Music
Ben Watt's playlist: Elmer Bernstein, Jim Sullivan, Ed Askew and more
The musician’s choices include a master of the film soundtrack and a singer-songwriter who drove into the desert and disappeared
Ben Watt
17, Mar, 2016 @12:37 PM
Readers recommend playlist: songs about Ireland
Our regular series visits the theme just in time for St Patrick’s day: here, a reader takes us on a musical journey around the island
Richard T Clayton
17, Mar, 2016 @12:00 PM
Police confirm death of missing DJ Derek
DNA tests show remains found in Bristol woodland are those of 73-year-old Derek Serpell-Morris, Britain’s oldest DJ
Guardian music
17, Mar, 2016 @11:16 AM
Washington DC to PJ Harvey: ‘She's to music what Piers Morgan is to cable news’
The Mercury winning singer is lambasted for depicting DC area Ward 7 as a ‘drug town’ inhabited by ‘zombies’ on new album track Community of Hope
Guardian music
17, Mar, 2016 @9:05 AM
Madonna's three-hour delay in Brisbane labelled 'breathtakingly arrogant'
Singer appears on entertainment centre stage at 11.22pm, joking she is ‘hardly ever late’
Elle Hunt
17, Mar, 2016 @2:42 AM
SXSW panel explores black girl power in music and cultural appropriation
A discussion asked whether Mark Ronson had received opportunities black artists have not and discussed social media-assisted female solidarity
Alex Needham in Austin
16, Mar, 2016 @11:05 PM
Matt Corby review – electro-swoons and lustrous laments
Bearded Corby is so laid-back he’s positively beatific: his sumptuous croons could be unfolding behind glass
Ian Gittins
16, Mar, 2016 @6:01 PM
Tchaikovsky: Snegurochka CD review – very fine performance of a neglected work
This rendition of Tchaikovsky’s major but little-known piece captures its grandeur and melancholy
Andrew Clements
16, Mar, 2016 @4:28 PM
Anthrax's Scott Ian's playlist: Iron Maiden, Fall Out Boy and more
The guitarist selects the five tracks – some metal, some country – that rock his world the hardest
Scott Ian
16, Mar, 2016 @4:04 PM
Warning: art may broaden the mind. It should never apologise
The Royal Opera House has issued a content warning to opera-goers who’ve bought tickets for Lucia di Lammermoor. It’s a slippery slope
Fiona Maddocks
16, Mar, 2016 @4:02 PM
Ralph Alessi Quartet – jazz of fine details and nuances
The uber-cool quartet’s inner heat was unmissable in this razor sharp and yet reflective performance of originals from new album Quiver
John Fordham
16, Mar, 2016 @3:13 PM
Riot Ensemble review – adroitly realising Dutilleux's characteristic finesse
Shape-shifting ensemble bring precision to new music by Sierra, Hesketh, Roe, Serrano and Holloway-Nahum
Rian Evans
16, Mar, 2016 @3:06 PM
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