Love-drunk disco from Josey Rebelle, sassy funk from Amsterdam, prog rock, lonely pop and even Mariah Carey feature among techno beats and polyrhythms...
Traded for a bottle of whiskey as a child, he grew up with burlesque dancers and liquor store owners, and was nearly killed in a horrific car accident. Yet through his sculpture and music, he has become a true American visionary
Chan Marshall’s latest album adds Auto-Tune, Lana Del Rey and a Rihanna cover version to her folk, blues and American roots music. It’s the work of a woman going her own way
Bradley Cooper shows he can sing as well as act and direct but it is Lady Gaga’s pop prowess that lifts each track, be it spectacular piano ballads or heart-rending duets
Forty years after its chart peak, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) is
the classic Pride anthem and the subject of academic symposia. Not bad for a drag queen who was ‘just trying to get on to the radio’
From Dua Lipa’s choreographed pop to Kendrick Lamar’s rap blitzkreig, R&L expanded beyond the indie faithful – but Sex on Fire still got the biggest singalong
Love-drunk disco from Josey Rebelle, sassy funk from Amsterdam, prog rock, lonely pop and even Mariah Carey feature among techno beats and polyrhythms...
In this excerpt from his essay collection They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib traces the interplay of privilege and guilt through the careers of Vanilla Ice, Eminem and Macklemore, and wonders whatever happened to Bubba Sparxxx
A new book about the making of his 1971 solo album restores his artist wife to her crucial role in his musical life. She looks back to a time of peace and love – and anger
The streaming service is a decade old on Sunday. So has it created a post-CD paradise for listeners – or turned today’s music into a grey goo? Our music editors argue for and against
If Dua Lipa and Silk City’s video for Electricity feels familiar that’s because Janet did it first In 1986. Here’s how the video changed the pop landscape
Folk music can be a powerful political tool. So why are so few of today’s singers engaging with the environmental concerns? Green activists Jimmy and Sid are trying to change that.
France’s leading musical ambassador, who died on Monday, was admired by such disparate entertainers as Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and sometime Sex Pistol Glen Matlock
'I believed love could cure cancer' How grief sent Steve Perry on a new Journey