David Gray

'Financially, I was a mess': David Gray on making 90s classic White Ladder

‘We recorded it in the bedroom – and on Babylon you can hear a car going right past the house’

Interviews by Dave Simpson

17, Feb, 2020 @3:00 PM

Musical notes: Scorsese, Madonna, and the awfulness of millennium pop

In our new monthly roundup of our music critics’ musings, we explore a forgotten corner of middle-class post-Britpop angst, and a book that argues for pop’s intrinsic magic

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes

12, Feb, 2020 @2:30 PM

David Gray or Dido: which artist is best to make moussaka to?

Two of the biggest-selling artists of the early aughts are back! Time to find out once and for all who’s best

Joel Golby

12, Mar, 2019 @9:00 AM

From Elliott Smith to Ed Sheeran: how acoustic introverts became stars

The soundtrack to Elliott Smith’s Heaven Adores You is released today - illuminating an artist at odds with the new wave of confident singer-songwriters. Is it the end of the introspective male tradition that gave voice to our insecurities?

Paul Lester

05, Feb, 2016 @4:27 PM

Various Artists: Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl review – an engrossing portrait

This centenary collection of Ewan MacColl covers serves brilliantly to show off his songwriting skills

Neil Spencer

25, Oct, 2015 @8:00 AM

Live music booking now

Nick Cave | The War On Drugs | Common | Jake Bugg | David Gray

Lanre Bakare

04, Oct, 2014 @5:00 AM

Elbow, Paolo Nutini and Rudimental sign up for Apple's iTunes Festival

Artists join Kylie Minogue, David Guetta, Beck and Sam Smith on line-up for September event in London. By Stuart Dredge

Stuart Dredge

19, Aug, 2014 @6:45 AM

David Gray: Mutineers review – a timeworn quality that's charismatic

There's a rare comfort in hearing an artist in pursuit of joy, as David Gray recuperates from his multimillion-selling White Ladder, writes Harriet Gibsone

Harriet Gibsone

26, Jun, 2014 @9:00 PM

Every 2014 World Cup national anthem reviewed by a pop star!

They’ve had 25 No1 singles (more than Elvis) and 19 No1 albums (more than The Beatles), had their first hit in 1967 and their latest this year … they’re the Guardian’s World Cup national anthem review panel!

Simon Burnton

09, Jun, 2014 @11:03 AM