Category: Music
‘We didn’t intend to create outrage’: Huggy Bear on radical politics, riot grrrl – and causing chaos on live TV
‘You should be able to heckle if there’s something sexist on live TV.” In the staff room at the Lloyd Park Children’s Charity in Walthamstow, [more…]
Malian singer Rokia Traoré to be extradited from Italy to Belgium
Malian musician Rokia Traoré, who was arrested in Rome last June over an international child custody dispute, will be handed over to Belgium in the [more…]
Her dead father left her 10,000 records. Sharing them online helped her grieve – and get to know him
When Jula’s father died, he left her his vinyl collection – close to 10,000 records that included everything from opera to 60s psych to prog [more…]
Father John Misty: Mahashmashana review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
Nine years after his breakthrough album I Love You, Honeybear turned Josh Tillman from a minor indie singer-songwriter (and the former drummer of Fleet Foxes) [more…]
BBC Sound of 2025 longlist tips established artists including Chappell Roan and Confidence Man
The BBC Sound of 2025 list, the broadcaster’s annual list of rising artists with “the best chance of mainstream success”, has highlighted a number of [more…]
More endurance than you can shake a stick at: does conducting keep you young?
Tonight, 97-year-old Herbert Blomstedt will climb to the Royal Festival Hall podium in London to conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra. For those of us who anticipate [more…]
Coachella 2025 lineup: Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott to headline in April
Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott will headline Coachella 2025. Scott, whose prominent billing comes with the description “designs the desert”, will [more…]
Value of UK music industry hits record £7.6bn thanks to superstar tours
The value of the UK music industry has hit a record £7.6bn after superstar acts including Elton John, Beyoncé, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran embarked on [more…]
Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy
As Kermit the Frog and the Hulk discovered: it’s not easy being green. Now another verdant character is gleefully brought to the screen by lyricist-producer [more…]
Ed Sheeran, Fuse ODG: do they know they’re dead right about Band Aid? Africa needs more than a singalong
Hey y’all: listen up to the chartbusting, pop-pickin’, time-addled DJ: “Yes indeed, Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas is back with a bang, a [more…]
