Just past the halfway mark on country artist Jelly Roll’s new 22-track album lies a sequence of songs in which he grapples with his celebrity.
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British musician and broadcaster Yung Filly charged with rape and assault
The British rapper, YouTuber and television personality Yung Filly has been arrested in Australia and charged with rape and assault. The 29-year-old, born Andrés Felipe
Lawyers for Sean Combs allege US government leaked assault footage to CNN
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have alleged that the US government is behind the leak of a video which showed Combs physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend
‘Synthesisers can convey emotion too’: Zaho de Sagazan reinvents the French love song despite never falling in love
From Édith Piaf to Serge Gainsbourg, France is fiercely protective of the chanson tradition of character-driven French-language love songs. So it’s not often that someone
Underground rapper Lemfreck wins 2024 Welsh music prize
The underground rapper Lemfreck has beaten established stars such as Skindred and Gruff Rhys to win the 2024 Welsh music prize. The 30-year-old from Newport,
John Chowning, godfather of digital pop: ‘My wife told me: I didn’t think I’d have to compete with a computer’
For 90 years, John Chowning has lived in constant motion. From his youth as a globetrotting music savant through a heyday of radical computing that
Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley alleges he was groomed by former manager
Deryck Whibley, singer and songwriter with platinum-selling Canadian punk-pop band Sum 41, has alleged that he was groomed and sexually abused by the band’s first
Piers Morgan apologises to Jay-Z and Beyoncé over allegations made on chatshow
Piers Morgan has apologised to Beyoncé and Jay-Z following allegations made against them on his YouTube-hosted show Piers Morgan Uncensored. Singer-songwriter Jaguar Wright made an
‘Look at this. We are back’: the impossible return of French touch titans Cassius
It shouldn’t have been a surprise to see Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Boombass, during the Paralympics closing ceremony. It promised “an odyssey through French
Yasmin Williams, folk’s fantastical fingerpicker: ‘Guitar Hero shaped my experimental approach’
Some guitarists are inspired by the brawn of AC/DC or the delicacy of Joni Mitchell, but neo-folk fingerpicker Yasmin Williams had a very different way