He is not drowning but waving. John Lennon’s arms stretch at angles like the sails of a windmill. His face wears a toothy, incandescent smile.
Category: Music
‘I did things I cringe at’: Alex Warren, rough-sleeper, viral prankster and now No 1 pop sensation
At 18, Alex Warren was homeless, sneaking into the gym of a gated community in his home town of Carlsbad, California, to shower for job
UK jazz star Emma-Jean Thackray: ‘I had the word weirdo thrust upon me. So I’m reclaiming it’
In her living room in south London, Emma-Jean Thackray triumphantly opens the gatefold sleeve of her new album, Weirdo, to reveal the liner notes inside.
Swedish punks Viagra Boys: ‘It’s freeing for people to see a dude let his gut hang out’
Slouched on a sofa in a former cement factory in Stockholm, Viagra Boys’ Swedish-American frontman and lyricist Sebastian Murphy is recalling a low point in
Central Cee review – UK rap superstar tentatively enjoys stadium success
Central Cee has exported UK rap like no one else before, by sculpting UK drill for TikTok with fast-paced, bite-sized packaging that often remixes a
Zak Starkey reinstated as the Who’s drummer, days after departure
Zak Starkey has been reinstated as the Who’s drummer just days after parting company with the band. The group announced earlier this week that Starkey,
Idris Ackamoor Ankhestra, Rhodessa Jones, Danny Glover: Artistic Being review – powerful live set from the Afrofuturist and friends
Idris Ackamoor was a champion of Afrofuturism long before that term was coined; his 70s band the Pyramids combined funk and avant-garde jazz with Egyptian
Self Esteem review – straight outta Gilead
Hard-edged digital club music throbs from the theatre stage – a place mostly in darkness, its shadows hiding a drummer and a multi-instrumentalist. Standing in
One to watch: Jane Paknia
One of this year’s best EPs was partly inspired by a cryptic dream about a Muppet dying. As Elmo floated into the abyss, New York
Gregory Porter: ‘My worst job? Shovelling exterminated rats’
Born in California, Gregory Porter, 53, released his Grammy-nominated debut album, Water, in 2010. He went on to receive best jazz vocal album Grammys for