A mischievously distorted “doo doot doo doo” announced the arrival of a singular artist in 2013. The track, Bipp, was not Sophie’s very first release.
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‘No money can make me come back’: rapper Nines on grief, ghostwriting and why he’s retiring at 34
After 12 years, five albums and four mixtapes, the curtain closes. Nines’ final project, Quit While You’re Ahead, will be his last. And though many
Diljit Dosanjh review – bhangra and beats ignite an arena-sized Punjabi party
Describing actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh as a trailblazer is no act of hyperbole: after 13 studio albums and more than 40 singles, very few south Asian
Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching review – new moves with an emotive edge
Since becoming the first jazz act to win a Mercury prize for their 2022 album, Where I’m Meant to Be, London-based quintet Ezra Collective have
Stevie Nicks releases song inspired by fight for abortion rights: ‘Don’t let them take your power’
Stevie Nicks has released a forthright new single, The Lighthouse, inspired by the fight to reinstate abortion rights in the US. Nicks wrote the robust,
Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami review – beautiful music and absorbing stories
In 2017, the Bath festival commissioned the delicately experimental Anglo-Polish singer, violinist, and improviser/composer Alice Zawadzki to form a trio for a one-off gig –
Five hours of pints with Paul Heaton: ‘We’ve got distracted. Let’s get back to the album’
There’s a ghoulish woodpecker nailed to the front door. I ring the bell. Paul Heaton answers. The singer’s 62 and looks remarkably unchanged from his
Still casting a spell: Broadcast’s 20 best songs – ranked!
20. In Here the World Begins (2009) Originally a limited-edition sold on tour, and the band’s last release before singer Trish Keenan’s death in 2011,
Mustafa: Dunya review – poet’s songwriting is a little too beautiful for its own good
For an artist only just releasing his debut album, 28-year-old Mustafa Ahmed has already been a remarkable number of different things: an acclaimed performance poet,
The Cure: Alone review – majestically wreathed in misery and despair
As every Cure fan knows, the band’s albums exist somewhere on a sliding scale between two extremes. At one end lurk the albums on which