‘It’s been like a kind of military training,” says Rokia Traoré of the nine months she has just spent in European prisons. “It was very
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Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax
One of the most distinctive concert films in rock history, Pink Floyd at Pompeii, is to be rereleased in cinemas – including in Imax format
On side A, our baby’s first words! The vinyl-carver sparking a craze for cutting records at home
If you want to buy a bespoke, brand-new machine to cut your own vinyl records at home, there seems to be just one man who
‘It makes you feel like the hero of your own quest’: the dark, delightful magic of the dungeon synth scene
A flurry of inflatable caveman clubs have erupted into the air, a crowd of ecstatic metallers swinging them merrily as they watch a hooded dinosaur
Grace Slick on sex, drugs and Jefferson Airplane: ‘I was sober in the 80s. That was a mistake’
Rock’n’roll might not be advertised as being good for your health, but it’s worked out all right for Grace Slick. The former Jefferson Airplane singer
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let
Roberta Flack’s performances softly burned with the fire of life itself
In the liner notes to 2023’s Lost Takes – which excavated the tapes that had served as Roberta Flack’s audition for Atlantic Records over half
Cult folk singer Bill Fay, writer of The Healing Day, dies aged 81
The folk singer Bill Fay, known for songs such as The Healing Day and Thank You Lord, has died aged 81, his record label has
‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life
It’s summer 2021 and I am sitting in the front room of a terraced house in Southend owned by my favourite rock star of all
Fish review – euphoric opening to a prog hero’s farewell tour
In 1985 Derek William Dick, the Scottish singer known as Fish, was locked into an intense, vivid and kaleidoscopic LSD experience which provided him with