Quincy Jones, a titan of American entertainment who worked with stars from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson and Will Smith, has died aged 91. Jones’
Category: Music
Michael Mayo: Fly review – a bravura fusion of original work and jazz standards
The fluctuating divide between soul and jazz has become more blurred than ever, as this young American singer first attested on his acclaimed 2021 debut,
Laura Marling review – a sumptuous performance, with strings attached
The first night of Laura Marling’s five-show residency at Hackney church on Tuesday seems, perhaps, the wrong gig to be reviewing. The atmosphere is rapt,
‘I am the industry!’: Keke Palmer on being Hollywood’s queen of content
In an era when social media has turned us all into products to promote, Keke Palmer is the whole damn corporation. As a one-woman multimedia,
Mark Kermode on… composer John Williams, master of unforgettable blockbuster soundtracks
Some years ago I interviewed the British director Edgar Wright about his favourite soundtrack albums. I mentioned that, in the age before videos, I had
Peter Perrett: The Cleansing review – a darkly humorous gem
That there are nods to his own mortality throughout this third album in Peter Perrett’s late-career renaissance isn’t a massive surprise. After three sublime albums
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – candour meets artfulness
Over the course of his past four albums, rapper Tyler, the Creator has traded his edgy teenage Odd Future persona – and homophobic rhymes –
Morrissey donates £50,000 to Salford Lads Club fundraiser
Morrissey has donated £50,000 to the Salford Lads Club, the institution pictured on the inner sleeve of the Smiths’ 1986 album The Queen Is Dead.
Autre Ne Veut: Love, Guess Who?? review – long-awaited return is like peak Magic FM
Arthur Ashin, AKA Autre Ne Veut, emerged in 2010 with a self-titled instant classic of underground pop: think Prince had he lived alone in a
‘Somebody’s up there saying: good karma!’ Phil Manzanera on Roxy Music, Cuban grooves and making a fortune off Jay-Z and Kanye West
In the booklet that accompanies Phil Manzanera’s career-spanning, 11-CD box set, 50 Years of Music, there is a photocopied page of small ads from a