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He moved from Nigeria to middle England and was swept up into the rave scene – then battled through incarceration and near-death illness. After making 500 tracks while living on porridge and lettuce,...
Forty years of Aria chart history shows big changes to our listening habits – and local artists have a huge fight aheadAria music quiz: how well do you know the Australian charts?Want to get more char...
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the starsThis week’s new question: Expert...
Fans from across UK descend on Shacklewell Arms for intimate gig that leaves them wanting one more songIn the Shacklewell Arms in east London, the usual crowd of hipsters and indie music fans had been...
The singer knows all the words to Grease and channels Kenny Rogers at karaoke. But which classic musician does he liken to Picasso?The first song I fell in love withWhen I saw Night Boat to Cairo by M...
Tired, emotional and besieged by fans and enemies alike, by 1966 the Fab Four were ready to quit touring for good. A new collection of images by rock photographer Jim Marshall captures their last gigs...
Less interested in spectacle than vibe, the Delta State artist’s subtle atmospheric projects are carving a quietly distinctive pathFrom Delta State, NigeriaRecommended if you like Omah Lay, Rema, XXXT...
From Off Campus to the Summer I Turned Pretty, it seems like Australian artists are everywhere right now – but what does the exposure actually mean?Last month, a new Amazon Prime series, Off Campus, f...
Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viableMore than a quarter of British musicians have lost all their work in the European Unio...
The Mobo founder, who has died aged 57, had an unprecedented vision: to give Black British music a glitzy and joyful awards ceremony. But her impact went well beyond it• News: Kanya King, founder of M...
While some residents are proud to host celebrations, others lament road closures and city’s transformation into a ‘theme park’Concetta Chillemi was chatting to friends outside her shop next to Palermo...
Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift … and the film seriesTaylor Swift does not fear a challenge. Sh...
Entrepreneur died of colon cancer, with Mobo Organisation hailing her as ‘one of the most fearless champions’ in the music industry• Comment: With warmth, kindness and unlimited energy, Kanya King rev...
(Matador)Better known as a formidable free jazz saxophonist, these thrashing songs about the artist’s Tennessee childhood home share a similar genre-pushing intensityOn opening track OCD, Zoh Amba sto...
(Felt)From birdsong to pool balls, this Lithuanian musician – a graduate of Copenhagen’s buzzy Rhythmic Music Conservatory – mixes beguiling found sounds into left-field pop and modern classicalCopenh...
Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig – and upended pop culture. But what was 1976 really like before punk arrived? From swing bands to ‘spaghetti rock’, we disc...
(Atlantic)After scrapping an album and starting anew, Lizzo still sounds lost amid these weak genre-hopping songs. Perhaps the zeitgeist has simply left her behindJust over a year ago, Lizzo appeared...
Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad appeared at performance of Abba Voyage for schoolchildrenAbba Voyage concerts can be deafening enough. But when the real-life Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngs...
Veteran broadcaster makes ‘one of hardest decisions of my entire life’ weeks after revealing spread of cancer to spineThe veteran broadcaster Bob Harris has announced he is stepping down from BBC Radi...
As World Cup fever begins, we go beyond terrace chants and team anthems to look at footy-mad songwriting, from Cardiff rap to Zimbabwean rumbira ... and Rod StewartAh, fathers and sons and football....