Little Simz
Stormzy dedicates video for song Superheroes to Chadwick Boseman
Promo ends with message: RIP Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020 ‘Forever a Superhero in our hearts’
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
09, Sep, 2020 @4:28 PM
Dave, Little Simz and Jamie Cullum win at 2020 Ivor Novello awards
Songwriting and composition awards herald politically conscious work including Dave’s Black, described as ‘important and eloquent’
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
02, Sep, 2020 @12:00 PM
Sarathy Korwar, Flying Lotus and FKA twigs among 2020 AIM awards winners
Independent Music awards for artists outside major label system also honour Moses Boyd, Arlo Parks, Yaeji and AJ Tracey
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
12, Aug, 2020 @8:45 PM
Charli XCX to Taylor Swift: 10 of the best albums made in lockdown
Anxiety, escapism and noise complaints from neighbours all feature in the work musicians have created while house-bound
Michael Cragg
07, Aug, 2020 @7:00 AM
Ivor Novello awards 2020: Dave, Kate Tempest and Stormzy among nominees
Behind-the-scenes talents Dan Carey, Jimmy Napes and Jamie Hartman join Kate Tempest with a pair of nominations each in UK songwriting awards
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
19, Jul, 2020 @11:01 PM
The 50 best albums of 2019: the full list
Our pick of the year’s finest albums brings American dreaming, teenage dynamism, heartbreak, barbed rap, impetuous indie and beautiful soundscapes
20, Dec, 2019 @9:41 AM
Sunday with Little Simz: ‘I want to be inside and cosy’
For the rapper it is all about cleaning, catching up and heading home to her mum’s for dinner
Michael Segalov
15, Dec, 2019 @6:45 AM
TRNSMT music festival boss: 50-50 gender balance is 'a while' away
Geoff Ellis blames a dearth of female acts for the lack of women on the Scottish festival’s initial 2020 lineup
Laura Snapes
27, Nov, 2019 @10:50 AM
On my radar: Little Simz’s cultural highlights
The rapper and actor on learning German, eating Japanese in Brazil, and the sublime grooves of Texas trio Khruangbin
Kathryn Bromwich
23, Nov, 2019 @3:00 PM
Work, work, work: Beyoncé's labour of liberation
Leading a creative revolution whose ripples were seen from Kanye to Donald Glover to Little Simz, Beyoncé consigned the idea of performers ‘sticking to the music’ to history
Tshepo Mokoena
19, Nov, 2019 @10:01 AM
Mercury prize 2019: Dave wins for Psychodrama, plus all the action as it happened
Streatham MC beats Idles and Slowthai for the most prestigious award in British music – follow our coverage here
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
19, Sep, 2019 @9:43 PM
The SLP review – from lad rock to Leone
The solo project of Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno gets the arthouse treatment – with a touch of spaghetti western
Kitty Empire
14, Sep, 2019 @3:00 PM
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