Category: Music
Every One Direction album returns to UK Top 40 as fans grieve Liam Payne
The whole of One Direction’s five-album back catalogue has charted in this week’s Top 40, as fans revisit their songs in the wake of Liam [more…]
Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator
A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a groundbreaking legal proposal. A petition is to be submitted to [more…]
The return of Hope of the States: ‘There will be no tantrums. I’m a grown man now’
“Let the healing begin,” says Sam Herlihy the moment I turn on my tape recorder. He’s joking, but not entirely. In December, Herlihy’s band Hope [more…]
Lady Gaga: Disease review – a return to form, and to her classic sound
Thus far, 2024 has proved a decidedly mixed bag for Lady Gaga. On the plus side, her duet with Bruno Mars, Die With a Smile [more…]
Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat review – a tender love letter to motherhood
Patterns in Repeat is not the first time Laura Marling has written music for her child, but it is the first time she’s done so [more…]
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: The Old Country review – a delightful return to a cherished jazz venue
When he first played the Deer Head Inn, a romantic 1840s clapboard hotel on the edge of a Delaware national park, Keith Jarrett was 16, [more…]
Fievel Is Glauque: Rong Weicknes review – teetering song-towers that never quite topple
Halfway through the Dr Seuss book Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, our young protagonist bursts out of a dull cul-de-sac and into a Technicolor tent [more…]
Kate Bush shares plans to make new music: ‘I’ve got lots of ideas’
Kate Bush has said she’s “very keen” to make a new album, saying, “I’ve got lots of ideas … it’s been a long time.” In [more…]
‘Who am I voting for? America!’ Chris Stapleton on patriotism, politics and being country’s great crossover star
Chris Stapleton has played five arenas in the UK over the past week, on a tour dubbed the All-American Road Show. Posters depicted his grandly [more…]
Argentinian police raid hotel where singer Liam Payne fell to his death
Argentinian police have raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony. [more…]
