Music
Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune album review – flat and muted
Despite first-rate playing, the young conductor with the orchestral world at his feet fails to deliver the drama behind the vivid gestures
Andrew Clements
21, Mar, 2024 @3:00 PM
Pnau: Hyperbolic review – comeback from kings of kitsch can sound overly polished
After a tortuous career that briefly peaked with a viral remix of Elton John and Dua Lipa, the trio return with 10 reliable hits – while sacrificing some of their bizarro glory
Jack Tregoning
21, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
Gabrielle: ‘I turned down performing with Prince because I’m a scaredy cat’
The singer answers your questions on the time she met Nelson Mandela, working with East 17, stopping work for 11 years and Bob Dylan loving her using his music
As told to Dave Simpson
21, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
Pop! goes the curriculum: songs to inspire primary school children
Keir Starmer is on a personal mission to promote music to the under-11s. From rock’n’roll to Jonathan Richman, our writers suggest songs for an alternative schooling
Lanre Bakare, Shaad D'Souza, Simon Hattenstone, Phil Hebblethwaite, Tim Jonze, Matt Mills, Alexis Petridis, Chal Ravens, Laura Snapes, Jenny Stevens and Ciaran Thapar
20, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
Paul Lewis review – Schubert’s last works given a masterful treatment
Pianist is a wonderfully unfussy and straightforwardly lucid interpreter of sonatas completed months before composer’s death
Andrew Clements
20, Mar, 2024 @11:42 AM
Lost in music: why piano competitions must address the gender gap
All five finalists at the last Leeds piano competition were male – a far from unique competition scenario. Now, the event’s CEO explains how they are dismantling barriers for female musicians
Fiona Sinclair
20, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM
‘Don’t say: what if we did this reggae style?’ The huge yet humble lives of unofficial band members
From Manic Street Preachers to Simple Minds, few bands are complete without their full-time touring players. They discuss the peaks and practicalities of life on the sidelines
Michael Hann
20, Mar, 2024 @8:35 AM
Beyoncé’s Act II album cover is ‘a clapback to being told she doesn’t belong in country music’
The singer announced her next record on Instagram with a photo of herself riding a horse and wearing red, white and blue
Alaina Demopoulos
19, Mar, 2024 @8:56 PM
Djo: Joe Keery on short attention spans, social media and swapping Stranger Things for pop stardom
Joe Keery used to perform his psychedelic electro-pop disguised by a wig. Now End of Beginning has raced into the Top 5, he’s happy to reveal his numerous talents
Shaad D'Souza
19, Mar, 2024 @4:16 PM
Why do pop stars align themselves with astrology? Heaven knows | Elle Hunt
Ariana Grande, SZA and Kacey Musgraves are just a few of the musicians to invoke astral powers in their songs. It’s a reach for relatability – but what does it mean for songwriting?
Elle Hunt
19, Mar, 2024 @9:58 AM
‘One time, we achieved levitation’: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman on magic, mysticism and mourning
In his first interview since the death of the influential band’s guitarist, Geordie Walker, the singer talks about their friendship, transhumanism and his fears that rogue AI will destroy the world
Dave Simpson
18, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
Steve Harley obituary
Singer and songwriter best known for the 1970s No 1 hit Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Adam Sweeting
18, Mar, 2024 @3:03 PM
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