Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians such as Elvis Presley and Aretha
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Post your questions for Dolly Parton
Big of hair and bigger of heart, Dolly Parton remains a glorious and seemingly indefatigable presence in pop culture. Aged 78, she’s still releasing bold
Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘Almost every band behaves like a corporation. Everything is a press release’
Geordie Greep has a knack for proclamations. When the 25-year-old musician meets me at a bar in Soho, London, he barely speaks above a whisper
Squeeze review – slick pop perfection that refuses to show its age
A woman is clambering on stage and heading for the microphone; a man is making his way up to sing backup. There’s a look of
‘I wanted it to sound alive’: cult DJ Midland on his musical journey through the Aids crisis
Harry Agius had been DJing in clubs for almost a decade, but in 2019 something switched. After a summer spent at NYC Downlow, the LGBTQ+
Author Geoff Dyer on Bob Dylan: ‘The songs pour off his records like they’re written in my soul from him to me’
It’s Dylan season again! The European leg of his tour kicked off in Prague on Friday and arrives in the UK on 1 November, climaxing
Leon Bridges: Leon review – deliciously soulful confection with added country
When poet of the pillowcase Leon Bridges was promoting his Gold-Diggers Sound album in 2021, he told the Guardian he wanted to become one of
Daniel O’Donnell looks back: ‘In the 80s and 90s, when pop was experimental, some considered my music from a bygone age’
Born in Donegal in 1961, Daniel O’Donnell is a singer and TV personality known as “Wee Daniel” to his legion of dedicated fans. His career has spanned four
‘Absolutely mindblowing!’ Shed Seven score their second No 1 album of the year
Shed Seven have cemented one of the biggest chart comebacks in British rock, scoring their second UK No 1 album of the year – over
Yeat review – US rapper brings exploding, sweat-drenched pandemonium
Drinks are flying, items of clothing are whizzing through the air, smoke cannons are billowing and the bass is thunderous. “It’s fucking mental in there,