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(Enodoc)The emotive lyricist and surefooted improvisor sounds lustrous in a 1990 recording featuring an exquisite I Loves You, PorgyWhen Norma Winstone, the peerless English vocalist and lyricist, rea...
(SharpTone)Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth album of musical metamorphosisLoathe took six years to make this fourth album, explain...
A Grammy nom at 17, a US No 1 ... then silence. With new album Oh Yeah? finally out after four years away, the genre-hopping artist explains the trauma and heartbreak that informed itSince Steve Lacy...
As the Colombian pop supremo prepares to perform at Sunday’s final, we rate her greatest work, including gossipy takedowns and lycanthropic lyricsOf Shakira’s World Cup anthems, it’s the joyfully ludi...
(Island)On the Bradford-born producer’s self-assured second album, drum’n’bass rhythms power up angsty odes with shades of Arctic Monkeys, Kate Nash and myriad genresLike another of the year’s biggest...
The annual rundown of Guardian writers picking their most played tracks of the season goes from club-ready pop to sunny tech houseCheck out a Spotify playlist of the choicesKim Petras’ greatest song t...
The R&B singer was found guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking and producing child abuse images, with his lawyer lobbying the US president for more than a yearR Kelly has formally appealed to the US...
Compilation entitled David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings will be released in September, collating material from when he recorded as Davy JonesUnheard 1965 recordings by David Bowie, from when he wa...
Prudential Center, Newark, New JerseyAhead of her World Cup final performance, the singer’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour whips through exuberant hits In the dark of a sold-out Prudential Center in Ne...
Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm‘The most important part of the word ‘fan...
Edinburgh Castle The AI-style backing videos are terrible and his accomplished band can be overly slick at times, but Taylor’s civility and grace cuts through it allJames Taylor, in summer twilight, p...
After the Guardian’s music critics chose their best of the half-year, we asked you for your picks – from Brian Jackson and Arlo Parks to Maya Hawke, Flea and more• The best albums of 2026 so far• ‘I s...
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, LondonThe veteran band may not have much new material to show for the past decade or so but this brutal, melodious mayhem still inspires catharsisSince re-forming in 2010, S...
(Interscope)Despite their goth-coded attempts at emotional turbulence, the saccharine songs of Abrams’ third album feel adolescent in their melodramaGracie Abrams’ third album is a full-blown crime sc...
As people yearn for connection, one-day choirs are popping up around the world - and spreading ‘collective effervescence’We met in a former synagogue, a vast room with hardwood floors where the sound...
He beat brain cancer. Now your favourite DJ’s favourite DJ is on a UK tour, armed with experimental techno, Beastie Boys and Taylor SwiftTen years ago this month, Japanese DJ Yousuke Yukimatsu had an...
The genre-bending R&B artist’s new album finds fresh focus for her uncompromising vision, blending soul, sex and shoegazeMore than most musicians on a typical promo cycle, Kelela has been appearing on...
The Cribs man had a youthful Bee Gees obsession and loves one particular 80s power ballad. But which song does he say is too rude for his funeral?The first song I fell in love with Only You by the Fl...
Yankee Stadium, New York CityThe rapper celebrates 30 years of his classic debut album Reasonable Doubt with eye-popping visuals and special guests in a love letter to hip-hop cultureThe beauty of wat...
After years of one-sided commitment, revisiting her hit song Casual finally gave me a reality check‘Sadie,” I say. “I would call our daughter Sadie. Or I like Leo for a boy.” I’ve been on the phone fo...