On stage in a former industrial building in the Norwegian city of Bergen sits a strange, if not bewildering, selection of objects. There is an
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Bait, ting, certi: how UK rap changed the language of the nation
There’s a video format spreading on TikTok. Recorded in towns across suburban England, teenage interviewers stop their peers on the street, fielding questions that range
Back to Black review – woozy Amy Winehouse biopic buoyed by extraordinary lead performance
The last time Sam Taylor-Johnson directed a movie about drugs it was A Million Little Pieces in 2019, based on James Frey’s notoriously inauthentic memoir
‘I wrote it in a bedsit on Nick Drake’s guitar’: how Dream Academy made Life in a Northern Town
Nick Laird-Clowes, singer, songwriter I was a part-time presenter on the first series of The Tube, with Jools Holland and Paula Yates. That was filmed
I couldn’t imagine doing festivals without drinking. Pulling it off filled me with relief – and pride | Laura Snapes
Twenty years ago this August, I went to my first music festival. My best friend’s mum kindly – bravely – drove us two 15-year-olds from
‘Anger compels me forward’: Drive My Car composer Eiko Ishibashi on evil, experimentation and exploding genre
Whether it’s Hitchcock and Herrmann, Spielberg and Williams or latterly Villeneuve and Zimmer, film directors often get into a glorious feedback loop with a preferred
Charlie Pyne Quartet: Nature Is a Mother review – soaring, effervescent jazz
British jazz is currently blessed with vocal talents. Bandleader Charlie Pyne is just one sample from a spectrum that embraces big band fan James Hudson,
On my radar: Vashti Bunyan’s cultural highlights
Born in 1945 and raised in London, singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan released her debut album, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970, inspired by a trip around
Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter review – takes country music by its plaid collar and sets it on fire
Ever since Beyoncé – to quote the lady herself – “changed the game with that digital drop” via her self-titled fifth album, released without warning
The Ed Sheeran decade: how the everyman megastar remade music in his own image
Ed Sheeran is popular because he is a generational talent. Ed Sheeran is popular because his output is generic and bland. Ed Sheeran is popular because