Neil Diamond

From sharehousing with AC/DC to comforting Sharon Osbourne: life as the world’s first female roadie

Tana Douglas found her calling in 1973. Before she was 21, she had worked with Carlos Santana, Neil Diamond, and Iggy Pop

Jenny Valentish

31, Jan, 2021 @4:30 PM

TikToker's sea shanty Wellerman reaches No 3 in UK charts

Scottish postal worker Nathan Evans scores hit amid viral shanty craze, while convent choral group Poor Clares of Arundel reach Top 5 of album chart

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

29, Jan, 2021 @6:00 PM

Neil Diamond's teenage obsessions: 'The Brooklyn Dodgers betrayed me and broke my heart'

As his 80th birthday approaches, Neil Diamond reminisces about Pete Seeger, the Everly Brothers and how a baseball team’s desertion led him to the guitar

Interview by Ben Beaumont-Thomas

12, Nov, 2020 @2:30 PM

Lady Bird, Dave Matthews Band and the films that give corny songs new life

Greta Gerwig’s penchant for 90s soft rock got Guardian writers thinking about other cheesy numbers revived in cinema, from Sweet Caroline to Rhythm of the Night

Guardian music

12, Feb, 2018 @2:05 PM

It's Christmas! The best festive songs, chosen by Slade, Neil Diamond, the Waitresses and more

Slade, Loretta Lynn, Run-DMC and Mike Batt have given us some all-time Christmas classics. But what’s the one Christmas song they couldn’t get through the holidays without? They – and other festive hitmakers – give us their picks

Dave Simpson

22, Dec, 2016 @5:00 PM

Neil Diamond review – a show so smooth it could be on rails

The songwriting sparkle may have faded, but as a performer the country-pop heavyweight still steers a set with consummate cheese

Malcolm Jack

08, Jul, 2015 @10:48 AM

Readers recommend: songs with deep voices – results

Who knew there could be such a high from going so low? RR regular Mnemonic takes a special route down deep-voice territory with a list from last week’s topic

Mnemonic

21, May, 2015 @11:00 AM

Neil Diamond: Melody Road review – schmaltzy but well-crafted honeymoon album

Neil Diamond’s latest album finds him basking in the honeymoon glow of his recent marriage, and it’s nicely done, if a bit too sweet, writes Maddy Costa

Maddy Costa

16, Oct, 2014 @7:30 PM

Populist: items of interest this week

From a cheeky Blunt to a Neil Diamond's biggest fan

The Guide

19, Apr, 2014 @5:00 AM

Ed Miliband's pop choices reveal a man of no musical taste

Pop critic Kitty Empire applauds the Labour leader for making his own choices … even if they are terribly naff

Kitty Empire

24, Nov, 2013 @12:06 AM

The songs our parents gave us

The music we grow up with shapes our tastes in later life, according to a study by Cornell University. We asked Guardian writers to tell us about the songs that take them back to their childhood homes

Alexis Petridis, Rebecca Nicholson, Dorian Lynskey, Michael Hann, Tim Jonze, Lucy Mangan, Tim Dowling, Bim Adewunmi, Nosheen Iqbal, Paula Cocozza and John Crace

10, Sep, 2013 @6:02 PM