Category: Music
John Mayall, pioneering figure of British blues, dies aged 90
John Mayall, the linchpin of the British blues scene who gave a platform to some of the 20th century’s greatest rock musicians including Eric Clapton [more…]
‘She could have lived in these galleries to create the music’: Taylor Swift in among the V&A permanent collection
The Kensington Valhalla, the Raphael Cartoons, Paul Delaroche’s St Cecilia and the Angels, the pre-Raphaelites, Foggini’s Samson and the Philistines: these are just some of [more…]
‘Kamala IS brat’: Harris campaign goes lime-green to embrace the meme of the summer
After Kamala Harris announced her bid for president, she reportedly raised a record-breaking $81m donations in just a day – but her most culturally powerful [more…]
‘Then a woman with a bullwhip walked into the lift’: my 17 years painting the demimonde of New York’s Chelsea hotel
Memorialised in song by former residents Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Nico, New York’s Hotel Chelsea has housed an astonishing clientele of artists, writers and [more…]
Watch me work it, I’m perfect! The return of electro-house, pop’s trashiest, brattiest sound
Picture the scene: you’re on a sticky dancefloor, VK Apple in hand, and a metallic bassline is blaring through the speakers. People in the club [more…]
Jack White: No Name review – terrific surprise album is his most White Stripes-esque solo release
Customers at Jack White’s Third Man Records shops in London, Nashville and Detroit received a free gift with their purchases on Friday – a white-label [more…]
‘I thought the chorus was wicked’: Aswad on how they made Don’t Turn Around
Tony ‘Gad’ Robinson, bass, keyboards, backing vocals When the band formed we were just out of the same school and trying to find our way [more…]
‘They taught me how to dress’: Michael Stipe on Limbo District, the greatest band you’ve never heard of
“I thought I’d landed in a hippy cowtown,” says Michael Stipe, of his first months as an art student in Athens, Georgia. “I was an [more…]
‘I was in Dua Lipa’s dream’: Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker on his surprise Glastonbury duet – and launching a fashion line
Kevin Parker remembers the first time he ever splurged on an item of clothing: he was out shopping with his girlfriend, now wife, and bought [more…]
James Martin’s honest playlist: ‘I learned to play guitar so I could perform Don’t Stop Believin’ every night’
The first song I remember hearing I grew up in a farmhouse in Welburn, a little village in North Yorkshire. My mother had an old [more…]