When Steve Groome started learning to play guitar after retiring, he never expected he would end up in a band. “At 66, I’m not going
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‘I’m confident we will be adequately bejewelled’: readers on how they’re preparing for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour
With Taylor Swift’s Eras tour set to arrive in the UK this summer, fans of the pop superstar are busy preparing for the big event.
Richard Thompson review – a showcase for decades of exquisite craft
There’s something surprisingly exhilarating about a band simply striding on stage without a speck of fanfare. But then it’s a walk that Richard Thompson has
‘It’s a hallucinatory experience!’: musicians on the awesome creative power of motherhood
The year my son was born, I spent a lot of time walking laps of my small ground-floor flat in a milky, slightly hysterical state
Tell us: what do you spend on music in a typical month?
Following on from our coverage of the financial difficulties faced by musicians and venues in 2024, we want to know about your music spending habits.
‘I woke up face down on a Hollywood lawn’: Bran Van 3000 on Drinking in LA
James Di Salvio, singer, songwriter My father owned clubs in Montreal, so I was DJing by the time I was 15. And then I started
Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the Wu-Tang Clan album that exists in a single physical copy that was once bought by disgraced pharmaceutical entrepreneur
Lizzo reacts to South Park storyline on Ozempic: ‘I showed the world how to love yourself’
Lizzo has expressed pride on seeing a South Park episode dedicated to her, saying: “I really showed the world how to love yourself.” The singer
Doug Ingle, frontman of rock band Iron Butterfly, dies aged 78
Doug Ingle, the frontman and organist of US rock band Iron Butterfly who wrote their major hit In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, has died aged 78. His son Doug
Richard Sherman obituary
Richard Sherman, who has died aged 95, often said that he never realised his youthful ambition to write “the great American symphony”. However, with his