Category: Music
Biig Piig: 11:11 review – long-awaited debut hovers on the edge of clubland
This long-awaited debut album arrives the best part of a decade after the viral Colors session that first introduced Jess Smyth’s name under the umbrella [more…]
‘She really is everything!’: how Doechii became a rap icon – and bagged a Grammy
Last Sunday’s Grammy awards were a celebration of widely known blue-chip talent: Taylor Swift was there, handing an award to Beyoncé. Shakira performed a medley, [more…]
‘I didn’t think I’d be able to sing in Welsh’: artists’ pride on show for music day
When it was launched a decade ago, Dydd Miwsig Cymru – Welsh-language music day – tended to be dominated by artists for whom Welsh (Cymraeg) [more…]
Prince estate blocks release of Netflix documentary by Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman
The estate of the late funk superstar Prince has successfully blocked the release of a nine-hour Netflix documentary about him, made by the Oscar-winning creator [more…]
Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius (Vol 1) review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
Few have doubted that African American pianist/composer Thelonious Monk was a genius of modern music, as this album title attests, but the acclaimed 28-year-old Birmingham-born [more…]
‘He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up’: inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s explosive duets album
By the time Elton John retired from touring in 2023, everyone knew his story. It followed a memoir and a biopic, which cemented the Elton [more…]
The Waterboys’ Mike Scott: ‘I love Prince’s version of The Whole of the Moon. And Graham Norton’s’
Why did your new album, Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, take four years? VerulamiumParkRangerI knew Dennis Hopper as the actor in Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now [more…]
Olly Alexander: Polari review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
It isn’t melodramatic to say that Olly Alexander’s debut solo album comes at a crucial moment in his career. Four years ago, his ever-escalating success [more…]
Kanye West announces he has been diagnosed with autism
Kanye West has said he was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, and has now been diagnosed as autistic. Speaking to Justin Laboy on his podcast The [more…]
Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather?
In his heroic yet tragically short life, Elvis Presley was many things to many people: leather-clad hip-gyrating sex symbol; corruptor of youth; symbol of the [more…]
