Category: Music
‘Silence is key’: after Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl, how can Drake possibly come back?
It’s fitting that the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef should end up on the Super Bowl field: “My intent from day one was to keep the nature [more…]
‘Take That asked for our autographs!’ How Cola Boy made 7 Ways to Love
Bob Stanley, co-writer St Etienne did a club tour in early 1991 and we were hearing all these dance hits like DJ H featuring Stefy’s [more…]
Police in India stop Ed Sheeran busking on street before concert
Ed Sheeran has been stopped by police from busking in India after he was told he lacked permissions. The songwriter was seen singing the hit [more…]
Cyndi Lauper review – still showing her true colours in fun farewell tour
Within 10 minutes of appearing on stage, Cyndi Lauper has sung about masturbation, played a tuneless recorder solo, accidentally hit a crew member with said [more…]
Maribou State review – UK duo turn darkness into light after existential crisis
Celebrating the chart success of new album Hallucinating Love, Chris Davids and Liam Ivory posted a question on social media last week: “Who ever thought [more…]
‘Delightfully absurd’: why Mamma Mia! is my feelgood movie
Three years ago, I was sitting on the mezzanine of an east London bar when it collapsed. On my way back from the hospital, I [more…]
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show review – game over for Drake
The Super Bowl half-time show is Plato’s perfect form of pomp and ceremony, a corporate-sponsored, highly choreographed musical performance used to entice people who don’t [more…]
Moses Yoofee Trio: MYT review – brilliantly explosive jazz
There is much more to Berlin than techno. Over the past five years, the German capital has seen a thriving jazz scene flourish in its [more…]
On my radar: Sharon Van Etten’s cultural highlights
Born in New Jersey in 1981, singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has released seven studio albums, including 2019’s acclaimed Remind Me Tomorrow. In the mid-2010s she [more…]
Chesney Hawkes: ‘As my dad once said, don’t believe the hype’
I grew up in a rock’n’roll household. My dad, Chip, was a musician; my mum, Carol [Dilworth], was an actor and gameshow hostess. They were [more…]