Singer-songwriter Melanie, best known for performing at Woodstock and her No. 1 hit “Brand New Key,” has died at 76 years old. Melanie’s children — Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred — announced the news on […]
The ultimate keyboard wizard, Rick Wakeman CBE, will be embarking on a tour of the U.S. with a series of solo piano concerts for the last time in 2024. Rick, who has become almost as […]
Part practical problem-solver and part esoteric theoretician, Brian Eno has been involved as a musician and producer on some of the most influential music of the past 50 years, a daunting list of collaborators that […]
Shout! Studios is about to make Jim Henson fans’ fantasy a reality. Actually, it’s combining two fantasies into one. It’s bringing both Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal back to digital. And when these The Jim […]
With a career spanning over three decades, English rock legends Bush are certainly no strangers to the tumultuous nature of a life in music. Long underappreciated and underestimated by the industry, since the release of […]
When Annie Nightingale, who has died aged 83, first approached the BBC in the hope of getting on the radio, she was instantly rebuffed. Her qualifications were inarguable: as a young journalist working in local […]
Jeffrey Wright, star of Cord Jefferson’s provocative debut feature American Fiction, says he felt a personal affinity with his character Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in the film, in part because of the challenges Monk experiences with regard […]
Wilco have shared a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” in honor of the late artist’s 77th birthday. Check it out below. The band said in a statement: “As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound […]
Monday, January 8th, would’ve been David Bowie’s 77th birthday. To mark the occasion, Wilco has shared their rendition of Bowie’s 1969 hit, “Space Oddity.” The release hails from Wilco’s 2023 performance on Mountain Stage (a […]
Have you heard? 2023 was the year concert films saved cinema — or at least boosted movie theaters. Normally, it would be difficult to wrangle up enough notable entries to warrant an end-of-year concert movie […]
A few weeks before I met Tina Turner in 1982, I saw her playing in London. I was a big fan. Even though I was known for making electronic music, I loved all kinds and […]
I believe movie fans will come to remember 2023 as a truly great year for cinema. I have zero doubt which two films will come to define these past 12 months of movies. Barbie and […]
Jill Goldston has only recently moved into this airy flat, on the site of the old Teddington television studios in south-west London, but there are already two framed items on prominent display. One is her […]
The “ultimate partnership betrayal” is what Daryl Hall has accused erstwhile musical partner John Oates of, in court documents that allege a breach of their business partnership. Oates was moving to sell half of their […]
That’s a lot of ch-ch-ch-ch-change. A handwritten lyric sheet for David Bowie’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” and “Suffragette City” has hit the auction block, potentially fetching up to $126,000, the BBC reports. The two tracks are featured […]
This week brought with it some stories in music and pop culture you surely won’t want to miss, with loads of new announcements and reveals. Looking to catch up on all the latest stories? You’re […]
Modern English have released their latest single, “Crazy Lovers,” from their forthcoming album 1 2 3 4. Pairing a soundscape of guitars and keyboards with a mid-tempo beat, “Crazy Lovers” is colored by its new […]
If the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards make anything clear, it’s this: When music’s highest honors are handed out in February, the winner of the most-coveted prizes will be either a female act — […]
20. Guava Jelly (1974) Earning its place here for its WTF factor: Barbra Streisand covering a Bob Marley track (albeit one indebted to Steam’s 1969 bubblegum smash Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye) before […]
From jazz to calypso, dub poetry to UK drill lyrics, drum’n’bass raves to grime freestyles, the brilliance and cross-cultural richness of Black British music will be the focus for the inaugural exhibition at the V&A’s […]