Sault

Cleo Sol review – rare gig shows neo-soul star is a natural live performer

The Sault singer creates an intimate atmosphere with her affable yet commanding stage presence, as if she knows everyone there personally

Jumi Akinfenwa

08, Jun, 2022 @3:46 PM

Sault: Air review – a daring act of creative rebirth pays off

Taking bold risks with a mostly wordless sixth album, Dean Josiah Cover ascends to spiritual new heights

Stevie Chick

19, Apr, 2022 @7:30 AM

Worthy winners aside, the Brits is struggling to keep pace with modern pop

TikTok voting and gaming stars haven’t altered the music awards’ predictable roster of chart-toppers

Alexis Petridis

09, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM

Brit awards 2022: Inflo is first non-white winner of producer of the year

Sault co-founder, who has worked with Adele and Little Simz, thanks ‘all the Black producers before me – I am you’

Safi Bugel

28, Jan, 2022 @12:01 AM

The 50 best albums of 2021

And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

17, Dec, 2021 @6:52 AM

The 50 best albums of 2021, No 6: Sault – Nine

The follow-up to Mercury-nominated Untitled (Rise) is another transcendent triumph for the not-really-anonymous London neo-soul collective

Rachel Aroesti

10, Dec, 2021 @6:00 AM

Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams

21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

09, Sep, 2021 @9:13 PM

TV tonight: who will win the 2021 Mercury prize?

Celeste, Sault, Arlo Parks, Mogwai and Wolf Alice are among the nominees. Plus: the National Television awards. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Phil Harrison, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett

09, Sep, 2021 @5:20 AM

Mercury prize 2021: first-time nominees dominate shortlist

No 1 albums by Wolf Alice, Mogwai and Celeste are joined by leftfield artists such as Hannah Peel and Nubya Garcia in race for prestigious music award

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

22, Jul, 2021 @10:16 AM

Sault: Nine review – a masterclass in anger and balm

The enigmatic collective’s fifth album in two years is another masterclass in confounding expectations

Kitty Empire

03, Jul, 2021 @1:00 PM

The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

18, Dec, 2020 @8:07 AM