In the expansive basement of his house in an exclusive neighbourhood of Chiswick in west London, Darcus Beese, 55, is sipping a cappuccino below a
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Later this month, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will release their 10th studio album together, Woodland – named after and recorded at their studio of
Hit em: how a dream about raves, graves and slime led Matmos’s Drew Daniel to a new music genre
The other night Drew Daniel went out raving and the club was pumping out loud and distorted music. His friend Max was ignoring him, toying
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You can date country music’s position as pop’s rising force back to Lil Nas X’s inescapable Old Town Road. It began an uncomfortable conversation about
Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin review – an inspiring homage
American polymath Meshell Ndegeocello won a Grammy for her 2023 LP The Omnichord Real Book, and this multi-voiced, jazz-adjacent theatrical opus ramps up the veteran
Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1 review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
Wayne Shorter brought ethereally timeless beauty to the sometimes impatient soundtrack of jazz. In the months before his death at 89 in March 2023, the
‘Your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices’: the secret life of rap bodyguards
‘My biggest regret is being the one responsible for not saving Tupac’s life,” says Reggie Wright Jr, formerly head of security at the hip-hop label