Category: Music
The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley: ‘I’ve had some real downs’
For more than 60 years, Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers has made his living singing blue-eyed soul. But now, at 84, he feels the [more…]
Cue the pig squeal! How The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s score was stitched back together for its first release
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre arrived much like its hulking antihero, Leatherface: without warning and with a sickening blow to the skulls of unsuspecting audiences. [more…]
More rhythm, less algorithm: why Deezer’s boss is vowing to put users in control of their music
It is reassuring to find that even the boss of a music streaming company can have his listening app commandeered by his children. Nestled among [more…]
‘Quite literally ruined my whole weekend’: the row over the new White Lotus theme tune
The second season of The White Lotus was so rapturously received that the third was always going to be a big deal. The new cast [more…]
Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’
Placebo frontman Brian Molko is being charged with defamation after appearing to call the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, a “piece of shit, fascist, racist” [more…]
S9, Ep1: Gary Kemp, musician
New episodes of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent will be released every Tuesday Inspired by the award-winning podcast, Comfort Eating by Grace Dent is available [more…]
‘It wasn’t my intention to shock!’ Jean-Claude Vannier on working with Serge Gainsbourg and setting his new album in the gutter
Ask a set designer to create a bohemian Paris apartment and they’ll probably come up with something that looks a lot like Jean-Claude Vannier’s: books [more…]
‘I never let a man carry my double bass’: Oscar-hopeful Orin O’Brien on making music – and history
One of the most fascinating, inspirational and talented creatives nominated for an Oscar this year will not be at the ceremony on 2 March. “Oh, [more…]
‘If I’d written Happy Birthday, I wouldn’t be in comedy’: Josh Widdicombe’s honest playlist
The first song I fell in love with The Boy in the Bubble when I was six or seven. My parents were really into Paul [more…]
Shakira cancels Lima concert after being hospitalised during global tour
Shakira cancelled her concert in the Peruvian capital on Sunday after being hospitalised with abdominal pain, a setback that comes days after she launched her [more…]
