jazz. In the months before his death at 89 in March 2023, the
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Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen
Britney Spears’ bestselling memoir The Woman in Me is headed to the big screen. Universal has acquired the rights to the critically acclaimed memoir, released
Ravyn Lenae, genius of melody: ‘What’s left out of love songs is the growth on the other side of a breakup’
Many pop music videos are an excuse for gorgeous styling and showboating choreography, but for the US psychedelic-R&B singer Ravyn Lenae, the stakes were rather
‘A bit bloody exciting’: Adele welcomes tens of thousands to epic Munich concert series
Earlier this summer, with a little help from AI, Adele slipped into a Bavarian-style dirndl dress, cradled a very tall beer and held a giant
Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs – ranked!
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Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin review – a fire reignited
‘It is only in music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro has been
Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72
Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose love ballads and songs about women’s rights were a soothing balm during Nigeria’s rocky 1980s and
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In 1966, Armand Schaubroeck – an ex-con who had made a local name for himself selling guitars out of his mum’s basement in Rochester, New
The 1975 sued by Malaysian festival over Matty Healy’s onstage gay kiss
The organizer of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has sued the 1975 and all of the British pop-rock band’s members individually, following lead singer Matty Healy’s