Category: Music
Brazilian judge orders Adele song be pulled globally over plagiarism claim
A Brazilian judge has ordered a song by British pop superstar Adele, Million Years Ago, be pulled worldwide – including on streaming services – over [more…]
The 10 best folk albums of 2024
10. Peiriant – Dychwelyd With Welsh traditional music flourishing in experimental arrangements and settings thanks to artists such as Cerys Hafana and Lleuwen, Peiriant’s second [more…]
‘That’s the Christmas No 1!’ How East 17 made festive favourite Stay Another Day
Tony Mortimer, singer, songwriter I didn’t see the band going much further than two or three singles, but our early dance hits built up such [more…]
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 5 – Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter
Beyoncé weaves Cowboy Carter’s origin story into the album’s opening track, Ameriican Requiem. Against a psychedelic country-gospel backdrop that unfolds with both determination and frustration, [more…]
Slowthai found not guilty of raping two women at Oxford house party
The Grammy-nominated British rapper Slowthai, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, has been found not guilty of raping two women at a house party after [more…]
‘A strangely forceful hold on me’: why Burlesque is my feelgood movie
Unlike many of my fellow cinephiles, I’m not a chronic re-watcher. One or sometimes two viewings of a film tends to be enough; enough years [more…]
‘Uptown Funk makes me want to move, it makes me happy’: Lorraine Bracco’s honest playlist
The first song I remember hearing Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra because of my parents. I grew up in Brooklyn and I [more…]
Zakir Hussain, legendary Indian tabla musician, dies aged 73
Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, has died aged 73. The Indian classical [more…]
Paul McCartney review – extraordinarily sublime and humblingly beautiful
‘I’m just going to take a little moment to enjoy it for myself,” says Paul McCartney, standing aside to take in an atmosphere which is [more…]
Slipknot review – metal mammoths deliver exhilarating sonic brutality
Until you’ve tried it, don’t knock the singular joys of watching a grown man in a horned gimp mask whack a steel keg with a [more…]