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Chuck Berry, rock'n'roll legend, dies at 90

Go Johnny Go: Chuck Berry has died at 90 years of age.

Chuck Berry, whose roistering songs to teendom​ laid the ground work for rock'n'roll, was one of the last  surviving giants who took the music out of America's Deep South to the world.

Sisters, friends and lovers

Laura Marling explores the feminine with a touch of the masculine on her new album <i>Semper Femina</i>.

An intense look at women as friends, lovers, inspirations and mysteries takes this folk singer into new emotional and musical territory.

Cheeky chanteuse breaks hearts and wins minds

Cheeky and eclectic: Belle du Barry with Paris Combo.

It was love at first sight – or sound, at least – when Australian multi-instrumentalist David Lewis first encountered French chanteuse Belle du Berry singing with her group La Belle Equipe.

Bossa's magic may be fading for Bebel

Bebel Gilberto epitomises bossa nova but her genial presence was hardly magnetic.

The mix of vivacity, a girlish voice and an innate sense of groove epitomise the bossa nova style, yet this was by no means a performance of unabashed magic.

Early riser, constant changer

Clean living, nature loving Canadian singer/songwriter Jenn Grant doesn't need lessons from Gwyneth Paltrow.

She's up early, she's always changing her musical style, and if you need it, she's got life and sleeping advice. What more could you ask for?