The best music books of 2022 | Best books of the year

In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in 70s Britain by Will Hodgkinson

Rock and pop music has been obsessed with its own past almost from the start: by 1959, a New York record store called Times Square was doing a roaring trade in what it called “oldies”, […]

Amazon entertainment head, Jeff Blackburn, to retire

Amazon entertainment head, Jeff Blackburn, to retire

A key architect of Amazon Prime Video, Jeff Blackburn, is retiring from the e-retailing giant. Blackburn has long been a pillar at Amazon, one of founder Jeff Bezos’ trusted top deputies for more than two […]

Willow review – Warwick Davis’s fantasy reboot is lots of fun … until he appears | Television

Actors on horseback with a wagon in a landscape with grass and rocks

Who remembers Willow, the magical quest-in-a-forest film with Warwick Davis in it? It was released in 1988 and hasn’t spawned a spin-off screen universe since – when it has been mentioned, it’s usually in brackets […]

Girls Aloud’s 20 best songs – ranked! | Girls Aloud

Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Cole and Sarah Harding perform on their ‘Ten – The Hits Tour’ at The O2 Arena in 2013.

20. No Regrets (2005) Ballads were seldom Girls Aloud’s forte – they were better at songs with bolshie attitudes, which seemed to suit their personalities – but No Regrets is the exception that proves the […]

Gisselle Bances Created a Space For Latinxs at iHeartMedia

Gisselle Bances Created a Space For Latinxs at iHeartMedia

Even though Latinxs make up 19% of the US population, according to a 2021 study from the Pew Research Center, we are continuously underrepresented in the media, which comes with its misinterpretations of our culture. […]

Little Simz and Knucks share best album prize as Mobo winners announced | Music

Best acts … Central Cee and PinkPantheress.

Central Cee, PinkPantheress, Knucks and Little Simz have taken top prizes at this year’s Mobo awards, the annual ceremony celebrating the best in Black musical talent from Britain and abroad. Little Simz and Knucks were […]

Little Simz and Knucks share best album prize as Mobo winners announced | Music

Best acts … Central Cee and PinkPantheress.

Central Cee, PinkPantheress, Knucks and Little Simz have taken top prizes at this year’s Mobo awards, the annual ceremony celebrating the best in Black musical talent from Britain and abroad. Little Simz and Knucks were […]

‘It was revelatory for younger Asians’: Monsoon’s Sheila Chandra on her hit Ever So Lonely | Pop and rock

The 12” cover of Ever So Lonely by Monsoon

A decade after Bowie’s Starman moment on Top of the Pops, a south Asian teenage girl extended a hand from BBC Television Centre to her own audience of dreamers. It was 1982 and a sari-clad […]