A Scottish singer has said he is “still on a high” after being plucked from obscurity to replace Olly Murs as the opening act for
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Sabrina Carpenter: how the Espresso singer became a piping hot pop prospect
Capped with one of the most brilliantly nonsensical chorus lines in pop history – “That’s that me, espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso is the most
Keane’s Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley look back: ‘Long friendships are like a marriage. You have to adapt to each other’s madness’
Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley are childhood friends and founding members of Keane, a group from Battle, East Sussex. The band formed in 1995 and released
Sharleen Spiteri: ‘I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you’
Born in Scotland, Sharleen Spiteri, 56, worked as a hairdresser before forming Texas with Johnny McElhone aged 17. They went on to have hits I
‘When I became a meme it was humiliating and hurtful’: Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong
The London hotel room is huge, with a grand piano in one corner. In the middle is a stash of crisps, nuts and drinks, laid
‘I was sad in a way I never knew possible’: Yaya Bey on grief, poverty and using music as therapy
“My life has been a whirlwind,” sighs Yaya Bey. Across a turbulent near-decade, the R&B auteur has weathered divorce and bereavement, relocated from Washington DC back home
‘It meant so much to him’: Shane MacGowan’s wife on the hunt for his missing Easter Rising rifle
OK, hands up – who’s nicked Shane MacGowan’s gun? MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke is not happy and she wants it back now, sparking a
Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events review – a debut that’s better than it thinks
There’s something mildly frustrating about this. Indie queen Rachel Chinouriri first emerged in 2018 as a SoundCloud starlet with So My Darling, a tender hymn
Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement review – the sax star dials up the tempos
Kamasi Washington could never be accused of fearful stasis. As one of the premier jazz crossover stars of the past decade, the LA saxophonist’s fiercely
‘Push through the feelings of: I’m worthless, this sucks’: can anyone learn to be a top songwriter?
Imagine you’ve spent the past 20 years writing about songs but never had the chops to write one. This is my penance: sitting in a