Category: Music
Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver: Hinterland review – folk at its most exalted
Since her 2007 debut, Wild and Undaunted, Londoner Lisa Knapp has blazed an impressive trail at the avant edge of British folk, her bravura vocals [more…]
Jack White review – rock’n’roll showman makes believers of us all
“Do you believe me yet?” yells Jack White from the lip of the stage, a few songs into his second night’s work at this classy [more…]
Rizzle Kicks look back: ‘Because of how fast it went, we became delusional about how easy it was to get successful’
Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sulé started making music at the Brit school for performing arts in south London. In 2011, they released their debut album, Stereo Typical, which [more…]
Everybody Loves the Sunshine is just one point of perfection in Roy Ayers’ truly ubiquitous legacy | Alexis Petridis
There’s a sense in which Roy Ayers was blessed from the start. Aged five, the son of two musicians – and by all accounts already [more…]
Gracie Abrams review – telling references tied together in a big, bland bow
How do you describe a Gracie Abrams concert in one word? Bows. There are thousands and thousands of them at the O2 Arena tonight, most [more…]
Annie Lennox and friends review – a euphoric celebration of female solidarity
When the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst stood up at the Albert Hall in 1912 and declared, “I incite this meeting to rebellion”, she probably didn’t imagine [more…]
Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen review – a quirky move to the mainstream
Sasami Ashworth’s gentle indie rock debut, Sasami (2019), felt reasonably familiar to fans of her previous band, Cherry Glazerr; the bracingly industrial metal of 2022’s [more…]
The Tubs: Cotton Crown review – a blistering, joy-to-heartbreak masterpiece
An album as joyous as it is troubled, Cotton Crown makes good on the promise of the Tubs’ assured debut, 2023’s Dead Meat. At heart, [more…]
Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’
Over the past two decades, Wretch 32, real name Jermaine Scott, has established himself as a pioneering figure in British rap. From his rise in [more…]
Brian James, founding guitarist of the Damned, dies aged 70
Brian James, the founding guitarist of trailblazing British punks the Damned, has died age 70. A statement posted to his official Facebook page called him [more…]
