Bruce Springsteen was the top honouree at the 2024 Ivor Novello awards, given an Academy fellowship – the first international artist to be handed that
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The Beach Boys review – rather too sunny account of 60s pop legends’ story
Early on in this latest of Disney’s stream of blockbuster rock documentaries, there is a brief but telling moment. It is July 1976, the year
Nathy Peluso: Grasa review – don’t overlook this Latin pop polymath
In pop’s multilingual landscape, it’s curious that Nathy Peluso isn’t a household name. Huge in Argentina and Spain, her debut album Calambre picked up a
Ten-gallon hits! Why country is the biggest pop music craze of 2024
Collins Obinna Chibueze, better known as Shaboozey, has to fit in interviews as and when he can; his schedule is “crazy”. He is peering into
George Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool gets blue plaque
No 12 Arnold Grove looks like an ordinary red-brick terrace house in the Liverpool suburb of Wavertree, recognisable only to those with a deep appreciation
Rap-rock beasts and drive-by eggings: Beastie Boys’ 20 greatest tracks – ranked!
20. Cooky Puss (1983) Pasting prank calls and garbled Steve Martin routines on to a delicious ESG-esque garage-funk of their own making, the Beasties’ first
‘When things dry up, we can’t just call daddy’: Elefant Traks, the DIY label that changed Australian music
In March, the Elefant Traks managing director, Tim Levinson, took to Instagram with an announcement: after 26 years, the independent hip-hop and electronic music label
‘It’s basically inaccessible without a phone’: are kids losing their love for music?
My daughter is nine years old. When I was her age, in 1989, I had my own small cassette player and a beloved pile of
New Orleans rapper BG won’t go back to prison – but judge will scrutinize lyrics
The rapper BG is no longer at risk of a return to federal prison after performing alongside fellow artists with prior felony convictions while on
Benson Boone review – echoes of Harry Styles in pop’s newest star
‘I see you winning American Idol if you want,” judge Katy Perry told Benson Boone when he was on the show in 2021. He pulled