Latest News

Jack Savoretti on 'leaning into a midlife crisis'

The singer reflects on 20 years as a musician and how moving to Oxfordshire helped his music.

Tragedy meets 'social realism' in Welsh-language film hailed a 'sensation'

Effi o Blaenau follows a young woman grappling with unemployment in a north Wales town.

Grammy-nominated music producer Tay Keith, who worked with Drake and Travis Scott, dies aged 29

Hip-hop producer behind Travis Scott’s Sicko Mode and Drake’s Nonstop has been found dead at home during a police welfare checkThe Grammy-nominated producer Tay Keith, who worked with Drake, Travis Sc...

‘I’d listen to my body before it screamed for help’: Keith Richards on life as an 82-year-old great-grandad – and jousting with Mick Jagger

He did every substance imaginable – and got punched by Chuck Berry – but Keef’s still going strong. As the Stones knock out another new album, he explains why he’s rejecting AI in favour of ‘the old w...

Tay Keith, producer who worked with Travis Scott and Drake, found dead

The Grammy-nominated Memphis rap producer was behind hits by Eminem, Beyoncé, Drake and Cardi B.

UK NewsEntertainmentMusic News

BBC pulls new Ashley Cain series after sexist language accusations

The BBC said it has "no future projects" with Cain planned as it pulls his BBC Three documentary series Into the Danger Zone

BBC News - UK4 months ago

Hats and high-fashion as King attends Royal Ascot with actor Stanley Tucci

About 290,000 people are expected to attend the Berkshire horseracing track this week.

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago

Wiltshire village exhibits Martin Parr’s final photos of scarecrows and prize veg

Pictures from photographer’s return to Lacock after 40 years were taken months before his death last DecemberThe images are colourful, characterful and thought-provoking. They capture a flower show, a...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago

Dancing to artefacts: London Museum will be ‘democratic’ space for all, says director

A decade in the making, the museum will reopen in November in two restored market halls with displays and late-night DJ setsThe new London Museum will be “a social space for the city”, its director ha...

Post your questions for Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas

The voice behind Dancing in the Street, Heat Wave and many more is releasing her first album in 22 years – and will take on your questionsMartha Reeves is one of the defining voices of 1960s pop, some...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago

Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol

Show features characters and sets from likes of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep and celebrates roots in cityAardman’s most famous characters, Wallace and Gromit, may be denizens of northern Eng...

Soul classics and stepmother celebrations: Alicia Keys’ 20 best songs – ranked!

Twenty-five years after she released her debut album, we pick the best of an artist pairing Chopin-inspired piano with pop, soul and powerful emotionTwo different takes on the same album – one traditi...

Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(RCA)He can write a decent rousing chorus, but the Stargazing hitmaker’s influences couldn’t be more obvious if he tried – right down to a ghastly Galway Girl sequelYou know what you’re getting with M...

UK NewsEntertainmentMusic News

UK rapper thanks Linkin Park for 'changing my life' with freestyle shoutout

Mike Shinoda from the band says he spotted Megan Da Savage's rap on an independent music platform.

London Museum Smithfield site to open in November

The building will become a new home for Banksy's piranhas and the UK's oldest hand-written document.

Lisa Nandy 'not satisfied' with Channel 4 response on Married at First Sight UK

BBC Panorama reported rape allegations from two cast members, allegations the men involved have denied.

‘A sacred kind of sound’: inside a solar-powered journey to preserve the music of church organs

Musician Michael Cloud Duguay’s new album was born from a mission to capture the sound of the majestic yet increasingly rare instrumentsMichael Cloud Duguay and his band of collaborators were nearing...

UK NewsEntertainmentMusic News

Lil Nas X says he's 'feeling better' after rehab and bipolar diagnosis

The Old Town Road star was arrested last year for attacking police officers and later entered rehab.

Bongeziwe Mabandla faced addiction, illness and ‘backstabbers’. How has the South African singer stayed so upbeat?

An indie star in his homeland, Mabandla’s fame is growing abroad – and his uplifting new album is full of existential insight after some of the toughest years of his lifeAs the camera pulls back from...

The Ring and Lilo & Stitch actress Daveigh Chase dies aged 35

Chase died from sepsis following a bout with meningitis in a Los Angeles hospital, her longtime manager told the BBC.