Back in 1988, when Neneh Cherry paired a gold jacket with a gold bra and a pregnant belly on Top of the Pops, the world
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Charly Bliss: Forever review – alt-rockers put pop first
On their first two albums – 2017’s Guppy and 2019’s Young Enough – Brooklyn’s Charly Bliss traded in various combinations of sonic sweet and savoury.
Ravyn Lenae: Bird’s Eye review – a breathtaking R&B follow-up
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
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’
What do you think is the legacy of the massive success of O Brother, Where Art Thou? for you and roots music in general? HenleyRegattaI
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 –