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‘I need to prove my family’s sacrifice was worth it’: how pop auteur Shygirl slogged her way to the top
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‘I need to prove my family’s sacrifice was worth it’: how pop auteur Shygirl slogged her way to the top

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...

The Guardian Music3 weeks ago
‘A guy held a knife to my throat and said: play something normal!’ Richard Thompson on crazy crowds, his beloved beret and Sandy Denny’s driving skills
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‘A guy held a knife to my throat and said: play something normal!’ Richard Thompson on crazy crowds, his beloved beret and Sandy Denny’s driving skills

As he releases new album Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, the 77-year-old British folk legend answers your questions about Billy Connolly, Californian fish and chips and whether he nearly joined the EaglesB...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Angèle: Instinct review – Belgium’s biggest star is determined to do pop differently
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Angèle: Instinct review – Belgium’s biggest star is determined to do pop differently

(RCA)Massive in her home nation but less so outside, Angèle is aided by Justice, Soulwax and Caroline Polachek in ​a bold bid for broader appeal – but her resultant album ​can be generic as well as da...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Finding the groove: what’s the best genre of music to dance to?
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Finding the groove: what’s the best genre of music to dance to?

What is it about music that makes even non-professionals want to hit the dancefloor, and is it disco, funk or even classical that does it best? Four leading choreographers discuss their theories, with...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Tinie Tempah says he will finally visit Scunthorpe after campaign by fans
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Tinie Tempah says he will finally visit Scunthorpe after campaign by fans

Rapper to visit Lincolnshire town 16 years after saying he had never been there in his hit Pass OutThe rapper Tinie Tempah has said he will finally visit Scunthorpe – 16 years after he announced to th...

The Guardian - UK News4 weeks ago
Stevie Wonder review – playing ​his greatest album in full, he knocks everyone sideways
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Stevie Wonder review – playing ​his greatest album in full, he knocks everyone sideways

Utilita Arena, BirminghamThe opening night of Wonder’s tour marking the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life leaves jaws on the floor, thanks to sumptuous tracks carrying still-urgent messages...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
The Mary Wallopers review – legs and pints go flying to the sound of rowdy folk ragers
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The Mary Wallopers review – legs and pints go flying to the sound of rowdy folk ragers

Corn Exchange, EdinburghIrish six-piece embark on their biggest tour yet, turning grisly old stories into a knees-up with politically astute, spit-and-sawdust energyIt’s not often you see crowd surfin...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’
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Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’

Canada-born singer-songwriter, 82, posts footage of citizenship ceremony to InstagramJoni Mitchell has become a US citizen, after first moving to the country in the mid-1960s. The Canada-born singer-s...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Barriers facing black and south Asian music events ‘cost London up to £141m a year’
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Barriers facing black and south Asian music events ‘cost London up to £141m a year’

Exclusive: Investigation finds racial inequality in live music industry rife and many genres labelled ‘high risk’ despite lack of evidence Black and south Asian music events in London face disproporti...

The Guardian - UK News4 weeks ago
‘He’s terrified, panicked, can’t sleep’: the tragic, lonely death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein
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‘He’s terrified, panicked, can’t sleep’: the tragic, lonely death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein

Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp paid £10k at auction for Epstein’s address book. He then used it to co-author a thrilling account of the swinging 60s – and an intimate portrait of a tormented man whose lif...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years to life over Tupac Shakur’s murder
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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years to life over Tupac Shakur’s murder

‘You don’t get to take a man from his family … and just walk away from it,’ judge says as former gang leader sentencedTupac trial spotlights decades of US police failures in solving the caseDuane “Kef...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show
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The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show

Beacon Theatre, New YorkTwo decades after country music blacklisted the band for their Iraq war protest, the trio celebrate their unapologetic album Taking the Long WayLast month, with almost no fanfa...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Beth Orton review – battered optimism from an artist making the best music of her career
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Beth Orton review – battered optimism from an artist making the best music of her career

Concorde 2, BrightonDrawing almost entirely from her last two albums, and backed by a band rooted in jazz and experimentation, Orton performed her emotionally fraught songs to a rapturous crowdThe aud...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
‘Girls aren’t supposed to be c****’: Sophia Stel on the pressure of writing The Greatest Album Of All Time
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‘Girls aren’t supposed to be c****’: Sophia Stel on the pressure of writing The Greatest Album Of All Time

Raised as one of 11, the Vancouver artist (and model) is now signed by A24. She talks about her ultra-religious childhood and how – despite her album title – she still suffers from imposter syndromeTh...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
‘When it went double platinum, Andy Burnham gave us the award’: how Courteeners made Not Nineteen Forever
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‘When it went double platinum, Andy Burnham gave us the award’: how Courteeners made Not Nineteen Forever

‘In nightclubs, I’d be the dude scribbling lyrics in the corner while everyone else was dancing or copping off’I had the lyrics to Not Nineteen Forever before the band existed. They were in a little r...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
The missed opportunity of Jay-Z’s documentary series
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The missed opportunity of Jay-Z’s documentary series

Jay-Z in 8, the rap mogul’s HBO docuseries, covers his life and career in effort to mend his image – with no pushback. Why is he so fixated on the court of public opinion?During the finale of Jay-Z’s...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph
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Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph

(XL)This is a beguiling, endlessly inventive and frequently astonishing fifth LP from a group at increasing ease with being the best band of their generationFifteen centuries ago, the Byzantine archbi...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
The Beach Boys’ Mike Love returns to the stage despite ‘facing serious health challenges’
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The Beach Boys’ Mike Love returns to the stage despite ‘facing serious health challenges’

The 85-year-old was helped on stage by actor John Stamos, who shared an emotional message about his ‘musical hero and mentor’After months of cancelled comeback tours, the Beach Boys have played their...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
There’s more to our music than Oasis, says Manchester mayor
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There’s more to our music than Oasis, says Manchester mayor

Bev Craig pledges £2m in funding to nurture local artists by improving access to rehearsal and production spaceThe Manchester mayor, Bev Craig, has said the city’s music scene is about more than just...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘I’d wander through the park all angsty listening to Arctic Monkeys’: Arlo Parks’ honest playlist
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‘I’d wander through the park all angsty listening to Arctic Monkeys’: Arlo Parks’ honest playlist

The singer shamelessly blasts Lady Gaga in the car and is brought to tears by Portishead – but which song does she have to be careful listening to?The first song I fell in love with I remember list...

The Guardian Music1 month ago