‘I wrote 350 songs, and I couldn’t sing you one of them’: disco maestro Daniel Vangarde breaks his silence | Pop and rock

Vangarde in 1971 - portrait

Almost the first thing Daniel Vangarde says when he walks into the Paris office of his record label is that he’s never done an interview in English before. Then again, he adds, he had never […]

‘It made me a pop star – and I’m crap at being a pop star’: KT Tunstall on Suddenly I See | Culture

KT Tunstall Suddenly I See

KT Tunstall, singer, songwriter, guitarist I’d been living in Edinburgh, on the dole, trying to make it as a musician. I was once so skint that I stole broccoli from a field. I moved down […]

Nik Turner, Hawkwind co-founder and saxophonist, dies aged 82 | Pop and rock

Nik Turner laughing on stage with a saxophone at a music festival

Nik Turner, the co-founder of the British space-rock band Hawkwind, has died aged 82. A statement on the saxophonist’s Facebook page said: “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner – the […]

Louis Tomlinson: Faith in the Future review – ex-One Direction star gets lost in a sea of influences | Pop and rock

Louis Tomlinson: Faith in the Future album art

Louis Tomlinson: Faith in the Future album art Louis Tomlinson has always felt like the scrappiest member of One Direction. While his former co-workers found specific lanes, he juggled genres, trying everything from EDM to […]

Iggy Pop Announces New LP ‘Every Loser,’ Shares New Song “Frenzy”

Iggy Pop Announces New LP 'Every Loser,' Shares New Song “Frenzy"

Photo by Vincent Guignet The legendary godfather of punk, Iggy Pop, has announced his 19th studio album, Every Loser, the follow-up to 2019’s Free, which will release on Jan. 26, 2023. While Free was considered […]

Iggy Pop Announces New LP ‘Every Loser,’ Shares New Song “Frenzy”

Iggy Pop Announces New LP 'Every Loser,' Shares New Song “Frenzy"

Photo by Vincent Guignet The legendary godfather of punk, Iggy Pop, has announced his 19th studio album, Every Loser, the follow-up to 2019’s Free, which will release on Jan. 26, 2023. While Free was considered […]

Rema: ‘Afrobeats is going to countries that we have never charted before’ | Pop and rock

‘I’m taking it to the next level’ … Rema

On a Saturday afternoon in Soho, a collection of art kids are caught up in what you might call the Rema whirlwind. The Nigerian artist is making an appearance at a pop-up for London brand […]

Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry | Pop and rock

Aaron Carter pictured in 2015.

Aaron Carter was just 34 when he died on Saturday, yet he seemed to have lived more lives than most. The singer, and younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, started performing at seven […]

Make it pop! Do we really need the Beatles to sound new? | Music

Fleetwood Mac in 1977.

Yellow Submarine, Ringo Starr’s turn on Revolver, has been a gateway for children into the music of the Beatles since its release in 1966. A new reissue of the album makes that relationship more explicit: […]

Becky G: L.A.’s homegrown, go-to Latin pop star

A woman in a floral red dress at an awards show

Becky G remembers several things about February’s Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium: the swarm of football fans that descended upon her hometown of Inglewood; the halftime show headlined by Dr. Dre; and how badly her […]

Michael Jackson’s Bodyguard Once Revealed The King Of Pop Was In Love With Princess Diana & Even Wanted To Marry Her: “He Told Me She Was His Ideal Wife”

Michael Jackson's Bodyguard Once Shared How The King Of Pop Felt A Special Bond With Princess Diana

Michael Jackson’s Bodyguard Once Revealed The King Of Pop Was In Love With Princess Diana ( Photo Credit – Facebook; Wikimedia ) Was Michael Jackson in love with Princess Diana? Just recently, the Thriller singer’s […]

Hollywood Sign Gets A Refresh, But What Really Needs Renovation Is Industry’s Standing In Pop Culture Universe – Deadline

As Ukraine Fights, Cable News Channels Struggle To Rediscover Their Mission – Deadline

A team of painters were at work this week restoring the mega-photographed Hollywood sign, a mission that carries a perverse irony. All week I’ve been assaulted by studies and reports describing how Hollywood, the industry […]

Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’: The return of a pop mastermind

A woman stares at the camera

Taylor Swift’s pin-sharp new album, “Midnights,” closes with a song in which the pop superstar patiently explains to someone — perhaps many millions of someones — that their intimate relationship wasn’t a product of kismet […]

Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights to drop in hours, marking the singer’s return to pop | Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights to drop in hours, marking the singer’s return to pop | Taylor Swift

Anticipation is building as global pop sensation Taylor Swift is about to drop her tenth album, Midnights. Swift’s first album of new songs in almost two years, scheduled for release at midnight Friday morning in […]