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Hip-hop A&R Dante Ross on De La Soul, ODB – and punchups with P Diddy‘It was fun until it wasn’t’Hip-hop A&R Dante Ross on De La Soul, ODB – and punchups with P DiddyHailed as the genre’s Forrest Gump for his time with artists from Busta Rhymes to Santana, today Ross contends that streaming, sampling and materialism have changed the genre beyond recognition -
Freese, who previously played at tribute concerts for Hawkins, was announced as the new drummer in a cameo-filled, tongue-in-cheek livestream -
British poet who wrote lyrics for Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and many more also had acclaimed solo career
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5 out of 5 stars.
5 out of 5 stars.Kitty Empire's artist of the weekBeyoncé – a spangled supernova of joyThe megastar’s 2022 album, Renaissance, celebrated Black beats and queer culture, and its live show turns that tribute into next-level liberation for all -
The xx singer-songwriter and guitarist on the film that reminds her of holidays with her dad, reliving the Lionesses’ big win and her housework listening
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The singer recalls her shy childhood, how she ended up on X Factor twice, and finding her own voice
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The trio are back in Kyiv, preparing to kick off their first European tour, raging against Putin – and doing a lot of hugging
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The spellbinding singer returns with an album of warm, empathic folk-soul – plus a screaming lemur – to salute LGBTQ+ trailblazers, Lou Reed and more. She explains why we must embrace forgiveness if we are ever to make change
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The 87-year-old singer answers your questions, from unearthing music in 1950s America to losing her voice for 38 years – and what she really thought of Pete Seeger and Ewan MacColl
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A restored church in Melbourne’s north was the venue this week for an evening of chess fused with hip-hop
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3 out of 5 stars.
3 out of 5 stars.Alexis Petridis's album of the weekLewis Capaldi: Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent – hits and grit from the new pope of mopeThe follow-up to one of this century’s most successful albums offers more of the same – a powerful voice and insight into heartbreak. But the wounded choruses can merge into one -
5 out of 5 stars.
5 out of 5 stars.Jazz album of the monthNaïssam Jalal: Healing Rituals – cinematic album salutes the natural worldA remarkable artist, the visionary flautist and her skilful partners have created a startling album that draws on techniques from classical, jazz, hip-hop and more -
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4 out of 5 stars.KeshaGag Order – polished and powerful
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3 out of 5 stars.
3 out of 5 stars.Kitty Empire's artist of the weekMåneskin – fun and familiar glam rock with pop nousDeploying lurid earworms and every glam-rock cliche in the book, 2021 Eurovision-winning four-piece Måneskin keep a crowd of 20,000 rapt for two hours -
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5 out of 5 stars.Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour reviewA dizzying three-hour spectacularFriends Arena, Stockholm
Queen Bey’s first solo headline tour in seven years is a lavish leap forward for live entertainment, dripping with sci-fi disco decadence, sex and Black pride -
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4 out of 5 stars.Avril LavigneRaucous high school reunion for the sk8er dads -
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3 out of 5 stars.Coronation Concert reviewA cobbled-together bunch of B-listers -
3 out of 5 stars.
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4 out of 5 stars.
4 out of 5 stars.BlurThe Narcissist – a band finally at ease with themselves -
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Obituaries
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Rourke’s propulsive basslines worked in perfect tandem with Johnny Marr’s guitar parts to create the Smiths’ singular sound
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Tributes pour in for founder of Os Mutantes, who sardonically named her tumour after far-right president Jair Bolsonaro
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American opera star with a magnetic stage presence who was the first black singer at Bayreuth
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Musician best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald continued to tour in his later years
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She’s been called a fascist, a parasite and a pretty nice girl who doesn’t have a lot to say. So are all pop songs about the monarch treasonous? And are they really directed at her?
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