Ravyn Lenae is only 25, but her blend of delicate indie-rock and muscular R&B is masterfully self-assured. The Chicago-born, LA-based artist’s 2022 debut, Hypnos, gestured
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The Postal Service’s Ben Gibbard: ‘You write things when you were 21 that you wouldn’t write today’
Benjamin Gibbard is aware of your nostalgia for Death Cab for Cutie. For nearly a year he’s been living it, performing both the band’s breakout album
Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza review | Ammar Kalia’s global album of the month
Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento has one of the most dextrous voices in global music. From his 60s samba-funk releases as part of the Clube de
‘Fame is like inhaling a toxic substance’: the The’s Matt Johnson on pop, politics and his death-defying return
Just over six years ago, Matt Johnson announced the The’s first shows in 16 years, including a prestigious concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Then
Americana icon Gillian Welch: ‘Bob Dylan walking on to our version of Billy put a smile on my face’
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Still fresh: why Mtume’s Juicy Fruit underpins generations of rap classics
Notorious BIG’s Juicy, released 30 years ago this week, is the story of a rapper coming out of Brooklyn, New York, and rising to the
Rapper Nelly arrested in St Louis area over alleged ecstasy possession
The rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St Louis-area casino, and the Missouri highway patrol said an officer found four illegal ecstasy pills
Subdued, sleepy and despised by snobs: how minimalist piano eclipsed classical music
Pitch darkness. Then a single spotlight on a piano in the middle of the stage. A figure walks on – head down, almost apologetic –
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Flight b741 review | Album of the week
You may have assumed that King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are just not for you. This band of shaggy-haired Australian larrikins release records at
Techno godfather Juan Atkins: ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’
When Juan Atkins is walking through Berlin airport, he’ll often spot someone out of the corner of his eye, approaching cautiously before plucking up the