Music books
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl – a Foo Fighter pulls his punches
The pre-fame years of the stadium rocker take precedence over tensions in Nirvana in a family-friendly but lively collection of vignettes
Kitty Empire
17, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie – piquantly preposterous
Primal Scream’s frontman indulges himself wildly in this overblown memoir. But underneath all the cobblers lurks a fascinating story
Alexis Petridis
15, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
In brief: The Bach Cello Suites; The Book of Mother; Reality and Other Stories
Steven Isserlis gives his take on a musical masterwork, Violaine Huisman dramatises an intense daughterhood and John Lanchester evokes the ghost in our machines
Hannah Beckerman
10, Oct, 2021 @3:00 PM
Bobby Gillespie: ‘For the first 10 years of my life, I lived in a Glasgow tenement … that stuff stays with you’
On the eve of the publication of his memoir, the Primal Scream frontman talks to friend and author Irvine Welsh about his working-class upbringing
10, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM
Major Labels by Kelefa Sanneh review – an unapologetic defence of music’s defining categories
This often fascinating history of genres and their role in establishing our identities would have been even better with more personal touches
Sean O’Hagan
10, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
‘I saw something in Bruce Springsteen that nobody else saw’: the world according to Stevie Van Zandt
The Boss’s trusty sideman has many plans – from saving central America to TV Hogmanay at the Playboy Mansion – and he’s more than happy to share his rock wisdom
Michael Hann
05, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
How to Be a Rock Star by Shaun Ryder review – candid, brilliant and bizarre
The lead singer of the Happy Mondays and star of Celebrity Gogglebox mixes funny stories with moments of real poignancy as he looks back at three decades of rock’n’roll debauchery
Emma Garland
02, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
Beatles on the brink: the truth about the Fab Four’s final days
The director’s new documentary weaves together hours of unseen footage to dispel many myths about the band’s final weeks
John Harris
26, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM
Opera librettist Amanda Holden obituary
Scholar of opera who translated librettos into English, wrote ones of her own and edited guides to encourage new listeners
David Pountney
16, Sep, 2021 @3:17 PM
From Ghetts to Genesis, Nick Cave to Arlo Parks: autumn 2021’s essential music
From Fontaines DC to the Valkyrie, a techno Halloween to Little Simz, this is the unmissable music of the next few months
Alexis Petridis, Ammar Kalia and Andrew Clements
25, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM
Paul McCartney to reveal unseen Beatles lyrics in new book
The Lyrics will feature a ‘self-portrait’ in 154 songs, including the unrecorded Tell Me Who He Is
Alison Flood
23, Aug, 2021 @4:00 PM
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner review – a self-deprecating and honest memoir
Grief, anxiety and the many flavours of instant noodles suffuse this story of loss, growth and mother-daughter love
Sarah Shin
07, Aug, 2021 @6:30 AM
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