Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed’s lost demo tape: ‘He really wasn’t that interested in his past’

While sorting through her husband’s belongings, Anderson found a remarkable recording from 1965 that reveals the influence of Dylan, the seeds of the Velvet Underground – and a surprising sense of humour

Alexis Petridis

08, Sep, 2022 @3:00 PM

Lou Reed’s earliest Velvet Underground demos unearthed for reissue

Recordings from May 1965 were sealed for nearly 50 years, and reveal folk-like renditions of songs including I’m Waiting for the Man and Heroin

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

06, Jun, 2022 @12:02 PM

‘We’re trying to sneak into people’s minds and hearts’: Laurie Anderson meets Róisín Murphy

The musicians – and mutual fans – get together virtually to discuss their influences, post-pandemic performance and Anderson’s groundbreaking O Superman 40 years on.

13, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM

Sisters With Transistors review – a gloriously geeky music doc

Laurie Anderson narrates this fascinating film about the female pioneers of electronic music

Wendy Ide

25, Apr, 2021 @10:00 AM

Sisters With Transistors: inside the fascinating film about electronic music’s forgotten pioneers

They turned drawings into symphonies and made black boxes sing. Why were they never given their due? The maker of a new film, full of revealing archive footage, aims to put this right

Jude Rogers

23, Apr, 2021 @3:22 PM

Anish Kapoor shines in Norfolk and a load of men are dismantled – the week in art

The Photographers Gallery reopens post-lockdown with portraits of humour and humanity, masculinity is on show at the Barbican, and Grayson Perry’s pots are back in Bath

Jonathan Jones

10, Jul, 2020 @2:54 PM

Laurie Anderson: where to start in her back catalogue

Our Listener’s Digest series continues with the unlikely major-label star and electronic music pioneer who emerged from the New York art world

Maya-Roisin Slater

06, May, 2020 @11:41 AM

Laurie Anderson: 'It's a great time to be creating new realities'

The avant-garde pioneer’s virtual-reality installation To the Moon is coming to Manchester international festival

John Still

13, Jun, 2019 @5:00 AM

Life, death and cosmic jazz: 2018's best contemporary classical albums

From Jóhann Jóhannsson to Laurie Anderson, via Poliça and Nils Frahm, musicians of all ages contributed vital music to the genre

John Lewis

07, Dec, 2018 @8:30 AM

Best albums of 2018 so far

Lily Allen dished on her divorce, Arctic Monkeys found their inner crooners, Cardi B earned her stripes, Pusha T teamed up with Kanye West and the Vaccines made an unexpected classic

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

20, Jun, 2018 @6:00 AM