Neneh Cherry

‘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

Neneh Cherry: ‘A lot of the best looks can happen by accident’

The singer recalls the outfit she wore for the cover of her 1989 debut album Raw Like Sushi and the ‘privilege’ of working with the stylist Judy Blame

As told to Leah Harper

04, Feb, 2020 @12:13 PM

Mabel review – a blast of charisma from the warrior queen

The Brit-nominated singer thrills a devoted audience with her insouciant stage presence and barrage of bangers

Graeme Virtue

03, Feb, 2020 @10:49 AM

Neneh Cherry: ‘Rap is a kind of freedom’

The singer recalls how hip-hop broke the mould for women as we chart 30 years of British women in the genre, from Cookie Crew to Cassie Rytz

Jude Rogers

19, Jan, 2020 @10:00 AM

Mabel: ‘Boris Johnson? It’s not a world that I want to be a part of'

The pop star talks Grenfell, getting beaten to No 1 by Ed Sheeran and her unconventional childhood

Hattie Collins

24, Aug, 2019 @6:00 AM

What to see this week in the UK

From Burning to Robots in Edinburgh, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days

Andrew Pulver, Michael Cragg, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Miriam Gillinson, and Lyndsey Winship

08, Feb, 2019 @9:00 AM

Neneh Cherry: ‘I love being a grandma’

The singer, 54, on her breakthrough, her breakdown, and the guy who stole her Grammy

Craig McLean

26, Jan, 2019 @2:00 PM

Lana Del Rey, George Ezra and Snow Patrol to headline Latitude

Ezra will also top the bill at Isle of Wight festival alongside Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Biffy Clyro

Laura Snapes

24, Jan, 2019 @11:54 AM

'We were sad of getting old': how pop stars are growing up gracefully

From Florence Welch to Matt Healy, Lily Allen to Neneh Cherry, it is becoming acceptable for pop stars to mature and make music about it

Jude Rogers

30, Oct, 2018 @2:00 PM

Neneh Cherry: Broken Politics review – aching prettiness reigns

(Smalltown Supersound)

Kitty Empire

21, Oct, 2018 @7:00 AM

Neneh Cherry: Broken Politics review – raw-silk empathy in a shattered world

Cherry’s sage perspective weaves through these tender tracks, making it a beautiful and revelatory record