Chaka Khan
R&B star SiR: ‘I stumbled offstage and threw up before anybody could see me’
Meet the musician who worked his way up from retail to collaborating with Stevie Wonder – and occasionally taking album launch parties too far
Leonie Cooper
25, Oct, 2019 @12:00 PM
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration review – heartfelt tribute to revered singer
From Chaka Khan to James Taylor, an all-star lineup perform some of Joni Mitchell’s finest songs to mark her 75th birthday
Leslie Felperin
15, Mar, 2019 @10:00 AM
Chaka Khan: Hello Happiness review – a consistent sizzler
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Damien Morris
17, Feb, 2019 @8:00 AM
Chaka Khan: Hello Happiness review – funk legend gets vogueish update
Her first album in over a decade works best when Khan’s rip-roaring diva-ness is front and centre
Michael Cragg
15, Feb, 2019 @9:00 AM
Pop, Prince and Black Panthers: the glorious life of Chaka Khan
The self-described ‘alpha chick’ has weathered addiction, dodgy managers and the death of Prince to remain as funky as ever. She describes how she went from gun-toting activist to teetotal vegan
Alexis Petridis
15, Feb, 2019 @6:00 AM
Radiohead, Stevie Nicks and the Cure among 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees
The Ohio institution will select its 2019 cohort at a ceremony in Brooklyn next March
Laura Snapes
09, Oct, 2018 @12:05 PM
Christine and the Queens: ‘I’ve just discovered sex, I can’t stop yet!’
Héloïse Letissier’s 2016 debut made her a global star. She’s spent the years since evolving her alter-ego Chris, idolising Madonna, making ‘horny’ pop, and being misunderstood in France
Michael Cragg
22, Sep, 2018 @8:59 AM
Grace Jones and giant confetti cannons: the 20 biggest festival moments of 2017
From Aerosmith strut-rocking Download to Aphex Twin blowing the roof off Field Day’s new Barn stage, here are this year’s ‘were you there’ highlights
Guardian music
08, May, 2017 @5:00 AM
Chaka Khan: 'A man needs to bring something big to the table'
The singer, 64, tells Ruth Huntman about Black Panthers days, struggles with addiction, Prince, her epitaph and giving Whitney Houston her break
Ruth Huntman
01, Apr, 2017 @1:00 PM
Jazzie B’s 10 best 80s anthems: Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Cameo and more
The Soul II Soul leader picks his favourite songs from a pivotal decade
Angus Batey
24, Nov, 2016 @3:00 PM
A moment that changed me – discovering Chaka Khan and rejecting cock rock | Julie Bindel
I was a working-class girl from a monocultural northern town, doing my best to like AC/DC. Then came Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and, above all, Chaka
Julie Bindel
21, May, 2015 @12:03 PM
Chaka Khan: 'I'm very bored with I Feel For You'
The soul singer has had enough of people giving her the Melle Mel rap, but at least she doesn’t see the ghostly ‘Shadow Man’ any longer …
Michael Cragg
25, Mar, 2015 @5:12 PM
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