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Three decades after launching the awards, founder Kanya King reflects on being ahead of the crowd and why Mobo has always been more than musicFor the audience watching performances by twentysomethings...
It could do with more robust political context, but this Spanish-made documentary is still a loving, insightful delve into rave’s lasting influence and lost-weekend logisticsThis Spanish documentary a...
In an honest new memoir, the musician opens up about being closeted in country, sexual assault, and finding love in his 60sOn 14 June 1995, the Nashville singer Ty Herndon was riding high with a No 1...
We need to start seeing Black contribution to Britain as foundational rather than merely influential. And that should extend way beyond musicKanya King is founder of the Mobo awardsLast week, UK Music...
Eddie Otchere spent 10 years photographing the New York hip-hop stars and other musicians. Here are the highlights of his thrilling new photozine Continue reading...
Duke of York’s theatre, LondonFifty years since David Hare’s play was first staged, Rebecca Lucy Taylor is inspired casting as a singer who refuses to go out without a bangDavid Hare’s 1975 play Teeth...
Promising ‘unprecedented access’, the programme will recount the singer’s story, including full details of the harrowing attacks that drove her into hiding for a decadeIt was a great music industry my...
She has survived heartbreak, death threats and nauseating sexism. In her Mayfair club, the Yorkshire star talks about superfans, viral hits, running away to sea – and her bid to become a Nashville ico...
Intimate monologue or performance art? The singer’s recent gigs give a tantalising idea of what a stage adaptation of her album might look like‘This conversation’s too big for a phone call,” sings Lil...
Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each Olivia Dean, Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and...
UnMute has been founded to overhaul ableist booking practices, representing artists with specialist access requirements often deemed too costly by venues Musician Andrew Lansley hid his autism diagnos...
Sure, this might well be a PR exercise for the rapper after being jailed in 2022 for his part in a mass brawl. But it’s also a vital indictment of the appalling probation systemIn December 2022 – just...
The rapper discussed his 2024 sexual assault lawsuit and the Kendrick-Drake beef in a new GQ cover storySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxJay-Z has spoken ou...
Newly opened museum in north London has archive of more than 100,000 items telling story of British youth subculturesPunk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London Contin...
Thriving venues such as the White Hotel have turned the area around Strangeways prison into a cultural hotspot – but owners are worried for its futureWalking across the so-called Strange Quarter takes...
(Young)After 2018’s meditative Honey, the Swedish star returns to her trademark skin-tingling electro bangers – but this time she’s unpicking her trademark fixation on romantic loveThe self-proclaimed...
Opening in May, Camden museum has 100,000-item archive telling story of British youth subcultures, from mods and rockers, to ravers and emoTeenage kicks: Camden’s Museum of Youth Culture – in pictures...
The band’s co-founder responded to the US musician’s comments, defending the song and saying they are ‘not transphobic’The Kinks co-founder and guitarist Dave Davies hit back at Moby after the US elec...
It lit up the 1970s with its nihilistic tale of a hippie band imploding in a trail of drugs, booze and violence. What can it tell us about the music business today? Writer David Hare and wild-child ro...
Often completely out of tune and rarely in time, the group of sisters forced to play together by their father gained an army of fans from Frank Zappa to Kurt Cobain. A new documentary celebrates their...