What is in each of your pockets right now? Gum. That’s it. To be honest, I don’t really use my pockets that much. I have
Category: Music
Janelle Monáe review: a masterclass in progressive showbiz spectacle
Not all superheroes wear capes. This one does, though. Janelle Monáe arrives on stage two nights into a three-show residency at Factory International’s well-appointed new(ish)
Róisín Murphy: ‘I think our culture is too hedonistic’
I used to ask my dad if I could marry him. He was my hero. My first memory is being devastated that he had to
Fran Healy of Travis: ‘What did I want to be growing up? Not poor’
Born in Staffordshire, Fran Healy, 50, grew up in Scotland. In 1991, he enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art and joined the band that
Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians
Noel Gallagher has decried Glastonbury festival, long a champion of leftwing political causes such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, as “getting a bit woke
Post your questions for the Police’s Stewart Copeland
Bands like to end on a high, but few did it with as much panache as the Police. Having amassed increasing success since they formed
Norma Winstone and Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
Four and a half decades separate the birthdays of UK vocalist and lyricist Norma Winstone and pianist Kit Downes, but they converse as if they
Kiasmos: II review – will have you crying tears of joy on the dancefloor
Kiasmos want your tears. The electronic duo – comprising Bafta-winning and Grammy-nominated Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen – make what they
‘Theresa May made the whole country rally against migrants’: UK rapper Berwyn on poverty, perseverance and hostile politics
When Berwyn sat down to create his 2021 mixtape Demotape/Vega, he was at a nadir. He was living in a “shithole of an apartment” in
Lonnie Holley review – America’s wreckage made into magical art
Should you review the art or the artist? With Lonnie Holley it’s hard to tell them apart, and completely impossible to separate his creativity from