The guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 after an illness, his family said, paying
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new criminal counts alleging ‘forced labor’
Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking,
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Kamasi Washington review – hip-hop and P-funk inform an outrageously joyful set
‘I don’t need to be from here to tell you I love you,” Kamasi Washington says, teeing up the velvet soul of Lines in the
Elton John and Brandi Carlile: Who Believes in Angels? review – a true meeting of minds
In the twilight years of his career, Elton John has been anointing the next generation with a keener ear than most, championing new stars from
Joe Lovano: Homage review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
Joe Lovano, that giant American elder of jazz reeds-playing, nowadays seems – rather like the equally eminent saxophone master Charles Lloyd – to be simmering
DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us review – party-starting nostalgist is as playful as ever
It’s almost surprising that DJ Koze is only now, decades into his career, releasing an album titled Music Can Hear Us. The Hamburg-based producer has
Did John and Yoko split because of Richard Nixon? The making of revelatory music film One to One
People are usually at their most interesting when they are in flux – uncertain of the way forward, of what life they ought to build.
Ed Sheeran: Azizam review – a cross-cultural Persian experiment … which sounds incredibly English
Ed Sheeran’s new single arrives at an interesting point in his career. His last albums, 2023’s Subtract and Autumn Variations, felt not unlike a riff
‘This weird dream just keeps going!’ Wet Leg on overnight success, sexual epiphanies and facing fears
Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale looks like a pop star from a different era. She walks into a bar in east London wearing a giant, floor-length