John Grant
John Grant: Boy from Michigan review – a bittersweet new direction
Grant forgoes his customary wit and wry emotion for a more direct style
Emily Mackay
04, Jul, 2021 @12:00 PM
Elton John and John Grant: ‘We help each other. We are both complicated people’
The pop legend and the US indie star have long been friends and fans of each other’s music. With Grant staying chez Elton and about to release a new album, the pair sat down to discuss politics, homophobia – and why Elton should never write lyrics
Jude Rogers
27, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM
Don’t stand so close: how live music has changed its tune in lockdown
From drive-in concerts to livestreaming on Fortnite, the industry has had to adapt creatively to the current restrictions
Nosheen Iqbal
16, May, 2020 @6:05 PM
John Grant: ‘Music has been a healing balm for me’
The musician, 50, on his anger problem, coming out, and why he’s glad he contracted HIV
James McMahon
17, Feb, 2019 @1:59 PM
John Grant: Love Is Magic review – electro-amped tragedy and eyebrow-waggling
Grant is never less than erudite, but there’s an occasional touch of teen angst on his fourth solo album
Michael Hann
12, Oct, 2018 @8:30 AM
John Grant: 'I'm sensitive. I spent a lot of time trying to destroy that'
The rollercoaster-loving, Chris-Morris-worshipping songwriter is back with more mordantly funny and exquisitely painful songs about nationalism, Chelsea Manning and love
Dave Simpson
27, Aug, 2018 @12:00 PM
Big noise: the essential pop, jazz and folk music of autumn 2018
Young talents and old hands hit the road, intriguing festivals mix things up, and there’s the first posthumous release from Prince
Alexis Petridis, Robin Denselow, John Fordham and Imogen Tilden
27, Aug, 2018 @5:00 AM
Creep Show: Mr Dynamite review – ominous, inventive and funny
(Bella Union)
Phil Mongredien
18, Mar, 2018 @7:00 AM
Elbow review – Guy Garvey's charisma melts Beast from the East
Bolstered by brass, a duet with John Grant and an impressively harmonising audience, the band conjure a compelling mix of grit and warmth
Graeme Virtue
06, Mar, 2018 @11:36 AM
The Songs of Scott Walker review – Jarvis Cocker and friends untwist easy listening's dark master
The Proms were treated to starry covers of Scott Walker’s 1960s classics, but they didn’t always invoke the songwriter’s own spirit of invention
Luke Turner
26, Jul, 2017 @2:08 PM
John Grant’s North Atlantic Flux review – rollercoaster ride through bold music
Grant’s festival of everything from humour to electronic noise fed into his own heartbreakingly powerful headline act to make an unforgettable four-dayer for the City of Culture
Dave Simpson
01, May, 2017 @12:34 PM
The 10 best things to do this week: Reginald D Hunter and Cheltenham jazz festival
The controversial US comic starts his UK tour, while the annual music marathon returns: your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture
The Guide
28, Apr, 2017 @8:00 AM
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