Category: Music
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…]
Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights on a Satellite review – fitting tribute to a century of jazz
One way to celebrate your 100th birthday is with a new album, which is Marshall Allen’s response to his centenary. A distinctive and often wild [more…]
TV on the Radio review – US indie rockers roll back the years
TV on the Radio kick off the first night of their sold-out three-day residency in north London with a deceptively mellow thrum – the kinetic [more…]
One to watch: Nia Smith
Amid all the dystopian hellscapes the 21st century has ushered in, we should savour the mercies. Air fryers. The Shazam app. And shoals of promising [more…]
Wham’s Andrew Ridgeley looks back: ‘Fame or anonymity? I choose famous anonymity’
Born in Surrey, Andrew Ridgeley, 61, formed Wham! with his school friend George Michael. From 1982, the band dominated the charts with hits such as [more…]
