As an artist, entertainment is the purpose of your work – or the result of it. If you’re Coldplay, it’s all purpose. Michael Kiwanuka is
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Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More review – a solo debut worth waiting for
A decade and more in the making, Kim Deal’s first solo album under her own name more than repays the wait. Nobody Loves You More
Lars Danielsson/Verneri Pohjola/John Parricelli: Trio review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
When ACT boss Siggi Loch asked the three European musicians who created this glowing collage of folksy melodies, Latin-grooving and freely roaming improvisations for their
Poppy Ajudha: Poppy review – frank lyrics elevate soulful, funky love songs
When south London singer-songwriter Poppy Ajudha ended a two-year hiatus with the release of single My Future, a stunning and resolute self-love anthem about the
‘We didn’t intend to create outrage’: Huggy Bear on radical politics, riot grrrl – and causing chaos on live TV
‘You should be able to heckle if there’s something sexist on live TV.” In the staff room at the Lloyd Park Children’s Charity in Walthamstow,
Malian singer Rokia Traoré to be extradited from Italy to Belgium
Malian musician Rokia Traoré, who was arrested in Rome last June over an international child custody dispute, will be handed over to Belgium in the
Her dead father left her 10,000 records. Sharing them online helped her grieve – and get to know him
When Jula’s father died, he left her his vinyl collection – close to 10,000 records that included everything from opera to 60s psych to prog
Father John Misty: Mahashmashana review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
Nine years after his breakthrough album I Love You, Honeybear turned Josh Tillman from a minor indie singer-songwriter (and the former drummer of Fleet Foxes)
BBC Sound of 2025 longlist tips established artists including Chappell Roan and Confidence Man
The BBC Sound of 2025 list, the broadcaster’s annual list of rising artists with “the best chance of mainstream success”, has highlighted a number of
More endurance than you can shake a stick at: does conducting keep you young?
Tonight, 97-year-old Herbert Blomstedt will climb to the Royal Festival Hall podium in London to conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra. For those of us who anticipate