Singer-Songwriter, Film Star Olivia Newton-John Dies, Age 73

Olivia Newton-John dies

Photo Credit: Alan Light / CC by 2.0 Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John has died. She sang some of the biggest hits of the ’70s and ’80s. She was 73. Her husband, John Easterling, released a […]

Singer-Songwriter, Film Star Olivia Newton-John Dies, Age 73

Olivia Newton-John dies

Photo Credit: Alan Light / CC by 2.0 Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John has died. She sang some of the biggest hits of the ’70s and ’80s. She was 73. Her husband, John Easterling, released a […]

Olivia Newton-John, GREASE Star and Pop Music Icon, Dies at 73

Olivia Newton-John as Sandy in Grease, alongside John Travolta as Danny.

Olivia Newton-John, the Australian pop singer and actress, has passed away at age 73. The news comes to us from Newton-John’s official Facebook page. She died on Monday at her ranch in southern California, according […]

Reel lives: how I tracked down the class of NME’s C86 album | Indie

The Soup Dragons

It was in the last box I looked in. I reached in and there was the treasure I sought: a cassette tape, battered and scratched, but its gold cover nonetheless shining through the murk of […]

Mahalia, Jorja Smith, Goldie, Beverly Knight, UB40 join line-up for Commonwealth Games’ Closing Ceremony – Music News

Mahalia, Jorja Smith, Goldie, Beverly Knight, UB40 join line-up for Commonwealth Games’ Closing Ceremony - Music News

Birmingham 2022 has today unveiled the all-star line-up that will perform at the Commonwealth Games’ upcoming Closing Ceremony (8 Aug). Bringing to an end 11 days of incredible sport, this high octane production will celebrate […]

See Michael From “Good Times” Now at 61

Ralph Carter in 2004

As the youngest child of Florida and James Evans, Sr. on Good Times, Ralph Carter broke the mold for cute sitcom kids. Baby-faced younger brother Michael dropped truth bombs that might have otherwise threatened certain […]

See Michael From “Good Times” Now at 61

Ralph Carter in 2004

As the youngest child of Florida and James Evans, Sr. on Good Times, Ralph Carter broke the mold for cute sitcom kids. Baby-faced younger brother Michael dropped truth bombs that might have otherwise threatened certain […]

Charles Lloyd Trios: Ocean review – a rich mix from a master enchanter | Jazz

Trios Charles Lloyd Ocean Album artwork cover art

The saxophonist, flautist and early global-music pioneer Charles Lloyd has been entrancing audiences worldwide for more than 60 years, as well as travelling widely in his own fertile imagination to cultures way outside his jazz […]

Readers review Beyoncé’s Renaissance: euphoric and fresh, or paint-by-numbers? | Beyoncé

The album artwork for Renaissance

‘It’s a love letter to the LGBTQ+ community’ I think this is my favourite Beyoncé album. It’s a love letter to the LGBTQ+ community, dancefloors and ballroom, and it has surprised me in the best […]

Calvin Harris: Funk Wav Bounces Vol 2 review – wan background grooves for an A-list pool party | Calvin Harris

The artwork for Funk Wav Bounces Vol 2.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Calvin Harris had bought an organic farm in Ibiza. For a moment, it looked as though the 38-year-old, Dumfries-born DJ was giving up his crown as king of […]

How David Leitch Became the King of Hollywood Action

How David Leitch Became the King of Hollywood Action

“What about that guy?” With those four words, David Leitch’s life changed. Just a year or so earlier, the recent college graduate was beginning his career as a teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Now he was […]

John Hughes Movie Soundtrack Box Set: Life Moves Pretty Fast

john hughes soundtrack box set life moves pretty fast artwork

The iconic ’80s movies of John Hughes wouldn’t have been the same without their equally iconic soundtracks. Now, you can get musical highlights from the films in a box set called Life Moves Pretty Fast: […]

Why dance music is out of step with female and non-binary DJs | Dance music

DJ Ifeoluwa standing outside what looks like the back door of a club

In the 1970s and 80s, dance music was born from minorities – the LGBTQ+ communities and Black and Brown people in Chicago, New York and Detroit – as a means of escapism and freedom from […]