Neneh Cherry

Andi Oliver: ‘Life’s too short to be appalling’
The TV personality, chef, musician and author has made her cultural mark, but has faced her fights – racism, violence, grief, poverty as a single mum. How did this nascent national treasure turn trauma into triumph?
Michael Segalov
29, Dec, 2024 @6:00 AM

A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry review – life’s rich pageant
The Buffalo Stance singer’s joyous memoir of growing up in a bohemian family between Sweden, New York and London
Sukhdev Sandhu
26, Sep, 2024 @6:30 AM

‘My whole life’s interconnected’: Neneh Cherry on the relationships that inspire her, leaving home at 15, and the joy of a trashy box set
The celebrated musician answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Michael Stipe, Bernardine Evaristo, Questlove and Sadiq Khan
Miranda Sawyer
15, Sep, 2024 @9:00 AM

Send us your questions for Neneh Cherry
If you’ve got something to ask the Buffalo Stance singer about her four decades in music, now is your chance
09, Aug, 2024 @12:00 PM

Growing up, every girl has a pop star they idolise – for me it was Neneh Cherry | Emma Forrest
The singer and rapper gave me my template of how to be a grown woman, and now my daughter is transfixed, too
Emma Forrest
22, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

‘The baddest technician’: how Don Cherry is still making jazz new
The man who turned bebop upside down with Ornette Coleman went on to work with artists from Sonny Rollins to Ian Dury – and the London jazz festival is set to show he’s still inspiring
Ammar Kalia
16, Nov, 2022 @4:48 PM

The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM

Mabel: About Last Night… review – tears and cheers on the dancefloor
(Polydor)
Telling the story of a night out from carefree beginning to heartbreak close, the singer’s second album is a heady mix of house, synthpop and disco-tinged bangers
Telling the story of a night out from carefree beginning to heartbreak close, the singer’s second album is a heady mix of house, synthpop and disco-tinged bangers
Michael Cragg
16, Jul, 2022 @1:00 PM

Neneh Cherry: The Versions review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Sia, Robyn and Anohni are among those interpreting Cherry’s back catalogue, but it works best when it strays from the big hits
Alexis Petridis
09, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM

‘The canon is so heavy with the male genius’: Neneh Cherry and Robyn on changing the face of pop
As they reboot the classic Buffalo Stance, the friends talk sisterhood, being Swedish and fighting the system
Laura Snapes
04, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

‘I used every chord on the Casio’ – How we made Manchild by Neneh Cherry
‘The first verse came to me as I was going up the stairs of a double-decker bus with a hangover’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
06, Dec, 2021 @2:17 PM

Andi Oliver: 'When people are in trauma, they need the love of food'
The chef and broadcaster on the horrors of rural Suffolk in the 1970s, cooking with her best friend Neneh Cherry and the only way to eat oysters
John Hind
18, Jul, 2020 @4:01 PM
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