When it was launched a decade ago, Dydd Miwsig Cymru – Welsh-language music day – tended to be dominated by artists for whom Welsh (Cymraeg)
Category: Music
Prince estate blocks release of Netflix documentary by Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman
The estate of the late funk superstar Prince has successfully blocked the release of a nine-hour Netflix documentary about him, made by the Oscar-winning creator
Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius (Vol 1) review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
Few have doubted that African American pianist/composer Thelonious Monk was a genius of modern music, as this album title attests, but the acclaimed 28-year-old Birmingham-born
‘He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up’: inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s explosive duets album
By the time Elton John retired from touring in 2023, everyone knew his story. It followed a memoir and a biopic, which cemented the Elton
Olly Alexander: Polari review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
It isn’t melodramatic to say that Olly Alexander’s debut solo album comes at a crucial moment in his career. Four years ago, his ever-escalating success
Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather?
In his heroic yet tragically short life, Elvis Presley was many things to many people: leather-clad hip-gyrating sex symbol; corruptor of youth; symbol of the
Irv Gotti, Murder Inc founder and producer of DMX, Ja Rule, Kanye West and others, dies aged 54
Irv Gotti, the chart-topping producer and music label executive who was instrumental in the careers of Ja Rule, Ashanti and DMX as the co-founder of
‘The greatest heavy metal show ever’? Original Black Sabbath lineup to reunite for Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert
Having been the original voice of heavy metal, survived multiple bouts of ill health and relieved various bats and doves of their heads, Ozzy Osbourne
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new sexual assault lawsuits as he awaits trial
A fresh round of lawsuits alleging sexual assault have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, though the rapper and mogul continues to deny wrongdoing. On
‘Into the heart of the whirlwind’: how Led Zeppelin were sweet-talked into their first biopic
Bernard MacMahon says he knew he was taking a massive risk. The Irish-British film-maker and his Scottish partner Allison McGourty had spent 10 months researching