Power struggle leads to coup in Tigray as war looms between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Aregawi was building a tour-guiding business when war struck Ethiopia’s Tigray region in 2020. He spent the next two years fighting on the frontline. Now
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny review – a musical rebirth with swagger
The primary message of Tell Dem It’s Sunny – the second studio album from south-east London’s Greentea Peng – might come penultimate track, I Am
Annie and the Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul) review – a joyous gospel family affair
Multigenerational gospel soul group Annie and the Caldwells are the rarest of things: a genuinely homespun family band. Formed in the 1980s as a way
John Cale review – 83 years old and still forging deeper underground
John Cale is 83 years old. Live, it would be more than understandable to find a musician of that age in a period of slowing
Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) review – a bit too tasteful
Now probably more famous as the author of Crying in H Mart, her bestselling 2021 memoir about food, identity and grief, Michelle Zauner’s fourth album
Bad Boys review – 30th anniversary of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence blowing stuff up
Back in the day when Martin Lawrence had top billing over Will Smith, this movie landed in cinemas in all its gun-wielding, vehicle-exploding, post-shootout-wisecracking humungousness.
Is Hollywood really going to ditch the anti-fascist satire in its Starship Troopers remake?
If there is a modern day equivalent in Hollywood to Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, he or she must be hiding in the nearest underground space
David Lynch ‘wanted to go back to work’ before his death says Naomi Watts
Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts says that David Lynch “wanted to go back to work” before his death in January. In an interview with the
Just Another Girl on the IRT review – Leslie Harris takes on race, sex and class in 90s indie gem
There’s an undimmed freshness, warmth and freewheeling energy in this 1992 indie gem, and its director Leslie Harris – whose career since has chiefly involved
Raisa K: Affectionately review | Safi Bugel’s experimental album of the month
In recent years, there’s been a real appetite for a certain strain of hazy, quietly off-kilter pop made by classically trained musicians who favour a