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As a documentary celebrates the late US musician, friends and collaborators describe an incomparable storyteller who brought ‘myth and magic to everyday life’Jason Molina grew up in a trailer in the w...
As she auctions off her treasures, the synth-pop savant opens up about her eccentric style and why she doesn’t believe in cancel cultureBefore Cyndi Lauper rose to fame as one of the most singular pop...
When my relationship broke down, my usual playlist of pop girl anthems and love songs left me in tears. Then I discovered hardcore punkNobody warned me that heartbreak would ruin my relationship with...
Morgan Carey sued his sister over claims in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which he said falsely portrayed him as a violent drug dealerA judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mariah Carey’...
A new book charts how a 1949 meeting between the renowned poet and the legendary musician, then a 16-year-old girl, sparked enduring ties and fruitful collaborationIn 1949, the poet and writer Langsto...
City’s Beatles Story museum to move to 100,000 sq ft new home and official ownership, along with Yellow Submarine makeover of Liverpool’s second-tallest buildingLiverpool is to unveil a new 100,000 sq...
Hailed as a prodigy at 16, the Saddleworth singer-songwriter was patronised in the press and lost his musical path. Now courted by imaginative new bands, he explains his route backKiran Leonard presse...
Brazil’s famously outspoken fandoms have near-unanimously rallied behind the leftwing presidential candidate. On the streets of São Paulo, they explain their missionEarlier this month, Brazil’s presid...
Subject to Change: A Dance for David Bowie will explore how the musician ‘practised a form of artistic reincarnation’, says choreographer Marcos Morau‘Let’s dance,” sang David Bowie in 1983, commandin...
Singer ‘mortified’ about wearing diamonds from Argyle mine at centre of environmental concerns about Indigenous landThe singer Ellie Goulding has admitted her error at having promoted diamonds at the...
He gave Jimi Hendrix his gear, freaked out Frank Sinatra, inspired Norman Mailer – and tried to topple the American war machine. As a documentary about his band the Fugs comes out, the 87-year-old giv...
(Polydor)Its release delayed by ill health, Kiwanuka’s latest was made in tandem with 2024’s Small Changes – but it’s much more than a mere companion albumIn November 2024, Michael Kiwanuka released h...
The singer-songwriter gets a lift from U2 and likes to reminisce to Bette Midler, but which cheesy Euro banger does she secretly like?The first song I fell in love with When I was five or six, my m...
In this week’s newsletter: Record labels always push music forward into interesting new places. Here’s a celebration of their power by readers and Guardian music writers• Don’t get The Guide delivered...
Kali Flanagan was handpicked by Julian Casablancas to support the Strokes – now, at 21, he’s writing songs full of the rushing emotions of youthFrom New York Recommended if you like Cameron Winter,...
Once scrappy post-punk poets, they’re now one of the biggest bands in the world. As they release new album Dopamine Chamber, fans including Kneecap and Shame explain their sensational riseWhen Irish r...
The lore of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, once bought by Martin Shkreli, is explored in a rambling film produced by RZAFor every reason except one, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the seventh album by the...
(WPDMT)Bringing back the hyperliterate sound design of their acclaimed 2025 debut, the London duo explore childhood with whimsical humour and terrific musicalityOne of last year’s surprise highlights...
(TraTraTrax)Two decades of work from producers JLZ, VHOOR, Mu540 and DJ RaMeMes strips the Brazilian genre to its essential parts until it chimes with grime and drillOriginating in 1980s Brazil, baile...
Adored by Madonna and Charli xcx and buoyed by finding true love, the Londoner is branching out into rock and breaking the mainstream. She explains how her working class upbringing made her so fearles...