Category: Music
Elton John backs Paul McCartney in criticising proposed overhaul to UK copyright system
Elton John has backed Paul McCartney in criticising a proposed overhaul of the UK copyright system, and has called for new rules to prevent tech [more…]
‘I’d dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents’: Rufus Wainwright’s honest playlist
The song I do at karaoke My daughter is a typical teenager. She’s 13 and not interested in much that I do, but the other [more…]
Alex Kapranos: ‘It took me a few years to realise that I didn’t have to drink everything on the rider’
Alex Kapranos has been a regular at Le Pantruche since he made Paris his most regular home two or three years ago, following his marriage [more…]
From gay clubs to Maga anthem: the absurd, contested history of the Village People’s YMCA
Jim Newman was over it. “Hell no!” Newman, a Village People member for eight years in the 2010s, wrote in a 15 January Instagram post. [more…]
Manic Street Preachers: ‘The band feels like something you can go into battle with against the world’
In the video for the Manic Street Preachers’ latest single, Hiding in Plain Sight, we see bassist Nicky Wire getting ready to do his job. [more…]
On my radar: Alison Goldfrapp’s cultural highlights
Alison Goldfrapp was born in Enfield, north London, in 1966 and raised in Hampshire. She began making music at art school and contributed vocals to [more…]
Floating Points review – an unclassifiable triumph
Most people would not bring a harp to a rave. But UK producer Floating Points – Sam Shepherd – is emphatically not most people: an [more…]
Chesney Hawkes looks back: ‘It’s only now I can appreciate that The One and Only is a great record’
Born in Berkshire in 1971, Chesney Hawkes started his career at the age of 19, appearing in Buddy’s Song, a film that featured his single The One and [more…]
Paul McCartney says change in law over AI could ‘rip off’ artists
Sir Paul McCartney has warned artificial intelligence could “rip off” artists if a proposed overhaul of copyright law goes ahead. The proposals could remove the [more…]
‘Everything I wanted was offered to me. But I felt nothing’: singer Self Esteem on stardom, self-doubt, and making it in a man’s world
Three years ago, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, also known as the pop star Self Esteem, released her second album, Prioritise Pleasure. It delivered her dreams on [more…]
