Category: Music
Quincy Jones remembered by Mark Ronson
Of all the lessons I learned from Quincy, one that always stays with me is something I read in his memoir, Q: The Autobiography of [more…]
Becoming Madonna review – a megastar’s extraordinary ascent to pop royalty
The story of Madonna’s leap to stratospheric celebrity is breathlessly and efficiently retold in this documentary that uses only archive clips and existing audio interview [more…]
Beyoncé NFL half-time show review – country ho-ho-ho-down live-streamed on Netflix is playful and infectious
Some of Beyoncé’s most iconic moments have been on an American football field. Her barnstorming 2013 Super Bowl performance, complete with a Destiny’s Child reunion, [more…]
French flirting, flute fusion and love flowin’ free: the best old music we discovered this year
Charles Aznavour – For Me … Formidable This year I completed Duolingo in French, but found myself no closer to being able to carry out [more…]
Better Man review – Robbie Williams becomes CGI chimp in surreal biopic
Robbie Williams – only he is a chimp! This is a pretty trad music biopic, coming with the accepted U-shaped narrative arc of humble beginnings, [more…]
DJ Alfredo, icon of Ibiza’s dance music scene, dies aged 71
DJ Alfredo, who had a significant influence on Ibiza becoming a global centre for dance music culture, has died aged 71. Amnesia, the club where [more…]
Jack Bond, cult British director and Pet Shop Boys collaborator, dies aged 87
Jack Bond, a British film-maker who worked on a string of avant garde films in the 1960s and 70s with Jane Arden, and went on [more…]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of forcing ex-assistant to clean up after ‘Wild King Night’ parties
The detained rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, already facing more than 30 civil complaints alongside federal racketeering conspiracy charges, has been hit with a claim [more…]
Alfa Anderson obituary
Among the disco goddesses – the Donnas, Glorias, Evelyns, Gwens, Candis and Anitas – who serenaded the dancers of the hedonistic 1970s in such celebrated [more…]
Clubbing has changed dramatically in the past 25 years: is the party over, or just getting started?
It’s enough to give you vertigo. We’ve just passed the 25th birthday of the London club Fabric, and the mind reels at the fact that [more…]
