Jessie Ware

The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

18, Dec, 2020 @8:07 AM

Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure? review – rooted in lustful disco

The singer-songwriter swaps luxe pop for the energy of the dancefloor on her heady fourth album

Tara Joshi

28, Jun, 2020 @2:00 PM

Jessie Ware webchat: your questions answered on sweaty clubs, table manners and activism

The soulful singer and food podcaster talked about collaboration, future sounds – and why, post-lockdown, the drive-in gig might be a thing

Laura Snapes

22, Jun, 2020 @1:11 PM

Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure? review | Laura Snapes' album of the week

Without the burden of reinvention, Ware’s fourth album of defiantly sexy, plush post-disco is a flirtatious joy

Laura Snapes

04, Jun, 2020 @11:41 AM

Jessie Ware: ‘Music was my bread and butter. Now it isn’t, which has made it more enjoyable'

Back in 2013, the pop star was disillusioned and ready to quit. How did her hit foodie podcast Table Manners put her back in the groove?

Tom Lamont

15, Feb, 2020 @10:00 AM

Jessie and Lennie Ware: ‘We don’t want to turn into the Kardashians’

Mother and daughter on their Table Manners podcast – and the day it all went wrong at Pete Tong’s

Tim Adams

19, May, 2019 @11:00 AM

Lennie and Jessie Ware on their kitchen nightmares: 'Quinoa? Grainy frogspawn, isn’t it?'

The singer and her mother talk about the pain of craving an iron-heavy diet, why vegans are tricky dinner guests and how Ottolenghi made vegetables sexy

Tim Lusher

28, Dec, 2018 @9:00 AM

Dinner party soundtracker to timeless muse: exploring the Sade complex

The enigmatic musician remains an influence on modern stars such as Drake and Beyoncé. As she releases her first single in seven years we explore why

Ellen E Jones

24, Mar, 2018 @6:59 AM

Bland for the reload: why has George Ezra got a podcast?

In order to boost their brands, pop stars like Jessie Ware and Will Young are reinventing themselves as chatty talk show hosts

Hannah J Davies

02, Mar, 2018 @1:00 PM

Elvis Presley's power, Tina Turner's legs: musicians pick their biggest influences

Sade taught Jessie Ware quiet confidence, while Sly Stone helped Baxter Dury ‘make the unlikely into something rational’: contemporary favourites salute the stars who had the most impact on them

Interviews by Rachel Aroesti

01, Mar, 2018 @6:18 PM

All the wins and performances from the Brit awards 2018 – as they happened

It was ‘carnage’ at the O2, according to Jack Whitehall, but Nile Rodgers just called it a ‘vibe’. Dua Lipa and Stormzy were the big winners – the latter’s politically charged on-stage freestyle a fitting closer on another year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

21, Feb, 2018 @10:48 PM

'It gives me those flutters': stars pick their favourite love songs

With Valentine’s Day nearly here, pop’s smoochiest – including Ronan Keating, Martha Reeves, Boyz II Men and more – consider what makes a great ballad

Interviews by Rachel Aroesti, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

09, Feb, 2018 @6:00 AM