Loyle Carner

Parklife review – rap, reggae and rave under gallons of northern rain

A younger crowd means older acts like Christine and the Queens and David Rodigan are ignored – but Mabel, Khalid and George Ezra get a huge response

Dave Simpson

10, Jun, 2019 @1:30 PM

‘Don’t go near the hog roast’: Loyle Carner’s festival food tips

From skipping bad meat to guzzling Guinness, the MC and foodie reveals the rules of festival consumption

Leonie Cooper

06, May, 2019 @10:00 AM

Loyle Carner: ‘I was raised by women – they talked about feelings every day’

Loyle Carner’s disarmingly honest lyrics stand out in the macho world of hip-hop. Here, he talks about ADHD, counselling and speaking his mind. By Tim Lewis

Tim Lewis

21, Apr, 2019 @7:00 AM

Loyle Carner: Not Waving, But Drowning review – defiantly old-school

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Kitty Empire

21, Apr, 2019 @7:00 AM

Loyle Carner: Not Waving, But Drowning review – heartfelt hip-hop

Paeans to his mum, girlfriend and almost everybody else he knows make for an that is intimate and refreshing second album

Rachel Aroesti

19, Apr, 2019 @8:30 AM

Loyle Carner: ‘I grew up with ADHD, and for me cooking is close to meditation’

The rapper and cookery teacher on the lyrics for his track Ottolenghi, table tennis with Heston and the karma of the kitchen

John Hind

17, Nov, 2018 @5:59 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

Brit awards nominations 2018: Dua Lipa beats Ed Sheeran with five

The New Rules singer caps her breakthrough year with the most nominations at British music’s biggest awards ceremony

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

13, Jan, 2018 @6:45 PM

Grime star Stormzy leads Mobo award nominations

The chart-topping grime rapper nets five nominations in the annual celebration of black music, with J Hus getting four

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

17, Oct, 2017 @4:23 PM

Lorde and Loyle Carner: this week’s best UK pop and rock gigs

The New Zealander returns with her dizzying crescendos and giddy interpretive dancing, while the Croydon MC takes his witty tunes to Glasgow

Harriet Gibsone

22, Sep, 2017 @9:58 AM

Mercury prize 2017: Sampha wins for Process – as it happened

Glass Animals may have been the bookies favourite, but the south London soul singer wins it. Follow the reaction here

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

14, Sep, 2017 @9:31 PM

Who should win the Mercury prize 2017 – Stormzy, Kate Tempest ... or Dinosaur?

It’s a strong field for rappers in this year’s Mercury prize, but could the grunge-pop of the Big Moon or the jazz fusion of Dinosaur cause an upset? Our writers make their cases

Alexis Petridis, Hannah J Davies, Rachel Aroesti, Dave Simpson, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Gwilym Mumford, Kitty Empire

13, Sep, 2017 @2:03 PM