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Post your questions for Gabrielle
After being championed by Stormzy and Adele, the chart-topping British pop, soul and R&B singer is back with a new album and huge tour – and answering your questions

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

14, Mar, 2024 @1:13 PM

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‘Elvis was as pilled up as me!’ Dan Penn on writing hits for Aretha, Otis, Dolly and more
He was the boy from Alabama who wrote a hit while still at school. And the classics just kept coming – from I’m Your Puppet to Do Right Woman. The great songwriter relives his days with the stars

Garth Cartwright

04, Mar, 2024 @11:20 AM

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Raye, Tate McRae and a bit of a rave: all the Brits 2024 performances reviewed
From Kylie’s megamix to Rema’s maximalism, we rate and slate the performers at British music’s biggest night of the year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

03, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM

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Raye’s record-breaking Brits defied the limited imaginations of the British music industry
Raye’s six Brit awards marked a huge vindication for the newly independent artist and rightly shamed the major label that apparently couldn’t see her potential

Laura Snapes

02, Mar, 2024 @11:04 PM

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Henry Fambrough obituary
Vocalist and last surviving founder member of the American soul and disco group the Spinners

Richard Williams

15, Feb, 2024 @5:29 PM

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Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande review – the second life of a cruelly ignored UK funk band
They toured the US and headlined Harlem’s Apollo while no UK TV show would air them – but their legacy was rescued by hip-hop

Peter Bradshaw

14, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Mobo awards 2024: Central Cee tops winners thanks to megahit Sprinter
London MC wins best male and song of the year, while Potter Payper beats stiff competition to win album of the year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Robyn Vinter

07, Feb, 2024 @11:10 PM

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‘Feel no shame for what you are’: the greatest songs about the new year
From Abba to U2, midcentury vocal groups to 00s emo, we highlight songs that clear up the previous year’s party and look to a fresh start

Hannah Jane Parkinson

01, Jan, 2024 @8:00 AM

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The 50 best albums of 2023, No 4 – Jessie Ware: That! Feels Good!
Ware’s fifth album is a strident call to embrace pleasure and liberation – and its luxe sound holds up her side of the bargain

Alim Kheraj

19, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Sault review – utterly astonishing debut show by UK soul enigmas
Joined by string sections, choristers and teams of dancers, the eclectic collective – including Cleo Sol, Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka – lead an electrifying immersive event

Stevie Chick

15, Dec, 2023 @4:54 PM

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‘Joni Mitchell said she felt as awkward as me’: Brittany Howard on poverty, chaos, Alabama Shakes and fame
The Alabama Shakes frontwoman became the toast of music’s A-list – so why did she feel so miserable? She reveals the grief and heartbreak she overcame to make her stellar new album

Marissa R Moss

08, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Jean Knight obituary
Soul singer who had a multimillion-selling hit in 1971 with the irresistibly funky Mr Big Stuff

Richard Williams

03, Dec, 2023 @12:53 PM

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